Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 06/07

20070146762 - Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: An FPGA functions as an activation mode setting circuit for loading activation data stored on a PROM into a circuit setting memory and setting an activation mode when activating the CPU. The FPGA outputs an activation mode setting signal to the CPU, and the CPU is activated in the set... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070146759 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program: In a wizard process used by a printer driver, a screen to be displayed is dynamically produced in accordance with device function information provided by the printer driver and a setting value input by a user. In this technique, it is not necessary to separately prepare wizard programs for respective... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070146758 - Method and system to automatically convert a file format and image forming apparatus used in the same: A method to automatically convert a format of a file through an image forming apparatus, the method including displaying list of tasks executable by the image forming apparatus and a list of files stored in the image forming apparatus, selecting a task to be executed from the list of tasks... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070146766 - Image processor, an image processing system, and a method of executing jobs: An image processor comprising: a user information storage unit for storing information of a plurality of users; a plurality of different user information input units for inputting user information; a user information matching unit for determining whether or not user information inputted by said respective user information input units matches... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070146769 - Image recording system and program: A bypass transporting path apparatus is disposed on a color image recording apparatus and a transporting path connecting apparatus is disposed between a front portion of a monochrome image recording apparatus and a rear portion of the color image recording apparatus. This system includes an operational state monitoring portion that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070146767 - Information processing apparatus and print control method: An apparatus and method for controlling printing including setting a print attribute to a specific page or a specific page range in a print job, permitting an application to produce print data, analyzing the print data and searching for a page break code in a case where the application is... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070146765 - Recording medium: A recording medium comprising a magnetic material inside, and having a Taber abrasion amount of 10 mg or less. Also provided is a recording medium comprising a magnetic material inside, and having, in an environment of 23° C. and 50% RH, a surface electroresistivity of 1×109 Ω/sq to 2×1011 Ω/sq... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070146776 - Image processing apparatus and control method of the same: There are provided an image processing apparatus and its control method in which sheet size/type and options can be set every image without reducing the number of images written onto one index sheet. The options include image processes such as addition of a date, VIVID-photo, noise cancellation, automatic photograph correction,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146778 - Print system, server system, and job control method: In a print system communicable with an information processing apparatus and print apparatus, the information processing apparatus holds one or a plurality of print jobs in a readable form based on identification information common to a plurality of print jobs transmitted from the print apparatus. When the print apparatus issues... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070146788 - Data mirroring method: A copy source device includes bit map acquisition and bit map merge functions. In accordance with bit-map management information in which a bit map indicating the presence of written data is rounded, the bit map acquisition and bit map merger acquires required bit map from a copy destination device, and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070146790 - Method and apparatus for managing image files stored in external storage medium connected to image forming device: A method and apparatus is provided for copying image files stored in an external storage medium into a built-in storage medium of an image forming device and managing the copied image files. The method includes sensing whether the external storage medium is connected to the image forming device and if... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070146789 - Printing apparatus and printing method: Following executing print processing according to a first print job, in the event of executing printing processing according to a second print job which has different sheet attributes from the first print job, a printing apparatus according to the present invention, which subjects sheets having various types of sheet attribute... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070146791 - Printing apparatus, printing system, printing method, program, and storage medium: A printing apparatus and a method for performing re-printing after correction of an original, the apparatus and method including storing first data including a plurality of pages, inputting second data including a plurality of pages, extracting difference data by comparing the first data and the second data, displaying a preview... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070146738 - Multiple-beam scanning device and image forming apparatus having the multiple-beam scanning device: A multi-beam scanning device includes a light source part having a plurality of light emitting sources which light emitting sources are monolithically arranged in a surface perpendicular to an optical axis; a light deflection part configured to deflect a plurality of light beams from the light source part in a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070146739 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device includes a main casing, a process casing, a photosensitive member, a charger, a first duct member, a fan, and a duct moving unit. The process casing is accommodated in the main casing and removably mounted thereon. The process casing has a casing inlet formed therein. The photosensitive... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070146731 - Abstract parameter print mode mimic generation: A method, system, and computer program for generating a visual representation provides the capability to illustrate the various combinations of settings quickly and efficiently. A method for generating a visual representation comprises providing a plurality of predefined visual representations, accepting a plurality of values of a plurality of parameters, and... Agent: Michael A. Schwartz, Esq. Swidler Berlin LLP

