Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 05/07

20070121125 - Framework for ordered handling of information: A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to order when events occur and may be performing dynamic rendering prior to other steps.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070121142 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a post-processing unit, a transport unit, a filter and a suctioning/exhausting unit. The post-processing unit is disposed adjacent to the main body. The post-processing unit performs predetermined post-processing on a recording medium on which an image is formed in the main body.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070121144 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: An information processing apparatus which generates print data includes a range setting module which sets the print range of each printer in order to distribute a print job to a plurality of printers and perform print processing, a recognition module which recognizes generation of an error in processing of each... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070121143 - Printing system, printing method, and host apparatus: This invention relates to a printing system, printing method, and host apparatus capable of analyzing the degree of ink blur in consideration of print conditions and the properties of an image typified by a photograph or the like, and prompting a user to change the print conditions depending on the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070121150 - Document processing apparatus, document processing method and recording medium: A document processing apparatus performs plural types of processings for a document. The apparatus includes a control unit and a storage unit. The control unit receives an instruction group including a plurality of instructions of performing respective processings for a certain document. The storage unit stores: (i) plural pieces of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070121156 - Facsimile apparatus: A facsimile apparatus is provided with a receiver that receives facsimile data, a storage unit including a data memory region that stores therein the facsimile data, a printing unit that prints an image based on the facsimile data, and a printing controller that controls the printing unit, during receipt of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070121157 - Hand held modular camera assembly with a dispenser module: A hand-held modular camera assembly includes a camera module configured to capture an image. A printer module is configured to print the captured image upon one or more sheets of print media. A dispenser module is configured to be releasably attached to the printer module. The dispenser module is configured... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070121154 - Image data transmission system and program for image data transmission system: An image data transmission system includes: a first procedure section includes: a path name acquisition unit that acquires a path name of a file; a directory path name specifying unit that specifies a path name of a directory associated with a character string; a path name conversion unit that converts... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070121149 - Image formation apparatus and document distribution method: An image formation apparatus which includes a reader-writer that carries out reading of data from a storage medium provided for paper and writing of data to the storage medium provided for the paper, a document data acquisition section that acquires original document data to be printed on the paper, a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070121146 - Image processing system: A method of providing media data to devices connected to a communications network is disclosed. The method comprises storing a plurality of media objects, each media object comprising image data. The media objects may be images or video clips. A request is received from a device connected to the network,... Agent: Pyle & Piontek

20070121155 - Image reading apparatus and image processing system: An image reading apparatus which has a reading section for reading image information from an original image and transmits the read image information to a PC. A user information storing section preliminarily stores user information of the user who is presumed to use the image reading apparatus. An identifying section... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070121148 - Image reading device and control method thereof: An image reading device which performs an original reading processing in a push scan mode in which image data read from an original document is output to an output destination terminal through a network, and which includes a judging unit that judges whether or not the image data can be... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070121153 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes a transmitting unit that transmits image data and related data that has a data quantity smaller than that of the image data and is related to the image data. The transmitting unit transmits the related data earlier than the image data.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070121151 - Printing system, printing program, information collection method, information search method and information search system: In a client PC, after receiving drawing data, the log information generation unit (400) of a printer driver (203) refers to the current time, and collects a keyword, print job attribute item, and the like which satisfy an extraction condition corresponding to a time period including the current time. The... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070121158 - Product and document fulfilment system: A product and document fulfilment system for merging together discrete articles and specific documentation which pertains to each discrete article, and for packaging and labelling the same. The system comprises an article conveyor on which discrete articles are carried seriatim, a first machine code reader for reading the unique machine... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20070121145 - System and program for displaying device information using browser: A device information displaying system for displaying device internal information of one or more information devices includes: information browser means which acquires and analyzes document data described in a markup language, converts the acquired document data into layout data having a prescribed structure based on result of the analysis, and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070121147 - Systems and methods for sending scan or print jobs to multiple network destinations: A network system for sending a scan and/or print job to multiple network destinations based on a single request. In one example, ajob distribution server module receives a scan or print job request from a computer system or a peripheral device, such as a multi-function peripheral (MFP) device. The request... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070121152 - Variable digital publishing: A variable digital publishing application and system is described for generating communications tailored to individual recipients. The digital publishing application allows a user to control, submit and monitor the processing of a job to generate a batch of communications. The job is submitted to a variable information application, which populates... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070121161 - Image-processing device: An image-processing device performs a job related to an image processing, having a storage unit, a control unit, and a display unit. The storage unit stores data generated by the job. The storage unit having a storage memory capacity. The control unit determines whether the storage memory capacity is insufficient... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070121159 - Multifunction office device enabling input scanning before entering machine instructions: In operating a multifunction office apparatus, the apparatus including a user interface, an input scanner, and at least one of a printer, finisher, disc recorder, facsimile transmitter, network transmitter, or electronic mail transmitter, images from a document are recorded as image data in a memory. Simultaneous with the recording, instructions... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070121160 - Systems and methods for printing artwork containing transparency: Systems and methods provide a mechanism to print documents having transparent artwork that overlaps other artwork. One aspect of the systems and methods includes sending the document to a printer control system coupled to a printer. The printer control system detects overlapping areas, and processes the artwork into separate atomic... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070121162 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for memory paging: A method of paged memory management for a software process executing in a memory of a computer system, the software process having a first operating mode and a second operating mode, and the software process having associated memory page use information for determining a set of pages to be maintained... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070121164 - Image forming apparatus: An image image-processing section converts first information into second information, which is printed on paper. The first information is in a first page layout in which a first integral number of pages of the first information are laid out on a sheet of paper. A layout-commanding section switches the page... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070121163 - Image forming apparatus and printing method: An image forming apparatus includes: an image data processing unit that extracts one image area for each page from bitmap images for a continuous even number of pages of an identical sheet size and creates a combined image obtained by combining these image areas; and a print processing unit that... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070121126 - Image conversion apparatus and image conversion method: An image conversion apparatus for geometrically converting input image data and outputting output image data, includes an inverse coordinate conversion unit configured to inversely convert coordinate values on the coordinate system of the output image data into coordinate values on the coordinate system of the input image data based on... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070121127 - Image reading apparatus and control method therefor: An image reading apparatus having an automatic original document feeding apparatus that sequentially feeds plural original documents, which includes an original document reading section that reads an original document fed by the automatic original document feeding apparatus, an image data generation section that, on the basis of a reading output... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070121128 - Printhead assembly having selected drive electronics: A printhead assembly is provided having at least one printhead module, a support frame removably supporting the printhead module and at least one mounting element; and drive electronics removably mounted to the mounting element to control operation of the print nozzle integrated circuits. Each printhead module has at least two... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070121129 - Color conversion layer and light-emitting device: A color conversion layer is provided which is capable of converting light from an emitting medium effectively to light containing a ray having a longer wavelength and exhibits less deterioration so as to have a long lifetime. The color conversion layer comprising a fluorescent medium for converting light emitted from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070121139 - Hand held camera assembly with an effects module: A hand-held modular camera assembly includes a camera module configured to capture an image. An effects module is provided with which a user can apply one or more effects to the captured image. A printer module is configured to print the image with the applied effects. In one embodiment, the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070121135 - High-image-quality halftone process: The present invention provides an image processing method of processing image data indicative of an image represented with a prescribed number of input tones by each of pixel groups composed of a plurality of print pixels, and generating dot data representing a status of multiple sizes of dot formation on... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070121137 - High-image-quality halftone process: The present invention provides an image processing method of processing image data indicative of an image represented with a prescribed number of input tones by each of pixel groups composed of a plurality of print pixels, and generating dot data representing a dot on-off state of dot formation on each... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070121136 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and storage medium for the program: A segmentation process section classifies signals of pixels in input image data into respective signals of a black text/low density area, a black text/high density area, a color text area, and an area other than a text area. A black generation and under color removal section performs an under color... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070121138 - Image processing device, method, and program: An image processing device, method, and a program capable of obtaining processing results which are even more accurate and even more precise as to events in the real world, taking into consideration the real world where data has been acquired. The image processing device may include a computer configured to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070121140 - Image processing method, apparatus and memory medium therefor: Correction for color fog is securely achieved with limited load of processing. The RGB image data are converted into the luminance Y and the chromaticity values C1, C2, then a highlight point and a shadow point are determined and are connected to define the axis of the color solid. The... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070121141 - Image retouching program: Provided is photo retouching software which is easy for photo studio personnel to use. Upon opening photo image(s), special photo retoucher 11 converts photo image data thereof to working color space image data. At such time(s), if working ICC profile(s) is/are set which is/are different from ICC profile(s) previously embedded... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070121134 - Parameters calibrating system and method for optical disc drive: A parameters calibrating system is used for computing an optimal parameters value set for an optical disc drive. The parameters calibrating system includes a measuring apparatus, an input terminal, and a parameters calibrating apparatus. The measuring apparatus is used for measuring the optical disc drive to get an original parameters... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070121130 - Printing method and printing system: A printing method for printing an image on a medium according to the present invention includes the following steps: printing a correction pattern based on a first gradation value by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles moving in a predetermined movement direction and forming a plurality of dot lines... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070121133 - Quantifiable color calibration: Techniques relating to quantifiable color calibration are described. In one instance, a process quantifiably calibrates a first color peripheral device of a system to a known color standard. The process then leverages the first color peripheral device to calibrate other system color peripheral devices.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070121132 - Spectral color management: Techniques relating to spectral color management are described. In one example, a process receives spectral color data associated with a physical color response. In this example the process also processes the spectral color data into device data suitable for a target device while maintaining an ability to replicate the physical... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070121131 - Systems and methods for printing artwork containing overlapped inks: Systems and methods provide a mechanism to print documents having artwork with overlapping inks. One aspect of the systems and methods includes sending the document to a printer having a printer control system. The printer control system detects overlapping areas, and flattens the artwork into separate atomic regions. The system... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070121165 - Image processing apparatus, printer driver, printing system, and program: A first half-tone processing means 110 half-tone processes image data blocks using an error diffusion method. A second half-tone processing means applies a half-tone process for error value calculation on a leading portion of each image data block before the normal half-tone processing. Two error buffers store the error values... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070121166 - Process for multi-layer material removal of a three-dimensional surface by using a raster image describing the surface: The application refers to a method for a layer by layer material removal from an arbitrarily shaped three-dimensional surface (1) by removal means, such as a laser, operating on the surface in a point-wise fashion, wherein the removal means is used to produce a surface structure (2) on the three-dimensional... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070121168 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium storing program product for causing computer to function as image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus allowing efficient trapping/overprint is provided. A CPU of a printer serving as the image processing apparatus includes an object extraction unit extracting a component image from image data, a pair extraction unit extracting a pair from a plurality of objects, a calculation unit calculating an overlapping... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070121169 - Reduction of memory size required for correction of displacement of scan positions: An apparatus for correcting a scanned image includes a delay circuit configured to delay first image data by a delay amount corresponding to an integer multiple of a line interval, an interpolation circuit configured to perform an interpolation computation responsive to interpolation coefficients with respect to two or more lines... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070121170 - Method of encoding a latent image: There is disclosed a method of forming a latent image. The method involves transforming a subject image into a latent image having a plurality of latent image element pairs. The latent image elements of each pair are spatially related to one another and corresponding to one or more image elements... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070121167 - System and method for halftoning using a time-variable halftone pattern: Successive frames or images of an input image that are presented to the output device are individually halftoned. A starting location within the input image for tiling one of one or more halftone techniques over the frame or image is determined. The starting location is then offset from the previously... Agent: Nancy R. Simon

20070121171 - Communication apparatus and method: This invention provides a first communication apparatus, which makes a facsimile communication via a packet communication network and can describe different contents image header information each including a date, time, source information, destination information, and the like in image data having a predetermined number of pixels upon sending the image... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070121172 - Data processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming method, and printing system: A data processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus, an image forming method, and a printing system capable of improving processing capacity or power use efficiency are provided. At least one of a plurality of data processing apparatuses that are connected to a network stores correlation between data processing capacity and... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070121173 - Original feeding apparatus, original reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus: An original feeding apparatus is located above an image forming portion for recording an image on a recording medium and is constructed to convey an original to an image reading portion slidable in a shift direction relative to the image forming portion. The original feeding apparatus is slidable integrally with... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070121174 - Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system and image reading method: An image reading apparatus, which has reading means for reading images recorded on sheets and carries out predetermined processing for the images read using the reading means, comprising first extracting means for extracting a plurality of predetermined patterns from the images read using the reading means, second extracting means for... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070121176 - Image forming apparatus having an optical unit and an image reading device capable of preventing deterioration of image reading accuracy: An optical unit may include an image pick-up device, a lens unit and a holding member. The image pick-up device may convert a reflected light reflected from an original document to an electric signal, after the light is irradiated on the original document from a light source. The lens unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070121175 - Image reading method and image reading apparatus: Disclosed is an image reading method for reading an image on a document, including: reading cyclically the image in a main scanning direction with using an image pickup section, while relatively moving at least one of a light emitting section and the document irradiated by the light emitting section with... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070121178 - Mobile communications device with integral internal replaceable printhead assembly: A mobile communications device includes an elongate body defining opposite entry and exit slots between which print media can be fed. A printer assembly is contained within the body and includes an elongate printhead assembly which extends transversely with respect to a print media path extending across the body between... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070121177 - Mobile communications device with printhead and ink supply module: A mobile communications device includes a casing that defines opposite entry and exit slots and a print media pathway between the slots. A chassis is mounted in the casing. A pagewidth printhead and ink supply module is detachably mounted on the chassis to print on print media fed along the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070121179 - Method of judging whether or not darkness of foreign matter has been read, method of calculating representative value of darkness of test pattern, and apparatus that judges whether or not darkness of foreign matter has been read: A method of judging whether or not darkness of a foreign matter on a test pattern printed on a medium with predetermined darkness has been read at the time of reading the darkness of the test pattern using a reading section, includes: detecting a section in the test pattern for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070121180 - Color adjustment apparatus, display apparatus, printing apparatus, image processing apparatus, color adjustment method, graphical user interface displaying method and program: Disclosed herein is a color adjustment apparatus, including: a color information storage section configured to store color information regarding an arbitrary region designated through a pointer in an editing image region; and a color coordinate explicitly displaying section configured to explicitly display a mark, which specifies color coordinates corresponding to... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070115490 - Image output apparatus: The image output apparatus of the invention includes a main unit group of multiple main units connected in series to perform preset series of image processing and a pass unit group of multiple pass units connected in series to be parallel with the multiple main units. The averaged data of... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070115491 - Image processing apparatus, preview data moving method, and computer program product: An image processing apparatus includes a displaying unit, a movement specifying unit, and a moving unit. The displaying unit displays a preview including a data image corresponding to data input thereto and at least one of a function image corresponding to a selected function and a print-area image corresponding to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070115492 - Information processing apparatus, method, and computer program: This invention allows to print without installing a driver program for every printer and easily coping with a change in printer control command specifications. To accomplish this, an information processing apparatus for generating a printer command to control a printer generates a command by using a command configuration XML file... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070115488 - Methods and systems for multiple encodings within a code page: Methods and systems are provided for a printer controller in a printing system to provide simple, flexible translation of received code points into any of multiple encodings. A code page data structure as generally practiced in the art is enhanced to provide translation from a first encoding of a received... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070115489 - Printing apparatus and control method therefor, and printing system: A printing apparatus including an engine section that forms an image on a sheet of paper utilizing laser light on the basis of image data described in a page description language in printing data, which includes a decomposition processing section that acquires the image data from the printing data, a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070115497 - Document management system: A document management method and apparatus implemented in a network environment containing a document management system (DMS), at least one multi-function device (MFD) and a network connecting the document management system to the MFDs. The MFD activities of scan, fax, copy and print are integrated with a DMS using signatures... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070115493 - Image forming apparatus, client device, client device control method, and storage medium storing driver program in client device: A method for controlling an image forming system in which a client device creates print data using a print restriction and causes an image forming apparatus to print the print data, has an inquiring step of issuing an inquiry from the client device to the image forming apparatus in response... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070115495 - Image processing apparatus, image processing system, computer readable medium, and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a job execution unit, a log generation unit, a log storage unit, a feature amount extraction unit and a replacement unit. The job execution unit executes a processing job of image data. Te log generation unit generates image log information for identifying the executed processing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070115494 - Image processing system, information processing device, computer readable recording medium, and information processing method: An image processing system includes an image processing device that processes an image; an information registration unit that transmits to the image processing device confidential information, included in setting information used for issuing a job, and registers the confidential information therein; an information acquisition unit that, before issuing a job,... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070115496 - Recording-medium management system, disposal processing apparatus, and disposal processing method: A recording-medium management system includes a recording-medium management apparatus and a disposal processing apparatus. The recording-medium management apparatus manages pieces of identification information attached to recording media. The disposal processing apparatus disposes of a recording medium when receiving disposal permission from the recording-medium management apparatus based on the identification information.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070115502 - Image formation device, image formation system and image processing program storage medium: There is provided an image formation device including: a receiving section, which receives content information of a printing object from a content recording server via a network; a judgement section, which judges a category of the received content information; a specification section, which specifies a printing method and printing parameter... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070115499 - Method and apparatus for making tags, tag, and system for managing articles: A method of creating a tag, the method including: reading, over a first region of a surface of an individual piece, a characteristic having randomness distributed over the surface of the individual piece and converting image information indicative of the read characteristic of the first region into individual piece information... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070115500 - Method for operating communication device: A method of operating a communications device comprising: (i) reading a plurality of destination data elements from a medium that is separate from the communication device, and (ii) transmitting data from the communication device to one or more other communication devices corresponding to one or more of the destination data... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070115498 - Relevant messages associated with incoming fax documents: Systems and methods of the present invention allow for incorporation of relevant messages, such as commercial advertisements, in incoming faxes and/or for presentation of relevant messages with incoming faxes. Text may be extracted from a current and/or previously sent or received facsimile, using, for example, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20070115501 - Vocal status reporting system: A method for communicating a status report from a print device having a modem to a user's telephone device including storing a message in a storage medium associated with the print device and, upon the occurrence of an event, sending the message from the print device to the user's telephone... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070115503 - Image processing device: A color printer 20 allocates all of the image processing memory resources for image processing on image data GD lined up in the main scanning direction of a print head IH, secures an amount of memory resources for each of the lined up image data GD, and releases the memory... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070115487 - Gloss-imparting device and color image-forming apparatus: A gloss-imparting device for imparting a gloss on a color image, the gloss-imparting device has a transparent toner image-carrying body, a transparent toner image-forming unit, a heating/pressurizing unit, and a cooling/releasing unit. The transparent toner image-carrying body carries a transparent toner image formed of a transparent toner thereon. The transparent... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070115505 - High-image-quality halftone process: The present invention provides an image processing method of processing image data indicative of an image represented with a prescribed number of input tones by each of pixel groups composed of a plurality of print pixels, and generating dot data representing a status of dot formation on each of the... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070115504 - Image correction apparatus and image correction method: An image correction apparatus and method enable correcting an image so that the image is always discernible and at least text can be read regardless of user settings. A correction range that increases the gray level and a correction range that decreases the gray level are calculated for each image... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070115506 - Image processing apparatus: The printing apparatus of the invention provides a black data table, prior to the halftoning process of input image data. The black data table is obtained by converting image data of all black pixels into dot creation data. The printing apparatus performs a specific halftoning process with regard to black/white... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070115508 - Information processing method and information processing apparatus: Setting of growing directions of dots in a dither matrix is facilitated. During defining of the growing directions of the dots corresponding to cells in the dither matrix, a target cell in the dither matrix is defined. When the growing directions of the dots in cells located within a range... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070115507 - Method and apparatus for compensating for malfunctioning nozzle of inkjet image forming apparatus: Provided are a method and apparatus for compensating for the degradation of a print image due to a malfunctioning nozzle that irregularly ejects ink. The method includes detecting a malfunctioning nozzle among nozzles installed in an inkjet image forming apparatus and increasing a dithering threshold of an adjacent position to... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070115509 - Control circuit and image forming apparatus controlled by software and hardware: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance member having first and second type patterns thereon. The first and second type patterns are a different shape from the other. First and second pattern detection devices are provided to detect the first and second type patterns and output first and second analog... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070115510 - Marking images of text with speckle patterns for theft deterrence: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for embedding an identifying pattern of visible speckles into the digitized image of each page of a document. A speckle is a cluster of black or white pixels. Speckles are printed as black speckles on the white paper, or conversely, as areas of... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070115511 - Image forming device to display combination address book and displaying method thereof: An image forming device to display a combination address book and a displaying method thereof include a storing part to store an address book including at least one piece of transmission information on a recipient, a user interfacing part to receive a signal requesting to display the address book from... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070115512 - Relevant messages associated with outgoing fax documents: Systems and methods of the present invention allow for incorporation of relevant messages, such as commercial advertisements, in outgoing faxes and/or for presentation of relevant messages with outgoing faxes. Text may be extracted from a current and/or previously sent or received facsimile and relevant messages may be added in the... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20070115513 - Printing file processing method of image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus: A printing file processing method of an image forming apparatus which prints images on media includes receiving printing files, displaying an alignment menu comprising a plurality of alignment standards to align the received printing files, selecting an alignment standard in the displayed alignment menu, aligning the received printing files on... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070115514 - Method of sequencing image data inside memory of optical scanning device: An image data sequencing method for a memory unit inside an optical scanning device. The image data sequencing method is particularly suitable for scanning a line of pixels with each pixel comprising a plurality of primary colors. The image data sequencing method involves scanning a line of pixels to obtain... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070115515 - Buffer devices and scanners with buffer capability: A Buffer devices and scanners with buffer capability are provided. A buffer device includes a body, a movable component, and an elastic structure. The body includes a groove. The movable component is slidingly disposed in the groove. The elastic structure is connected between the body and the movable component.... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070115516 - Apparatus, method and program for reading image: An image reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first reading unit that reads an image on a front side of a document being transferred along a transfer path; a second reading unit that reads an image on a rear side of the document; a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070115517 - Document deciding apparatus, document reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and document deciding method: A document deciding apparatus includes: a light source; a light-quantity detection unit detecting a reference light quantity based on irradiation of the light source, and respective light quantities of plural colors based on reflection from or transmission through a document; a decision unit deciding whether the document is colorless or... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070115518 - Image processing method and apparatus for color enhancement and correction: The present invention provides an image processing method for color correction. The image processing method for color correction comprises the steps of: (a) determining an angle on a color space according to an image data of a basic color, (b) determining a first straight line on the color space according... Agent: John Chen

20070109560 - Mems scanner adapted to a laser printer: An electrophotographic printer includes an exposure unit having a MEMS scanner operable to scan a beam of light across a photoconductor. The MEMS scanner includes a mirror having an aspect ratio similar to the shape of the facets of a conventional rotating polygon scanner. In a preferred embodiment, the scan... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20070109561 - Operating information recording method, operating information reproducing method, operating information storing method and apparatus and programs of the same: There is described an operating information recording method, which makes it easy to grasp the contents of the operations conducted for the apparatus. Such the operating information recording method includes the steps of: storing operating procedure information including consecutive operating information according to an operating procedure against to an apparatus... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070109575 - Driver that presents context sensitive information about device features: A printer driver enables a user to determine whether the features that are required to print a specified job are available to a selected network printer. The printer driver queries the selected printer to acquire the current status and other relevant information for each feature that is required to print... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070109582 - Image data storage device, photocopier, image forming system, and image data storage method: A image data storage device includes an image data input unit, an image data recording unit, a compression processing unit, a region decision unit, and a compression control unit. The image data input unit receives input of image data. The image data recording unit records image data inputted by the... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070109584 - Image formation apparatus and image formation system: In an image formation system, at least two copying machines are connected to each other. One of these machines functions as a master machine and the other functions as a slave machine. When the link copy mode is set in the master machine and when the user tries to select... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070109573 - Image forming apparatus and method: A method and apparatus of printing a document in a twin color copy mode of an image forming apparatus. A first color and a second color are selected in the twin color copy mode of the image forming apparatus. The document to be printed is scanned, and an automatic color... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070109579 - Image forming device having uwb communication function and method for providing data thereof, and system for providing data using uwb communication function: An image forming device having an ultra wide band (UWB) communication function and a method for providing data thereof, and a system for providing data using UWB communication function are disclosed. The image forming device having a UWB communication function include: a communication network interfacing unit for receiving data through... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070109583 - Image processing method and apparatus: An image processing method in which a RIP process is performed on original image data to obtain raster data with a first resolution, and a smoothing process is performed through oversampling the obtained raster data to generate output image data with a second resolution which is smaller than the first... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070109581 - Information processing device and preview displaying method: An information processing device converts input document data into print data used to control a printer, and displays a print preview before outputting the print data to the printer. In the information processing device, a document data storing unit stores the input document data as intermediate data. A layout determining... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070109580 - Information processing device, information processing method, program, and storage medium: A host device includes: a basic screen display processing section which selects either a main setting screen or a list display setting screen as a setting screen in accordance with user's input and then causing the selected setting screen to show; a scroll processing section which causes the main setting... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070109577 - Method for displaying user interface in accordance with user's intention: A user interface is controlled to support a user using an image processing apparatus which can perform a task, for example, for storing image data obtained by a scanner in a memory or printing the image by a printer. In a display apparatus which can display a user interface including... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070109578 - Operation procedure optimizing method, apparatus and program: There is described an apparatus which makes it possible to revise the consecutive operating procedure information to more effective one. The apparatus includes: a first storing section to store a series of operating procedure information against to an apparatus as time sequential operating information; a control section to apply a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070109576 - Printer controller, printer control method and storage medium: A printer controller includes a driver module which controls operation of a control subject printer to be controlled, and an application module. The driver module includes: a conversion table referencing section which refers to a conversion table that correlates, for a prescribed printer control item, a control parameter suitable for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070109574 - System and method for assembly of multiple format digital files: A system and method for the assembly of multiple format digital files. A user is prompted to select an original file for further processing, whereupon the file is converted, when required, into a digital format. The user then selects the desired output formats corresponding to the files received in the... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070109587 - Control apparatus, control method therefor, and printing system: This invention allows setting which of user defining sheet name and print sheet name is to be used for each print sheet type when receiving a print sheet error notification from a network printer and notifying a client of a recovery request message. In order to implement a function not... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070109588 - Image forming system, printing apparatus fot the system, and image forming method: A printing system uses a plurality of printing apparatus arranged in a print medium feed direction. A memory is installed in each of the printing apparatuses to store a plurality of pages of image data. Print completion page information representing a page that has completely been printed immediately before an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070109585 - Image processing device, image processing method and storage medium storing image processing program: An image processing device includes a judgement section and a generation section. A latent image, which would be retained or eliminated by photocopying, is to be superposed with machine-readable code images, which are encoded supplementary information, to generate a superposed image. The judgement section judges overlapping of the latent image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070109586 - Printing system, job processing method, storage medium, and printing apparatus: In the event that the printing operations of a printing job have been interrupted by an interruption cause, and the cause of interruption for the interruption job is removed, resuming of the printing operations of the interrupted job is enabled with a resuming method corresponding to a user request, received... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070109594 - Apparatus for capturing, converting and transmitting a visual image signal via a digital transmission system: An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily available, standard equipment receiving stations. In its most comprehensive form, the... Agent: Moore Landrey

20070109592 - Data gateway: Method and apparatus for updating user data from multiple data sources in a data gateway are disclosed. The data gateway includes a persistent job table for centrally storing jobs to be processed by the plurality of servers, a server table for centrally storing statuses of activities of the plurality of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070109595 - E-mail transmission apparatus, e-mail transmission method and e-mail transmission program: A technology for use in an e-mail transmission apparatus capable of preventing or discovering ‘impersonation’ in e-mail transmission efficiently, in which an e-mail is sent not only to a receiving address, but also to a sending address set by a sender.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070109596 - Image processing system for reading and processing images: An image processing system is provided that is capable of performing copying processes by connecting devices which specifications for processing image data are mutually different. In an image processing system comprised of an image reading device for optically reading original documents and converting these into electronic image data and a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070109593 - Information processing apparatus, server apparatus, printing control system, program and storage medium: A personal computer is an information processing apparatus including: a browser which obtains data from a resource and displays an image corresponding to the data; and a printer driver section for carrying out control of printing operation. The printer driver section includes an UI processing section for instructing the browser... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070109591 - Mobile-communication device directed printing: A method for providing a remote print capability comprises receiving information from a communication device, the information comprising document and destination identifiers, confirming the communication device belongs to a registered user, identifying a document type from the information, retrieving a document responsive to the document identifier, converting the document from... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20070109589 - Network terminal device and method for managing equipment by using web technology: A network terminal device having a Web service function includes means for providing a Web page to a user via a network, and means for providing a Web service using SOAP to the user via the network. The network terminal device may have a system structure including a first service... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070109590 - Printer: A program execution unit of an MFP apparatus does not use a preset priority for each kind of job or a print estimated time with low precision. Instead, the program execution unit controls a print order of pages of print images, which are generated by each job, so as to... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070109598 - Method and apparatus for managing image display in a digital image display apparatus: A digital device automatically arranges digital images for display in a stack-based arrangement, wherein images are grouped in multiple stacks according to at least one grouping criterion, and the user can scroll over groups of images. Preferably, the digital device automatically selects a mascot image from each group as the... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070109597 - System and method for holding and deleting requests in a job queue: This invention is directed to a document processing system and method. The method begins with a user logging onto a document processing system, inputs identification data, and selects one or more documents for document processing by the document processing system. The selected document is then uploaded to the document processing... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070109599 - Method for producing a number of individual flip-books: In the known methods, film images are printed, sorted and placed one on top of the other and bound. These methods are not suitable for inexpensively creating small or individual flip-books. In order to achieve this, according to the invention the film images are recorded by means of a digital... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070109600 - Printer optimization method and system: A method includes if an initial page of a multi-page print job includes one or more image objects, storing the one or more image objects of the initial page. If a first subsequent page of the multi-page print job includes one or more image objects, comparing the one or more... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070109601 - Printing method, multi-function printing apparatus, and printing system: There are provided a printing method, multi-function printing apparatus, and printing system capable of printing, and copying suited to various types of disk media. The system optically scans an image printed on the surface of the first disk medium, and stores image data representing the image in a memory. The... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070109562 - Image reading apparatus including driving module: An image reading apparatus includes an image sensor fixed to a main body of the image reading apparatus, a light scanning carriage, a light reflection carriage, a pair of transport modules to move the light scanning carriage and the light reflection carriage in a sub-scanning direction with a predetermined speed... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070109564 - Apparatus and method for reproducing original colors in an image forming apparatus: An apparatus and method for reproducing a color copy of an original color image includes receiving an indication of a selected color having a first RGB value from a plurality of colors, generating a color sample pattern including the selected color having the first RGB value, the color sample pattern... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070109570 - Apparatus, system and method for reproducing color according to light source: A host apparatus, system, and method are provided for reproducing color by predicting change in color of an image according to chromaticity of various observation light sources. The host apparatus includes: a lookup-table-generation module generating mapping information with regard to an image having a format and a calibrated image, which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070109571 - Color filter with color conversion function, producing method thereof, and organic el display: A filter and a display employing a color conversion mode that can simplify production, achieve high definition patterning, and enhance color conversion efficiency for every primary color is disclosed. A color filter with color conversion function includes a transparent substrate, a plurality types of color filter layers disposed on the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070109569 - Determining the color match between image data and graphics objects: A system/method of color match assessment for electronic documents includes receiving digital data defining a composite electronic document including a raster image object having an edge and a color graphics object bordering the edge of the raster image object. The pixel color values defining the edge of the raster image... Agent: Steven M. Haas Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070109572 - Exposed image input device, printer apparatus, and image data input control program product: To print on the front side, image data saved in an image memory is read pixel by pixel along a main scanning direction x. Correction data for each block of pixels then is referred to, and the image data is read while being shifted in a sub-scanning direction y by... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070109565 - Gamut mapping and rendering intent management system: A system and method for selectively setting gamut map model defaults in a color management system is disclosed for transforming colors from a first color space to a second color space. The method includes the steps of comprises determining the profile associated with the second color space from one of... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070109563 - Image reproduction using a particular color space: The image processing apparatus executes a prescribed basic color space conversion regardless of content of the color space identification information when a reduced image is a processing target. The image processing apparatus executes a specified color space conversion utilizing a color space specified by the color space identification information when... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070109568 - Method and apparatus for printing an image: A method and apparatus for printing an image includes separating the image into colors, partitioning each one of the colors into data blocks, and transferring the data blocks to a printer in an order that the printer will apply the colors to a print medium by transferring, before each one... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20070109566 - Method of estimating trap from spectral reflectance factor: A method of estimating the trap of an overprint of at least two primary colors from the spectral density curve of the overprint by computing the amounts of the two primary colors that will produce a spectral density curve that matches the spectral density curve of the overprint, and then... Agent: Kurt G. Briscoe Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus P.A.