20070146736 - Image processing device: The present invention provides an image processing device which aims for appropriate settings and simplification of printing functions. In a print server, when a print job is received, an application name used in a client terminal is specified from a drawing command of the print job, and standard settings of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070146732 - Method and system for generating job profiles: A method and system for generating a job profile set, the method and system comprising receiving identification information, receiving device information, retrieving at least one job profile based on the received identification information and the received device information, and generating a job profile set, wherein the generated job profile set... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070146734 - Method for manufacturing three-dimensional object, three-dimensional object, and print medium: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object which method is able to easily manufacture a three-dimensional object using a low-cost apparatus. The present invention thus manufactures a three-dimensional object containing a three-dimensional image by printing a two-dimensional image on print media... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146733 - Method for setting configuration data: A method is for setting configuration data to a print data supplying device. The print data supplying device is operable to: store data associated with at least one of a plurality of items of group information in a first storage area; generate print data based on: (1) internal print data... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070146735 - Printer for actuated printing of identification tags: A printer is provided for printing, onto a surface, an interface of document data and coded data. The document data includes first identity data indicative of an identity associated with a region of the interface. The coded data includes tags each including the first identity data and second identity data... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070146756 - Method of operating an imaging apparatus having a duplexer and a perforation device: A method of operating an imaging apparatus having a duplexer and a perforation device for processing a sheet of media having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface includes forming an image on the first surface of the sheet of media; advancing the sheet of... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070146755 - Printer with variable lead advance: A printer and method for operating a printer are provided that prints using a receiver medium having a rolled portion with an outermost layer from which an unrolled portion extends to a print engine. The method comprises: sensing a condition indicating the receiver medium may have been contacted by other... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070146764 - Electronic device and medium for changing dialog box to be displayed: An electronic device comprises a display system that displays a setting window for configuring setting items for each of functions of the electronic device, an input system through which information is inputted, a setting item information storing system that stores setting item information including location information for each of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070146757 - Print controlling device, image forming device, print controlling method, and computer readable recording medium storing control program: Disclosed is a print controlling device including a control unit to control printing according to an instruction which relates to the printing, wherein the control unit analyzes a page description language which relates to the printing, determines whether the printing is practically monochrome printing or color printing, and changes a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070146760 - Print system and programs for use in print system: A print system in which a user can change parameters at the time of reprinting is provided. Also provided are a method for use in a print system and one or more computer readable storage media having computer-executable instructions for use in a print system which allow parameters to be... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070146761 - Print system, print data supplying device, and method for supplying print data to printer: A print system includes: a printer; and a print data supplying device. The print data supplying device includes: a print data supplying unit that supplies the printer with a print data; an internal print data condition storage unit that stores a plurality of internal print data conditions in association with... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070146763 - Printing control device and printing control method: A printer driver causes a printer to print based on print conditions defined before printing starts and a print command asserted by a particular application, and a registry stores a plurality of different print conditions. The plural print conditions stored in the registry are linked to printer paper identification information.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070146770 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes a job storage unit for receiving and storing a plurality of jobs together with characteristic information of the jobs; a characteristic information specifying unit for specifying information corresponding to the characteristic information; a job searching unit for searching for a job having the information specified... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070146768 - Information processing method and apparatus thereof: An access rights control system can set permission/inhibition of print processing for respective users and files, but it cannot set permission/inhibition of print processing for respective printer devices. Hence, a first identifier required to identify a printer device is obtained from data, a second identifier required to identify an available... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070146771 - Printer with replaceable ink cartridge and print quality ic: A printer includes a processor. A replaceable ink cartridge includes a first integrated circuit (IC) containing print quality information and which is configured to be interfaced, in a releasable manner, to the processor. A replaceable printhead module includes a printhead which is configured to be interfaced, in a releasable manner,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070146772 - Autonomous decision-making in print job redirection: A printing system includes printers capable of redirecting print jobs to one another. A negotiator associated with each printer negotiates print job redirections. If a printer is unable to execute a print job, the negotiator seeks to outsource the print job by communicating an outsource request to other negotiators. In... Agent: Ann M. Skerry, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070146777 - Delivery of electronic documents into a postal network: An automated hybrid mail system/method (10) which sends a graphic image file (17a) from a sender's terminal (14) into a postal network (26) via a remote printing facility (24). The system/method (10) can print a hardcopy document (25) with a letterhead, the method includes: receiving an electronic document (17) from... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070146775 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling same: A image forming apparatus 100 has a network interface 103 for receiving data transmitted from an external apparatus, and a control unit 102 for interpreting content of data received by the network interface 103. The image forming apparatus 100 further has a printing unit 101 for executing print processing based... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146779 - Image forming apparatus with copy function: An image forming apparatus with a copy function may include a reading device, a recognition device, a conversion device, and a print device. The reading device reads characters on a first recording medium. The recognition device recognizes the characters based on a result of reading performed by the reading device.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070146774 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and recording medium having program recorded thereon: An image forming apparatus including: a memory section having a common storage area that temporarily stores data in an intermediate form, which are generated on the way between image data in a form of page description language and data in a bitmap form obtained by interpreting the image data, and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070146781 - Method and implementation of capturing print data from heterogeneous networked clients: The subject application is directed to a method and implementation of spooling electronic documents in a networked document processing environment. A print job is generated from a network client. A runtime printing component is plugged into a networking layer for a network client. Print data is captured from the print... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070146780 - Mobile print planning system, mobile print planning program, and mobile print planning method: There is provided a mobile print planning system for making a mobile print plan, in which a plurality of mobile objects having an operation execution unit performing a printing or post-printing operation are communicably connected to each other and the mobile print plan allows the plurality of mobile objects to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070146773 - Multifunction device as a portal to a wide area network and monitor for a local area network: A system includes a multifunction peripheral device. The multifunction peripheral device provides scanning, printing, copying, and faxing functionality. A wide area network is communicatively connected to the multifunction peripheral device and a remote device. A local area network is communicatively connected to the multifunction peripheral device and a plurality of... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070146783 - Printer configured to count printed drops: A printer includes a processor and a replaceable ink cartridge includes a first integrated circuit (IC). The first IC contains print quality information and can be interfaced to the processor in a releasable manner. A printhead is interfaced to the processor and is configured to print ink supplied from the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070146782 - System, apparatus and method for automated wireless device configuration: A method and system for automatically configuring a plurality of wireless peripheral devices within a network environment. The method includes identifying a plurality of wireless peripheral devices, including one existing networked wireless device. The existing networked wireless device is configured to function as a master device. The master device identifies... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070146784 - Graphical user interface for directing multiple feature programming in a production system: A method for utilizing a graphical user interface for concurrent programming of multiple feature operations to a single production job in a controller for a production system includes presenting options on the user interface for the selection of job properties or queue properties, with queue properties defined as default values... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070146786 - Image communication apparatus: An image communication apparatus is disclosed. The image communication apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming image information, an image communication unit for transmitting the image information, and a removable media access unit for accessing information stored in a removable medium as an external storage medium loaded therein. If... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070146785 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and recording medium having program recorded thereon: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a memory section having a common storage area that temporarily stores a plurality of pieces of data having different forms from each other; and a control section configured to deem an area of data expected to be deleted among the plurality of data... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070146792 - Image output control apparatus: An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation unit for performing image generation for output by selectively reading necessary... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146787 - Image processing history management apparatus: An image processing history management apparatus managing image processing history of an image processing apparatus, the image processing history management apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores image data processed in the connected image processing apparatus; a classification unit that classifies the stored image data into groups based on a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070146793 - Method of using printed forms to transmit the information necessary to create electronic forms: A method is provided by which the information necessary to create an electronic form can be transmitted via a printed form. The formatting information necessary to recreate the electronic form is encoded in a symbology on the printed form in a space reserved for that purpose.... Agent: Patent, Copyright & Trademark Law Group,llc, Esq. Suite 200