20070109567 - Reflective additive-primary kinematic color generators: The process underlies a set of three-dimensional structures which may also find utility in the studies of vision science, geometry and physics. The apparent luminance of mixtures of diffusely-reflected additive primaries (RGB) is altered by the introduction of zero (or low) light intervals. In one type of structure the intervals... Agent: R. Sloan Wilson

20070109602 - Method and system for improved copy quality in a multifunction reprographic system: A method and system reconstructs a contone image from a binary image by first tagging pixels to identify one of a multiplicity of image content types. The tag information and the pattern of bits surrounding the pixel to be converted to a contone value are used to reconstruct a contone... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070109604 - Data processing method, data processing apparatus, method for generating dither pattern, and dither pattern: There is provided a dither pattern capable of reducing deterioration in image quality caused due to beading by suppressing the occurrence of grains in printing images using a plurality of color inks. If among threshold dots, for which repulsive force potentials are totalized, a threshold dot Do has the largest... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070109603 - Printing apparatus, printing apparatus control program, printing apparatus control method, image processing device, image processing program, image processing method, and recording medium having the program recorded thereon: An apparatus is provided that prints on a printing medium while a head having nozzles that discharge ink moves relative to the printing medium. The apparatus includes a unit capturing image data to be a target of N-valued processing (N is a natural number of N≧2), a unit capturing input/output... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070109605 - Image reading device and noise detecting method: An image reading device compares pixel values of an image data, which is output when a document is not at a reading position, with a threshold and generates a first dust detection data; compares a image data, which is output while the document is passing the reading position, with a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070109606 - Method of correcting ejection pattern data, apparatus for correcting ejection pattern data, liquid droplet ejection apparatus, method of manufacturing electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic device: In drawing processing, a function liquid droplet ejection head is moved relative to a workpiece to selectively eject function liquid droplets from a plurality of nozzles of the function liquid droplet ejection head according to ejection pattern data. Calculation is made of an amount given to each of a plurality... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070109607 - Print control program product: A print control program product comprises creating a new image file of the created printing data for a new watermark when an instruction is given to create the image file based on the created printing data, and storing the created new image file in the memory.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070109608 - Mapping parent/child electronic files contained in a compound electronic file to a file class: A computer-implemented method for identifying electronic files from a set of electronic files that contains at least one compound electronic file itself having a plurality of electronic files, the method includes the steps of: the method including the steps of: (i) using an operating agent and a gateway, opening the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070109610 - Image reading device, image forming apparatus, image reading method, and computer product: A white-level correcting unit makes an image reading unit read a white reference board, and sets a parameter corresponding to a value read by the image reading unit. A carriage includes a light source that irradiates the document, and moves in a sub-scanning direction with respect to a document to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070109611 - Mobile communications device with integral internal printer and print media storage container: A mobile communications device includes an elongate body defining opposite entry and exit slots between which print media can be fed. A printer assembly is contained within the body and includes an elongate printhead assembly which extends transversely with respect to a print media path to extend across the body... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070109609 - Scanning table and scanning device of the same: The present invention provides a scanning table and a scanning device of the same. The scanning table comprises a table surface and two sides. The scanning device comprises a first transparent case provided on the table surface, a second transparent case provided on one side and adjacent to the first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070109612 - Image reader: In an image reader having a static-document reading function and a moving-document reading function, a static-document pressing member is movably arranged on a cover portion and a sheet passing opening is opened or closed by moving the static-document pressing member. Further, the image reader includes a moving-document pressing member for... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070109613 - Image reader: In an image reader that can adjust a distance between a platen glass and a close-contact-type image sensor (CIS) without disassembly, a CIS unit includes a CIS and a resilient body which biases the CIS toward the platen glass. A CIS roller holder includes a spacer, and a CIS holder... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070109614 - Document feeder: A document feeder includes: an inlet; an outlet; an input transfer path configured to guide a document during transfer from the inlet passed a scanning point to an end point positioned above the inlet; an intermediate transfer path configured to guide the document during transfer from the end point passed... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070109615 - Illuminating device: The present invention relates to an illuminating device for linearly illuminating a flat object, in particular a bank note. The illuminating device according to the invention for linearly illuminating a flat object, in particular a bank note, with at least one or a plurality of linearly disposed light sources, a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070109616 - System and method for searching digital images: A method and system for automatically analyzing and searching a database of images or other digital content includes a process for analyzing images to identify portions capable of receiving text. In one implementation user input is received, where the user input helps construct a profile matrix representing image features desired... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070103711 - Apparatus and method of automatically modifying print settings: An apparatus of automatically modifying print settings is provided comprising a receiving portion for receiving data set with the print setting information, a registering portion into which the print setting information is registered, a print setting modifying portion for modifying the print setting information of the received data to the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070103709 - Data processing apparatus, and method for controlling the same: An existing printer arranged to print data from a PC (personal computer) is used as the printer unit of a facsimile apparatus. The PC uses a printer driver dedicated to an existing printer (capable of performing the same processing as the printer unit of the facsimile apparatus) as a module,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070103710 - Printing apparatus, printing system and controlling method of printing apparatus: A printing apparatus comprising a memory having a plurality if storage areas which stores received print data, a setting unit which sets printing functions to be used among printing functions included in the printing apparatus for each of the plurality of storage areas, a receiving unit which receives designation of... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070103718 - Image forming apparatus: A system CPU sets a storage area in a page memory when a copying operation has been started. Where a clear/stop key, etc. is depressed to suspend the copying operation, the system CPU checks whether there is data in the page memory. If there is data in the page memory,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070103713 - Image processing apparatus that can output copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, method for controlling image processing apparatus, program, and storage medium: An apparatus includes an original-document-attribute determining unit that determines attribute of an original document image, a form-attribute determining unit that determines attribute of a form image, and a compositing unit that performs sequence of compositing of the original document image, a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, and the form image, the sequence... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070103714 - Information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, control method thereof, and printing system: This invention provides an information processing apparatus which can efficiently and easily execute print processing to which print settings set for different levels for identical document data are applied, a printing apparatus, a control method thereof, and a printing system. A plurality of pieces of print setting information corresponding to... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070103716 - Ink billing system with changeable billing rate table: An ink billing system is used between a client company X 200 that prints information and a printer manufacturer that supplies ink cartridges (or toner) to the company X 200. The company X 200 has a main server 210, a plurality of in-store servers 220, 230 in communication with the... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070103717 - Method and apparatus for determining developer consumption, and image forming apparatus: A developer consumption determining method for determining a developer consumption of an image forming apparatus includes the steps of dividing one of writing pixels into a plurality of sub-pixels in a main scanning direction, determining a weighting coefficient for each of surrounding sub-pixels of one of the sub-pixels located within... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070103715 - Printing management system and printing management method: According to this invention, a printing management system which manages a log of a print job includes a creation unit which creates log information for specifying a print job on the basis of issued print job data, a save unit which saves the log information created by the creation unit... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070103712 - System and method for limiting access to a shared multi-functional peripheral device based on preset user privileges: A system and method for restricting access to a shared MFP is disclosed. The system includes an administration module, an authentication module and a shared MFP connected to the authentication module. The administration module creates and updates user profiles, which include user identification information and user privilege information. The shared... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070103724 - Apparatus and method for changing, adding and deleting a job, and a storage medium for such a program: A job is selected from a job list, and is either copied or is extracted from a job storage unit. The job, or the copy, is transmitted to a designated destination. A transmission job or a printing job is stored in conjunction with a corresponding execution time in the job... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070103725 - Configuration recognizing system, configuration recognizing method, and configuration recognizing program of device: The present invention relates to a component mounted to a device and provides a configuration recognizing system, etc. of a device to enable configuration information of the component to be comprehended regardless of electric connection between the component and the device. A configuration recognizing system of a device (electronic device... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070103726 - Control of distributed printing with multiple printers: A technique for distributed printing that ensures favorable operability within a sufficiently short time. The procedure first generates intermediate print data and executes the parallel rendering process by time sharing to sequentially convert page data on the first page of the intermediate print data into data adequate for the printers.... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070103722 - Image data processing apparatus, image data processing method, and program: The image rotation apparatus includes a first storage unit adapted to store compressed image data, and a decompression unit adapted to decompress the image data read out from the first storage unit, and segments the image data obtained from the decompression unit into a plurality of areas. The apparatus further... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070103721 - Image forming apparatus, information processing method, and network system: An object of this invention is to improve user friendliness when an image forming apparatus outputs accessibly stored data having undergone an image forming process by another image forming apparatus. To achieve this object, an image forming apparatus according to this invention which can perform an image forming process for... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070103720 - Image generating apparatus: An image generating apparatus capable of infrared communication over a wide range regardless of a beam spread angle of an infrared communication element is obtained. This image generating apparatus comprises a rotating member horizontally rotatably set on the upper surface of an apparatus body performing printing and an infrared communication... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070103719 - Printer control apparatus, printer control method, and computer readable recording medium stored with computer program for controlling printer: An operating screen including a printing setup screen containing the setup items of printing conditions that a user can select is provided to the user. Further, a result of searching for printers that match the values of the setup items is arranged on the printer selection screen within the operating... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070103723 - System and method for facilitating imaging services using a service identification number stored in an image capture device: A system and method for obtaining photographic products and/or services comprises bundling image capture and printing technologies into products and/or services that are paid for by a consumer with monthly or yearly subscription fees. The system and method involves selecting a camera and selecting a photographic products/service plan which designates... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070103728 - Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and program: This invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of preventing image omission caused by registration error correction, a control method therefor, and a program. Error amount information is acquired which is stored in a storage medium and represents the error amount of the scanning line of exposure light in the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070103729 - Printing method and printing apparatus: In a method for printing an image on a printing medium having a memory device mounted on the medium, the position of the memory device on the printing medium is detected, and the position for printing the image on the printing medium is set based on the detected position of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070103727 - Use of extensible object data to represent a fully qualified solution order: A method, system and computer-usable medium for generating a manufacturing-usable easily modifiable product order document is presented. An object collection of objects that describe features of components of a product is created. A view database that describes a logical relationship among components in the object collection is also created. A... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070103702 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which, when switching operation from color image forming operation to monochromatic image forming operation, forms a monochromatic image on each of a prescribed number of sheets by stopping a part of the functions of yellow, magenta and cyan image forming sections of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070103703 - Printer, printing control apparatus and printing system using unique job identifiers, and control method therefor: When a command for the status response is issued from a host computer to a printer, a data-receipt administration portion adds, to the received command, an ID peculiar to each command, and stores the commands and the peculiar ID; and a data-transmission administration portion immediately returns the ID added to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070103705 - Color calibration methods and systems for digital images: Color calibration methods for a digital image capture device are provided. Identification of a printer is first received. It is determined whether color information of the printer is stored in the digital image capture device. If so, the color information is sent from the digital image capture device to the... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070103708 - Gamut-preserving color imaging: A color imaging technique includes setting a target value in a device-independent first color space and mapping the target value to a substantially complete point set in a second color space. The point set may include a plurality of points, each of which define substantially the same calorimetric value via... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20070103706 - Method and apparatus for correcting spatial non-uniformity in display device: A method and display device for correcting spatial non-uniformity in a display device are provided.. The method includes receiving color signals of a pixel to receive the pixel, extracting correction data for correcting adjacent representative color signals which represent areas adjacent to the received pixel, and correcting the adjacent representative... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070103704 - Methods and apparatuses for merging and outputting images: An image processing apparatus comprises an image input device, an image output device and a processing unit. The processing unit coupled to the image input device and the image output device acquires a plurality of first bitmap image via the image input device, generates a second bitmap image by merging... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070103707 - Scanner characterization for printer calibration: Colors similar to those which would be used in calibrating a target printer are printed on a printer of the same model and with the same materials set as anticipated for the printer calibration. These all lie within a substantially reduced portion of the gamuts of both the printer and... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20070103730 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: A disclosed image forming apparatus for recording images includes: an image processing unit to create toner image data on four colors of yellow (Y), cyan (C), magenta (M), and black (K) such that toner images have line-shaped periodic structures; and an image forming unit to form the toner images using... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070103731 - Method and system for generating contone encoded binary print data streams: A method and system to convert an image described in a page description language to a contone image. The contone image is halftoned and encoded to generate image data including edge tag data and image data. A tagged state value of each pixel of image data within a predefined neighborhood... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070103732 - Opposing edge trapping: Apparatus are provided, which include a color image processor, an edge distinguisher, and an edge trapping mechanism. The color image processor processes color images, including a given color image. The given color image includes plural color separations each having a set of color values for respective image pixels. The edge... Agent: Anthony L. Miele Miele Law Group

20070103733 - Method and device for creating print data, program for creating print data, and computer-readable recording medium containing the program: There are provided a method and a device for creating print data, a program for creating print data, and a recording medium capable of accurately adjusting the position of the print image of pre-printing with the print image of post-printing when performing CTP printing, regardless of generation of fan-out, without... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070103734 - Scanner analog-front-end calibration using percent of freedom: A method and a system of calibrating a scanner that has a scanning element. The method includes scanning data with the scanning element, and determining an intermediate value of the scanned data. The method also includes determining a variation value of the scanning element, and determining a data freedom value... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070103735 - Image reading apparatus, and method for detecting size of document: A first positioning member is provided on a document table to extend in a first scanning direction and determines a position in a second scanning direction of an edge of a document placed on the placing surface. A first reference area holding member extends from a first positioning member over... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070103736 - Carriage module with image capture unit: A carriage module with an image capture unit for using in a scanning device is disclosed. The module includes a carriage having a sliding seat and a cam; a lens attached to the carriage device; an image capture unit capturing the light images from the lens; a PC board mounting... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070103737 - Fixture structure, optical device, image reading device and image forming device: A fixture structure is disclosed that is able to reduce the workload when adjusting a relative position of constituent components. The fixture structure includes a first member and a second member fixed with the first member by a screw. The first member has a first contacting surface, the second member... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070103738 - Imaging lens, image reader using the lens, and imaging apparatus using the image reader: f

20070103739 - Apparatus and methods for remote viewing and scanning of microfilm: Apparatus for remotely viewing and scanning microfilm at a first location, while controlling the viewing and scanning from a remote location, including a viewing and scanning device for generating a video feed and subsequently scanned images of the microfilm, a host computer at the first location in communication with the... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070103741 - Apparatus and method of reading images on duplex document with variable start-of-reading timing: A technique of processing images previously-formed on first and second opposite sides of a document is disclosed. The technique includes: reading the images on the document at a reading position by scan; transporting the document such that the first side is moved facing the reading position, and, after the first... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070103740 - Document feeder: An automatic document feeder includes: an inlet; an outlet; a transfer system configured to transfer a document from the inlet to the outlet; an input transfer path configured to guide a document during transfer from the inlet passed a scanning point to an end point positioned above the inlet; an... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070103742 - Optimum non-uniformity correction for imaging sensors: The present invention relates to a method of generating intensity measurement correction coefficients for a pixel in a focal plane array of an optical sensor, wherein the correction coefficients are used to correct an intensity measurement generated by the pixel responsive to illumination. The method includes the steps of accessing... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070103743 - Method for correcting integrating cavity effect for calibration and/or characterization targets: In one form, the method comprises obtaining scanned values of the image, scaling the scanned values to obtain scaled values, applying a non-linear correction function to the scaled values to obtain a first approximation of corrected reflectance values, filtering the corrected reflectance values by applying a piecewise Gaussian filter, applying... Agent: Joseph D. Dreher Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070103744 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for processing information: An information processing apparatus for correcting chromatic aberration of video data, includes a white saturation pixel detecting unit for detecting a white saturation pixel having white saturation using a G signal of the video data composed of an RGB signal, a spatial signal processing unit for performing a spatial signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070103745 - 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

20070097393 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises an inner discharge part which discharges a recording sheet on which an image has been formed, a size determining unit which determines whether or not a size of the recording sheet to be discharged in the inner discharge part is smaller than a predetermined size,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070097400 - Automatic installation system for printer driver, and program recording medium: An automatic installation system for printer drivers including a network; at least one printer connected to the network; a printer driver database unit which has a printer driver database and connected to the network; and a terminal connected to the at least one printer via the network, wherein the terminal... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070097394 - Data converter, data conversion method, program for making computer function as data converter and recording medium for storing this program: A data converter for converting a file having layout information to a file which does not depend on the process properties of an information apparatus is provided. The process which is executed by the control part in the data converter includes the step of determining the attributes of the apparatus... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070097401 - Electronic paper file generator: An electronic paper file is generated from an enhanced metafile such that data may be converted from multiple applications with different data descriptions to a single electronic paper format having a particular data description. The enhanced metafile includes a series of individual records that provide a sequence of graphic instructions... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070097404 - Image forming apparatus: When sample printing is executed, whether the printing is executed putting higher priority on the printing speed than the image quality based on printing data of each page or the printing is executed putting higher priority on the image quality than the printing speed is automatically judged and the sample... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070097395 - Image forming device: The image forming device comprises: a receiving means configured to receive a print job containing print data; an image formation processing means configured to convert the print data into bitmap data; a printing means configured to execute printing based on the bitmap data, the image forming device being further equipped... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097403 - Image processing system: An image processing system is disclosed that is able to provide an image suitable for a specified application. The image processing system includes a first image processing device for separating an input image into plural divisional images, which are processed by different image processing methods, in accordance with the output... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070097402 - Method for printing an image during an image playing mode: Under a playing mode of an image playing program and through a combination of key presses, an image that is currently on the screen can be outputted as a printed image to a printer without leaving the playing mode of the image playing program. The playing action of the playing... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070097399 - Notification of changed parameters in a printing system: A print controller, methods, and software are disclosed. A print controller of the invention includes applications, a parameter manager, and a notification system. The applications register with parameter manager those parameters for which they want to be notified when a change occurs. As part of the registration, the applications designate... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070097406 - Print job management apparatus: The technique of the present invention facilitates execution of proof printing, prior to main printing. In a printing system constructed via a network LAN, a printer PRT includes a job management apparatus that manages statuses of print jobs in conformity with International Standard ISO/IEC10175-1. The job management apparatus has a... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070097405 - Printing apparatus, printing method, image processing apparatus, image processing method, printing program, image processing program, and storage medium: A printing apparatus includes: a unit that generates test pattern data considering visual characteristics, on the basis of a test pattern grayscale value determined on the basis of visual sensitivity; an N-value conversion unit that converts the test pattern data generated by the unit that generates test pattern data considering... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070097398 - Provision and use of device images that are associated with one or more relationships specifying how to navigate between the images: In one embodiment, a device is provided with a non-volatile memory that stores a plurality of vector images illustrating different views of the device, and one or more relationships specifying how to navigate between the vector images. The device is also provided with an interface to provide access to the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097396 - System, device, method and utility to convert images retrieved from a device to a format supported by a device management tool: In one embodiment, an image conversion utility is embodied in code that, in response to receiving an image request from a device management tool: 1) retrieve an image from a device that is a target of the image request, the image illustrating at least a portion of the device; 2)... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097397 - System, method and utility to format images retrieved from a device: In one embodiment, an image formatting utility is embodied in code, stored and executed apart from any device that it retrieves images from, that, in response to receiving an image request from a device management tool: 1) retrieves an image from a device that is a target of the image... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097409 - Downstream error handling in manufacturing systems: A method, computer program product, and system for handling an error that occurs during processing of a job in a manufacturing system are provided. The method, computer program product, and system provide for determining a first location in the job where a first subsystem of the manufacturing system is currently... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070097411 - Duplex simultaneous reading apparatus, copying apparatus, image processing apparatus and image processing method: A duplex simultaneous reading apparatus having an image reading unit for simultaneously reading a first surface and a second surface of a document, the duplex simultaneous reading apparatus includes: a detection unit for detecting any specified pattern image from image data read by the image reading unit; and a selection... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070097408 - Image forming device: When there is a change in the content of a setting related to a function of an image forming device, including function parameters and system specifications, the information to be displayed on a liquid crystal display unit is determined according to the type of the change in the setting. A... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097407 - Image forming device system: When information is entered to make reservation with a PC for a desired function to be executed and conditions therefor among a plurality of functions of a multi-function machine, the multi-function machine displays marking information and the like for the purpose of selecting the function on the touch panel, and... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097415 - Image processing apparatus: Disclosed are an image processing apparatus, a management apparatus for an image processing apparatus, a method for managing an image processing apparatus, a program and a storage medium with which it is possible to perform an appropriate management when a user requests another user to perform a process using the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070097414 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus and related control method: A printing apparatus, or a multifunction peripheral connected via a network, can store images having individual identification (ID). The devices can extract inherent identification (ID) from a document and can retrieve, from a storage device, a pre-stored image having identification (ID) corresponding to the extracted identification (ID), and can compose... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070097413 - Image processing apparatus, program, and recording medium: An image processing apparatus is provided which can output an image from which only specific image information can be positively detected when the specific image information used to prohibit copying of image information is added to image data. The present invention includes a specific image information adding portion that adds... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070097410 - Information processing apparatus having a function restriction release function: An information processing apparatus which has a predetermined function in usage restriction condition, the apparatus including: a first obtaining section to obtain a first release information; a second obtaining section to obtain a second release information; an inverse-transformation section to process the second release information by using a inverse-transformation inverse... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070097412 - Proofing method and apparatus: The invention relates to a method of producing a validated print-out comprising: (a) providing a printing apparatus comprising a memory, a processor, a printhead and a spectrophotometer, the printhead and the spectrophotometer being mobile along a scan axis; (b) loading an original virtual image data into the memory; (c) creating... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097427 - Digital camera and printing system: With a digital camera 100, a photographed image 31 is displayed on a liquid crystal display and the user selects a desired image and specifies print specifications of the number of print sheets, a print paper size, a print color mode, etc., then print image data is prepared. The prepared... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070097423 - Distributed printing controlling system, distributed printing controlling method, and program: A distributed printing controlling system and a distributed printing controlling method are provided that can easily execute the optimal distributed printing based on history information on what type of distributed printing was executed in the past when distributed printing is executed using a plurality of printing apparatuses. A distributed printing... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070097426 - Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, image forming system, and program: Data to be printed in accordance with a print instruction is acquired by referring to management information on data containing the storage positions of the data which are managed on storage media and managed in image forming apparatuses on the network including the image forming apparatus and an external image... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070097425 - Image reading device and image processing method utilizing the same: There is disclosed an image processing apparatus provided with a reader for reading an original image, a connection unit for connection with a network to which plural computers are connected, and a transfer units for transferring the image data, read by the reader, to a computer through the connection unit,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070097419 - Image-based printer system monitoring: A printer monitoring interface is disclosed that uses a combination of dynamic three dimensional representations of a printing system and actual photographic images (still or video) of problem areas to give an operator monitoring the printing system realtime feedback, in both graphical and actual-image form, of areas of the printing... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070097430 - Information processing apparatus, method, program, and storage medium: This invention is to ensure synchronization between images in an information apparatus with those in an external device without bothering a user while reflecting the user's intension of whether to make an image open to the public. Only images in groups with the same group ID are synchronized without synchronizing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070097422 - Information storage medium in which digital contents are recorded, and method and system of managing digital contents: An information storage medium in which digital contents having a configuration that are to be reproduced only by a user having authorization, and a method and a system of producing and reproducing the digital contents. In the information storing medium in which digital contents are recorded, the digital contents include... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070097418 - Job management system and program for the same: To solve the foregoing problems, the invention includes an intermediate data creation means for creating intermediate data, in an intermediate language that can be restored, of job data that have been created by an application, a restore determining means for determining whether restoration by the application is possible based on... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097420 - Method and mechanism for retrieving images: A method and apparatus for, in response to receiving a request, retrieving digital images that are associated with one or more keywords and which are similar to a digital image is provided. The request may be processed using a keywords index and a content index, and optionally, a session index... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070097421 - Method for digital photo management and distribution: Digital images are captured on a digital camera, automatically formatted, and uploaded to a server for review and collaborative modifications. An on-line web gallery is automatically generated by the server whereby low resolution versions of the images are transferred to the server and appear in the gallery within seconds from... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070097429 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal, which has mail function, allows a user to input a destination address of mail by selecting the address from the address list with easy operation by displaying all of information for input operation of the destination address with other information for mail creation such as subject and... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070097428 - Print apparatus and printer control method: A printing apparatus 1000 records an image on a recording medium. The printing apparatus is provided with communication means for communicating with a digital camera 3012, digital camera recognizing means for recognizing the digital camera 3012, and status display means for displaying the operation status of the printing apparatus 1000.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070097417 - Print control process device: Icons 31 and 32, for specifying each of at least two kinds of printing means, are displayed on a toolbar 30 of a display screen of a display unit 25, and in response to one of the icons having been designated, a corresponding printing means is controlled with a corresponding... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097431 - Print control system and program: A print control system comprises a data obtaining system configured to obtain moving image data from a storage device that stores the moving image data including a plurality of frame data corresponding to still images, each of the plurality of frame data to which priority information representing a priority is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070097416 - Printing apparatus, print instruction apparatus, and printing system: the printing apparatus includes: a print data obtainment unit (interpreter 1203) which obtains the sub-data; a determination unit (rasterizer 1202) which determines whether or not there is necessity of further obtaining of the obtained sub-data, by the interpreter 1203, in order to complete printing of the print data; and a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070097424 - Printing system and host device: A printer is communicatively connected to a host device. A first transmitter is operable to transmit an inquiry to the printer for acquiring a status of the printer, and to transmit a printing request to the printer. A detector is operable to detect the inquiry and the printing request from... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070097433 - Image forming device: This image forming device 1 comprises a control unit, a connector interface 31, an external memory 33, and an image forming unit. The control unit instructs the output of a predetermined image data. The connector interface 31 is connected to the control unit. The external memory 14 can be removably... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097432 - Image forming device and image forming system: This image forming device 1 comprises an image processing unit 9, an HDD 23 and an image forming unit. The image processing unit 9 is capable of instructing the output of the image data sent from the PC 43. The HDD 23 is connected to the image processing unit 9... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097435 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus: An image processing method includes printing out a layout mark-sensing sheet indicating a plurality of different sample image layout options that graphically indicate different layouts of an image to be printed on a recording medium that has a specific shape. The layout mark-sensing sheet allows a user to mark the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070097434 - Image-forming system and image-forming program: An image-forming system prevents a print overrun error even if there are bands of divided data having different band heights. An image-forming system has a band divider to divide image data into a plurality of bands each containing divided image date, a loader to load the bands into a band... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070097436 - Data-control device and method of controlling same: A data-processing device which receives data transmitted from at least one other data-processing device on a network is provided. The data-processing device acquires information about a state of the other data-processing device, and outputs data items provided by the other data-processing device and information about a relation between the data... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070097437 - Information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, printing system, control program, printing medium, and printing medium selection control method: An object of this invention is to reduce the burden of setting work when setting the correspondence between printing media and paper feed stages in a printing apparatus which selects a predetermined printing medium and prints image data. To achieve this object, according to this invention, an information processing method... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070097384 - Image processing apparatus for processing image data including a tint image: Disclosed are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a transmitting apparatus that can inhibit an inappropriate printing process when performing scaling of an image including a tint image. In the case of performing scaling of image data including a tint image in which concealed characters that appear... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070097385 - Image enhancement system and method: An image enhancement system comprises a scanning device comprising a photosensor element having a plurality of different color channels. The system also comprises an exposure control module configured to vary an exposure time of the plurality of different color channels to generate at least two different exposure level scans of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097386 - Imaging system and method: An imaging system comprising a scanning device having a fluorescent lamp and a secondary light source for illuminating a media object to be scanned, the secondary light source configured to emit light at a different frequency spectrum than the fluorescent lamp, a scanned image of the media object generated using... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097387 - Apparatus and method for recording image on photosensitive material: A spatial light modulator has a plurality of grating elements. Each grating element can be switched between a diffracting state and a reflecting state, and only zeroth order light beams from the spatial light modulator are directed onto photosensitive material. An irradiation position on the photosensitive material is moved in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070097391 - Apparatus and method for improving image quality of image sensor: Provided are an apparatus and method for improving an image quality of an image sensor, capable of adaptively removing noise occurring in a de-mosaicking that is performed for generating three-channel data of R, G and B from a single channel pixel structure based on a bayer pattern. The apparatus includes... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070097389 - Color set mapping: A method of mapping a set of individual colors having a color set gamut with a color-set gamut boundary. Some of the colors of the color set are not reproducible by a reproduction device, which has a color gamut with a gamut boundary, and are therefore outside the reproduction device's... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097392 - Image compensation device and method: An image compensation method. A color space conversion operation is implemented in a pixel of a source image to convert first image signals corresponding to the pixel to second image signals corresponding to a color space plane. The color space plane comprises a skin color axis comprising a first skin... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070097388 - Image reading device: A standard density display means for displaying to a user a standard density for reading images of a standard color based on a set reading density is provided. Furthermore, the standard density display means is programmed so as to display a standard density read button for executing an image reading... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097390 - Method for correcting cartridge color shifts for performing imaging with an imaging apparatus using a cartridge: A method for correcting cartridge color shifts for imaging with an imaging apparatus includes determining a spectral signature band for each colorant to yield a plurality of spectral signature bands; determining a minimum number of the spectral signature bands from the plurality of spectral signature bands to form a group... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070097441 - Moire-based auto-stereoscopic enhancement of images for duplex rendering on transparencies: Provided herein are teachings directed to using duplex printing on transparencies to create auto-stereoscopic enhancement to rendered images as viewed in a “see-through” manner. By choosing different halftone structures, differing by having different spatial frequencies for each of the two sides of a transparency, a moiré pattern resulting due to... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070097440 - Partial dot error diffusion halftone calibration: Disclosed are methods for calibrating the grain and tone scale of partial dot error diffusion halftoning. The methods include a first pass that calibrates the dot size and a second pass that calibrates tone scale.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097438 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof: Generation of an electronic document which leaves density difference information between the background of a document and a correcting liquid applied surface is in demand. Hence, upon reading a document image and converting it into an electronic document, the background density of the document is read from the read image,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070097439 - Image processing method and apparatus thereof: Recent copying machines have higher image quality, and the halftone processing methods are diversifying. If automatic tone correction is applied in correspondence with the diversified halftone processing methods, a long operation time is required. Hence, a sample chart based on the sample data is formed by a printer. A reader... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070097442 - Digital camera and printing system: With a digital camera 100, a photographed image 31 is displayed on a liquid crystal display and the user selects a desired image and specifies print specifications of the number of print sheets, a print paper size, a print color mode, etc., then print image data is prepared. The prepared... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070097443 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method for removing a noise generated by scanning a foreign object from image data obtained by scanning an original document: In order to enhance the quality of image after removing a noise from image data obtained by scanning an original document, an MFP is provided with a scanning portion to obtain the image data by scanning the original document, a noise detection processing portion to detect a noise from the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070097444 - Printing device and printing method: The present invention provides an information printing method and a printing device, which assure a higher level of security when outputting printed matter. The present invention provides a printing device comprising a document storage means for storing electronic document data generated at a printing instruction issuing terminal operated by a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070097445 - Printing system, access source counting system, and program for printing system: There is provided a printing system, comprising a detection unit configured to search first data to detect link address information representing a link target address linked to second data, a storage unit that stores identification information identifying the printing system, an image code generation unit configured to generate an image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070097446 - Imaging system and method to change field depth: An imaging system comprises a masking element configured to mask a predetermined quantity of lens elements of a lens array during a scan of a media object to change a depth of field of the lens array.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097447 - Sheet handling device and process: The sheet handling device comprises a cutting member for cutting at least one sheet to obtain two documents therefrom, and a control member for distributing the sheets obtained in this manner by directing them towards suitable post-print document processing devices operating in direct connection with a digital sheet printer. The... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070097448 - Print system and access control method thereof, access control program, information processing device, and storage medium: A print system, which comprises a print data issuance device which issues print data, a printing device which executes printing based on the print data output from the print data issuance device, and an access control device which generates access control information required to limit user's access to the printing... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070097449 - Image forming device: The present invention is an image forming device, wherein, if a print instruction is received during calibration, then the user is informed to the effect that they should determine the priority order of the calibration and the print command, and that user instruction determines the priority order. If the priority... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097450 - Method and device for compressing and expanding image data: A method for compressing image data having pixels arranged like a matrix in a line direction and a sub scan direction orthogonal to the line direction is provided. The method includes the steps of dividing the image data in the line direction and in the sub scan direction into blocks... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070097451 - Multiple document scanning: A system and methodology enables the scanning of multiple documents in a single pass of a flat bed scanner. Multiple documents are placed on the scanner surface with a predetermined amount of vertical and horizontal spacing separating the documents. The scanning device is enabled to detect and open separate windows... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20070097452 - Image forming apparatus for generating stable horizontal sync signal and method thereof: An image forming apparatus for generating a stable horizontal sync signal and a horizontal sync signal generating method are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a switching unit to switch on an electric current according to a video signal, a light output unit to output an optical power corresponding to... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070097453 - Image forming device: The present invention comprises a first means for, if a key input occurs while the audio guide mode is set, determining whether or not a most recently operated key is identical to a previously operated key, a third means for, if the first means determines that the most recently operated... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097454 - Scanning module, image reading apparatus using the same, and maintenance method of the scanning module: A scanning module including a light source to project light onto a document to be read, a lens unit to focus an optical signal read from the document being illuminated by the projected light, a plurality of mirrors to form an optical path from the light source to the lens... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070097455 - Photoelectric conversion device and image sensor including the same: A photoelectric conversion device, which is not influenced by low-frequency noise radiated from a power source line or the like, and an image sensor including the photoelectric conversion device are provided. The photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel which is constituted by a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity... Agent: Adams & Wilks

20070097457 - Image reader and image forming device: An image reading device includes a transparent board, a document conveying unit, and a document pick-up member. The transparent board has a document-feed reading region on and a document-fixed reading region. The document conveying unit conveys the document on the document-feed reading region in a document conveying direction. The document... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070097456 - Scanner registration systems and methods: Embodiments herein process a plurality of jobs through a document handler (the jobs comprise one or more media sheets), scan the media sheets as the media sheets pass through the document handler and pass by a scanner, and maintain statistics of registration of the media sheets with respect to the... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20070097459 - Image reading apparatus and multifunction apparatus including the same: An image reading apparatus includes a document mounting table, a document cover disposed above the document mounting table and provided to be displaceable between a position in which the mounted document is covered and a position in which the document mounting table is opened, an automatic document feeder delivering and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070097458 - Original document transport device: An original document feed tray 11 is positioned above an original document output tray 15. When an original document is set on the original document feed tray, the original document feed tray is upwardly moved from a home position by a tray drive mechanism 24 to position the uppermost original... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070097460 - Image input system: This invention provides an image input system capable of setting an arbitrary imaging inhibited area. This system displays a map showing the positions of cameras arranged in an office and the directions in which these cameras can be aimed, or displays the view angles of the cameras. An operator designates... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070097461 - Color enhancement method and system: An apparatus and method for calibrating a multi-color imaging system are provided. Color values are measured for each of the different color patches, and compared to target process-sensitive colors color values, representing a weight-adjusted memory color. An error value is calculated. The error value represents a deviation of the measured... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070097462 - Luminance nonuniformity adjustment method and luminance nonuniformity adjustment module using this method: A luminance nonuniformity adjustment module for eliminating luminance nonuniformities in light emitting elements determines a luminance correction coefficient for each light-emitting element through a test print. The luminance nonuniformity adjustment module comprises a provisional luminance correction coefficient calculation unit, an improper coloring degree calculation unit and a luminance correction coefficient... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070097463 - Illumination source comprising more light emitting diodes than terminals: An illumination source for a scanner comprises a plurality of terminals and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) with at least two LEDs having different wavelengths. Each LED is coupled to a terminal and each LED is capable of being turned on and off via a signal provided to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097465 - Color drift error correcting method and image forming apparatus: A color-drift correcting method in an image forming apparatus includes a first and a second color-drift correcting. The first color-drift correcting includes correcting the color-drift amount in a sub scanning direction and a skew relative to the reference color image being based on each color-drift amount of at least three... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070097467 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof, and image forming apparatus using the image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a detector, a parameter calculating section, a storing section, a correction section, and a pseudo continuous tone processing section. The detector detects an amount of an out of color registration of a color laser printer. The parameter calculating section... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070097466 - Print control apparatus, print control method, program, and storage medium: In order to perform printing by using a minimum of band buffer and correcting bending/inclination in a sub-scanning direction without making optical adjustments and using special hardware, 1-band image data are stored in the band buffer, images stored in the band buffer are corrected, images lying outside a band area... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070097464 - Spot color adjuster: A method is provided for adjusting color output in a digital press. The method comprises providing a digital press including a output color ink array configured to print a first spot color element on a media and including an input color array including a process color subarray and at least... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070097468 - Image forming device for changing composition of image and changing method thereof: Disclosed are an image forming device for changing a composition of an image and changing method thereof. The image forming device for changing a composition of an image includes a user interfacing part displaying a predetermined image, a composition changing part generating a new image by changing a composition of... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.