20070146737 - Print data generating apparatus a print data generating method: A designator is operable to designate image data indicative of an image. A setting provider is operable to provide a print size condition determining a print size of the image and a first image quality condition determining a first print image quality of the image. A first generator is operable... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070146740 - Printing method, printing apparatus, printing system and test pattern: In accordance with the present invention, a printing method for printing an image onto a medium includes printing a correction pattern by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles moving in a predetermined movement direction and forming, in an intersecting direction intersecting the movement direction, a plurality of lines extending... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070146746 - Color coordinate systems including systems with a coordinate defined by a square root of a quadratic polynomial in tristimulus values and, possibly, by a sign of a function of one or more of tristimulus values: Color is represented using digital values B (brightness), e and f such that B=√{square root over (D2+E2+F2)}, e=E/B, f=F/B, where DEF is a linear color coordinate system. Alternatively, color is represented using digital values B, C (chroma) and H (hue), where cos C=D/B and tan H=E/F. Brightness can be changed... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070146745 - Color editing (including brightness editing) using color coordinate systems including systems with a coordinate defined by a square root of a quadratic polynomial in tristimulus values and, possibly, by a sign of a function of one or more of tristimulus v: Color is edited using a color representation including digital values B (brightness), e and f such that B=√{square root over (D2+E2+F2)}, e=E/B, f=F/B, where DEF is a linear color coordinate system. Alternatively, color is represented using digital values B, C (chroma) and H (hue), where cos C=D/B and tan H=E/F.... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070146751 - Color timing processes: A color timing process and system, the process comprising the steps of loading unexposed film into a master film track; transferring the images from a film negative onto the unexposed film to create a work print; using the work print to generate color timing corrections through key-framed vector data generated... Agent: Brinkle Y, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny, & Crosby, LLP

20070146748 - Editing (including contrast and sharpness editing) of digital images: In a digital image having pixels pi (i=1,2, . . . ) and a brightness B(pi) at each pixel pi, the contrast editing is performed by replacing the brightness B(pi) with B*(pi)=Bavg1−ε(pi)×Boε(pi), where ε is a positive constant other than 1, and Bavg is a weighted average of the B... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070146747 - Editing (including hue editing) of digital color images: Color is edited using a color representation including digital values B (brightness), C (chroma) and H (hue) such that B=√{square root over (D2+E2+F2)}, cos C=D/B and tan H=E/F, where DEF is a linear color coordinate system. The hue can be changed without changing the brightness and without changing the saturation... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070146749 - Editing (including saturation editing) of digital color images: Color is edited using a color representation including digital values B (brightness), C (chroma) and H (hue) such that B=√{square root over (D2+E2+F2)}, cos C=D/B and tan H=E/F, where DEF is a linear color coordinate system. The saturation can be changed without changing the brightness and without changing the hue... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070146752 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof: This invention provides a sample print which allows the user to easily set color adjustment parameters. To this end, upon outputting images which undergo color processing using a plurality of different parameter sets, a sample print mode of parallelly outputting a reference image and images which have different parameter sets... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146753 - Image processing apparatus and table creation method: In creation of a conversion table such as a color separation table, probability of a false contour can be reduced and the load or time required for an interpolation calculation is reduced. Specifically, when a LUT is created, a cube constituting the LUT is firstly divided into two triangular prisms.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146742 - Method and system for color correction using both spatial correction and printer calibration techniques: A system using a spatial correction to improve the result of a printer calibration and correction is described. More particularly, in one form, a spatial correction may be used to pre-condition a printer for an improved color calibration. In another form, spatial correction and color calibration are addressed in the... Agent: Joseph D. Dreher Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070146750 - Method for generating calibration curve: A method for generating a calibration curve is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. Calibration data of one line image of a previous scan are first provided. Reference pixels are selected from the image line. Then a calibration board is scanned and calibration data of the reference pixels are... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070146741 - Micromirror array: The invention relates to a microstructured technological system and, in particular, micromirror arrangements. The aim of the invention is to produce facade elements for buildings having large areas in square centimetres and above, at reduced cost. The entire micromirror arrangement can be produced as a flat, architectonically useable structural element... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070146754 - Scan-to-print color rendering: Scan-to-print color rendering in a system including a scanner engine and a print engine may include, in an exemplary embodiment, storing or providing an index table of respective scanned values in a scanner color space corresponding to each output color printed by the print engine. A color target may be... Agent: Law Offices Of Larry K. Roberts, Inc.

20070146744 - System and method for matching colorimetric attributes of a production print to a proof: A method and system are provided for producing a print that substantially corresponds to the colorimetric attributes of a corresponding proof for an electronic source file. The method and system entail creating a first raster file corresponding to the electronic source file and a second raster file corresponding to the... Agent: George Likourezos

20070146743 - Uidesign: n-up calculator user interface--: A N-up calculator graphical user interface (GUI) is provided for performing N-Up printing. The graphical user interface includes configurable objects for specifying: 1) the size of the page, 2) the dimensions of the image, and 3) the number of images to be printed on each page (N-up). The controls on... Agent: Chadwick A. Jackson, Esq. Swidler Berlin LLP

20070146794 - Descreening and detail enhancement for scanned documents: A method and apparatus for processing a digital image to reduce moiré artifacts while preserving or improving detailed features. Pixels may be categorized as halftone and/or detail pixels and filtered accordingly. A pixel may be categorized as halftone if intensity values over a first window laid over that pixel vary... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070146795 - Signal light processing apparatus: A signal processing apparatus sets a discrimination level most suitably, regardless of whether the apparatus is in the minimum receiving system or the maximum receiving system. The apparatus comprises a light receiving unit converting input signal light to an electric signal, and a level detecting unit for detecting a high... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070146796 - Tinted edge enhancement using look-up table edge pixel identification: The teachings provided herein disclose a method for producing digital image objects with enhanced halftone edges. The method operates by selecting a target pixel location within the digital image; observing a set of pixels within a pixel observation window superimposed on the digital image relative to the target pixel location;... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070146797 - Information providing system: The information providing system according to the present invention comprises: a code transmission unit that can transmit an image acquired by reading the image that is printed on the print medium and in which the code is embedded, or can transmit the code extracted from the acquired image; an information... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070146800 - Method of controlling an image forming apparatus to store a photodrama: A method of controlling an image forming apparatus to store a photodrama includes arranging and storing a plurality of image files in a photodrama folder based on corresponding input image information to display the images of the image files; and storing the input image information with the stored plurality of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070146798 - Image processing system, image processing method, image processing program, image processing apparatus, and communication terminal device: An image processing system combining images includes: a first communication terminal device (e.g., cellular phone) issuing a request for image composition and notifying address information of an acceptor of image provision; a second communication terminal device accepting the request of the image provision and transmitting an image (e g., cellular... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070146799 - Method of thumbnail scanback photo selection: A method for selecting an image to be processed from an index sheet having a plurality of thumbnail images includes forming a perforation border around each thumbnail image of the plurality of thumbnail images; making a selection of desired thumbnail images from the plurality of thumbnail images by separating a... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070146801 - Facsimile machine, and control method, program, and storage medium thereof: In a facsimile machine in which a reading conveying path and a recording conveying path are commonly shared, when an attempt is made to send a facsimile in the midst of receiving the facsimile, the transmitting of a facsimile is enable to be rapidly performed. Included are reading means for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146802 - Communication apparatus, communication method, communication system, and storage medium: Image data communication equivalent to facsimile communication using a public network is realized on e-mail communication. When a communication apparatus for transmitting/receiving e-mail data by connecting to the Internet is to communicate e-mail data having facsimile-format image data attached, communication concerning functional information is performed in addition to the communication... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146803 - Information recording apparatus and recorded information management method: According to one embodiment, an apparatus has a buffer unit, an input/output unit, a first image recording time storage unit which accumulates an image recording time length in units of recording, and then, calculates and stores an image recording time length for a single file, a second image recording time... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070146806 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program: An image processing apparatus is provided which is capable of adding specific image information for only cases to which addition is desired and of outputting the specific image information added image when adding the specific image information used to prohibit copying of image information to image data. The image processing... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070146805 - Method and system for secure facsimile delivery and registration: A secure fax transmission system can be used to assure the intended recipient of a confidential document being sent via facsimile is the only person that will have access to the document once it is sent. An application module communicates with a client user interface over a first network and... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070146804 - System and method for redirecting facsimiles through an information handling system network: Facsimile documents are communicated between a facsimile machine and a telephone network through an information handling system local area network to provide improved flexibility with the usage and positioning of the facsimile machine with minimal impact on the usage model. A facsimile module associated with the local area network and... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070146807 - Method and apparatus for enhancing scanned documents: A method, and a system employing the method, of enhancing an intensity of an image of a multi-page or multi-portion document is disclosed. The method includes determining a first background parameter from a first section of a scanned page and stretching data corresponding to the scanned page based on the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070146808 - Image reader system, image reader control method, and computer-readable medium: There is provided an image reader system including an attribute acquisition unit that acquires an attribute of an original that has been detected by an image reader unit that optically reads an image of the original, and an image output unit that outputs the attribute that has been acquired by... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070146810 - Image display apparatus, method, and program: An image display apparatus having an electronic zoom function. The apparatus includes: imaging means capable of changing a start position of reading an image; in order for at least a part of a predetermined range of the image data to be written at the time of reading the image from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070146809 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a scanner unit which performs an exposure process by irradiating beams to the image carrier, a scanner supporting plate which supports the scanner unit, a pair of sidewall frames which supports both lateral ends of the scanner supporting plate, a beam structure... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070146811 - Robust automatic page size detection algorithm for scan application: The present invention discloses a method of automatically detecting a page size for a digital scanning operation. The method includes establishing vertical and horizontal limits of an image area containing image content features of a pre-scanned image, detecting vertical page edge information of the image area, and detecting horizontal page... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070146812 - Reader editable advertising: In the present invention, electronic advertisements are transformed from objects that are shown to a passive audience of readers (or other content users, such as listeners and viewers) into objects that are subject to a high degree of control by each reader. Readers can omit individual ads or an entire... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070146813 - Image reading apparatus and method: An image reading apparatus for reading an image on an original includes reading means for optically reading the image of the original while the image is illuminated by light from a light source; moving means for moving the reading means relative to the original; position signal generating means for outputting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146815 - Image capturing apparatus and focusing method thereof: An image capturing apparatus and a focusing method thereof are provided. The image capturing apparatus includes a flatbed, a light source, an optical sensing unit, a focusing unit and an adjuster medium. The flatbed is used for carrying an object. The light source is used for illuminating the object to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070146814 - Read control system, method and computer readable medium: There is provided a read control system for controlling an image-reading device that optically reads an image of a document, the system including a read control unit that causes the image-reading device to read a predetermined reading range larger than a document size to acquire image data resulting from reading,... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070146818 - Image reading device: An image reading device is provided with a contact glass on which a document is to be placed; a group light source in which a plurality of point light sources are linearly arrayed; and a light source unit having the group light source mounted therein and adapted to optically scan... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070146816 - Image scanner and image forming apparatus: An image scanner includes a scanning unit that scans a white scanning member via a contact glass on one line basis when the image scanner is powered on and outputs image data of the white scanning member, and a determining unit that determines whether at least one of the contact... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070146819 - Scanner control medium, scanner control device, and scanner device: A computer-usable medium comprises instructions that cause a computer to serve as a scanner control device comprising a first scanning system that makes a scanner perform first scanning of an original with a first resolution, a display system that displays a pre-scanned image by the first scanning, an area specifying... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070146817 - Scanning units and image reading devices: A scanning unit is configured to slide along a guide shaft that extends in a predetermined direction. The scanning unit includes a carriage configured to slide along the guide shaft, a bearing which is disposed on a carriage and through which the guide shaft passes, and an elastic deformation allowance... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070146820 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program: An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit adapted to acquire preference information representing a user's preference based on an operation given by the user regarding content; a selecting unit adapted to select content and to designate the selected content as an object for copying; and a copying unit adapted... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070146821 - Image reading apparatus and method thereof: An image reading apparatus, comprising an image reading module having an image sensor to read an image from a document and a timing generator to generate a driving clock to control the image sensor, a main controller to output an enabling clock to the timing generator, and an analog-to-digital (A/D)... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070146822 - Image reading device and image forming appartus: An image reading device which is capable of reading out image data on an original while conveying the original in a simple construction. A conveying path has a pair of guide members facing each other at a distance and extending in a conveying direction of an original. An original conveying... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070146823 - Methods and systems for document manipulation: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for manipulating documents.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070146824 - Image reading device and image forming apparatus: An image reading device which is capable of enhancing productivity in reading bound originals, such as a book, a magazine, or a document. A sheet-scanner device implementing the image reading device includes a sheet scanner as a reader part for reading an image on an original. The sheet scanner comprises... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070146825 - Document transport device and image forming apparatus: A document transport device includes a transport unit that transports documents one by one to a position where an image is read by an image reading unit and transports the document at a speed at which the image reading unit can read the image at the image reading position, and... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070146827 - Image printing apparatus, method of manufacturing the same, accessory device for image printing apparatus, and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an image printing apparatus, which comprises, in order to manufacture a specific type of image printing apparatus, the steps of preparing an accessory device main body that is common among a plurality of types of image printing apparatuses; forming a duct forming... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070146828 - Image reading apparatus including auto document feeder: Provided is an image reading apparatus including an auto document feeder (ADF). The image reading apparatus has a contact member having a body unit that faces the scanning unit and biases the document toward the flat glass plane, and a plurality of elastic ribs that elastically bias the body unit... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070146826 - Image forming apparatus, image forming unit, replacement method for image forming unit, and manufacturing method for image forming unit: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit detachably attached to an image forming apparatus. The image forming unit includes a first unit that accommodates a first process device, and a second unit that is detachable from the first unit and accommodates a second process device with a longer... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070146829 - Self-calibrating printer and printer calibration method: Printers and methods for operating a printer are provided. One method comprises receiving a print order associated with image data for use in printing a plurality images; converting the image data into actions to print the plurality of images on a receiver medium with print adjacent areas between the printed... Agent: Mark G. Bochester Eastman Kodak Company

20070146831 - Editing of digital images, including (but not limited to) color-to-monochromatic conversion and changing the color of a monochromatic image: Color is edited using a color representation including digital values B (brightness), e and f such that B=√{square root over (D2+E2+F2)}, e=E/B, f=F/B, where DEF is a linear color coordinate system. Alternatively, color is represented using digital values B, C (chroma) and H (hue), where cos C=D/B and tan H=E/F.... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070146830 - Matching the perception of a digital image data file to a legacy hardcopy: A system/method for generating one or more new hardcopy prints from an electronic file comprising original digital image data, wherein the new hardcopy print(s) match a legacy hardcopy previously generated from the original digital image data of the electronic file, even when the legacy hardcopy was printed from an “enhanced”... Agent: Steven M. Haas Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070146832 - Electronic device assembly: A device unit, which mainly has, for example, wires, includes a main body portion having a primary function and a bracket portion functioning as an attachment part to a device. The main body portion and the bracket portion of the device unit are detachably combined with each other. In an... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070146833 - Image editing system, image management apparatus, and image editing program: When an image file is loaded into an electronic album, an electronic album editing apparatus displays images on a page by arranging a layout and performs editing of the images such as cropping and magnification and reduction. The electronic album editing apparatus displays the edited images on the page and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070146834 - Method and apparatus for transmitting fax data: An apparatus and a method for transmitting fax data. The method includes: compressing a copy to be transmitted using a plurality of compression methods and separately storing each type of compressed data; and transmitting the stored compressed data corresponding to the reception capability of a recipient's facsimile to the recipient's... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070139662 - Printing method using pop-up menu and print control apparatus: A printing method using a pop-up menu and a print control apparatus are disclosed. The print control apparatus for use in a method of printing a file to be printed using a pop-up menu includes a pop-up menu unit for generating the pop-up menu, a display unit for displaying the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070139661 - Systems and methods for producing media products: Systems and methods for producing media products are disclosed herein. As one example, a system for producing a media product that includes a microprocessor is disclosed. Such a system may include a content object set maintained on a computer readable medium accessible to the microprocessor and software executable to receive... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070139690 - Image processing apparatus and interrupt control method: The image processing apparatus comprises an image reading portion for inputting image data, an image forming portion for outputting input image data, and a machine control portion for controlling an interrupt operation. The machine control portion determines an output state at the image forming portion when input of image data... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070139699 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the image forming apparatus. The method includes allowing the image forming apparatus and the external device to communicate with each other; and controlling the driving of the image forming apparatus according to the communication interface used in the communication between the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070139700 - Image recording system and program: An image recording system includes two image recording apparatuses each capable of recording images independently. A color image recording apparatus is disposed with a bypass transporting path apparatus. A transporting path connecting apparatus is disposed between the front of a monochrome image recording apparatus and the back of the color... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070139696 - Method and apparatus for printing document with related document: A method and system to print a document with a related document are provided. A frequently used document can be stored in a printer as a related document. A document and searching information on the document is transmitted to the printer. The related document of the document is searched among... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070139711 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and recording sheet: An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit, a positional information reader, and a first controller. The printing unit performs printing on a recording sheet based on print information. The positional information reader reads positional information with regard to a first storing medium from a second storing medium. The first... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070139676 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof and storage medium: The present invention is related to an image processing apparatus and method that causes a color image forming apparatus to form a black-and-white image. Inputted image data is converted into a plurality of items of color component data corresponding to the color properties of the color image forming apparatus, according... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070139674 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, storage medium and computer data signal: An image processing apparatus performs color conversion processing on an input image. The image processing apparatus includes a reducing unit, a first color converting unit and an enlarging unit. The reducing unit reduces the input image. The first color converting unit performs color conversion on the image reduced by the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070139675 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, storage medium and computer data signal: An image processing apparatus performs color conversion processing on an input image. The image processing apparatus includes a block pallet conversion unit, a first color converting unit and a restoration unit. The block pallet conversion unit converts the input image in units of blocks into (i) pallet color information including... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070139677 - Method and apparatus for image adaptive color adjustment of pixels in color gamut: A method and apparatus for an image adaptive color adjustment of pixels in a color gamut is disclosed. The method includes calculating a representative value that shows color characteristics of pixels included in a color gamut, calculating a final target color required to convert the representative value to approach a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139715 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium storing program for forming image: An image forming apparatus includes a screen processing part that performs a screen processing on image data, a correction processing part that divides the image data subjected to the screen processing into plural regions, determines a correction parameter for each of the regions in response to a characteristic of the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070139663 - System and method for inserting numeric labels automatically: A system for inserting numeric labels automatically includes: a setting module (10) configured for setting label properties of inserting numeric labels to define a numeric labels configuration; an input/output module (12) configured for reading the label properties, importing a technical drawing file to be inserted with the numeric labels; a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070139681 - Printed visible fonts with attendant background: The present invention relates to the expedient supply of differential gloss or other correlation mark text into a document image via a font definition, particularly as when desired in the employ of rendering variable data. A font character is selected and sub-sampled. The sub-sampled result is then scaled up into... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070139680 - Variable differential gloss font image data: The present invention relates to the expedient supply of differential gloss text into a document image, particularly as when desired in the employ of rendering variable data. A font character is selected and sub-sampled. The sub-sampled result is then scaled up into a full size result. A first halftone cell... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070139684 - Device for dynamically varying the priority of various processing in a printer: An image can be smoothly generated without delaying the release of a host by dynamically changing the priority of a task for writing to a hard disk for the priority of another task. The dynamic varying of the priorities of the different types of tasks is dependent upon predetermined events... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070139683 - Device setup by scanning a configuration sheet and generating configuration data useable by the device: A method, system, and computer program for configuring a device provides the capability for a user to easily enter complex configuration settings, or enter a large number of configuration settings, by scanning sheets or documents having information defining the configuration data into the device and for the device to process... Agent: George Likourezos

20070139682 - Image forming apparatus comprises proof copy function: An image forming apparatus is provided which, upon receipt of an instruction to perform proof copying in a proof copy mode, stores a numeral value showing the number of times the instruction is made. The performing of the proof copying is restricted based on the numeral value showing the number... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070139686 - Image forming apparatus setting with a memory device mounted on a detachable member: A member unit such as the paper feeding cassette 15 attached to the image forming apparatus 1 is mounted with the RFID 13 as a memory device that stores information necessary for a language setting and a local setting, while a reader 11 that reads the RFID as the memory... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070139685 - Image recording system and program: An image recording system includes two image recording apparatuses each capable of recording images independently. A color image recording apparatus is disposed with a bypass transporting path apparatus. A transporting path connecting apparatus is disposed between the front of a monochrome image recording apparatus and the back of the color... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070139687 - Copy preventing device and preventing method thereof: The present invention relates to a copy preventing device and a copy preventing method thereof which is capable of preventing copy illegally of products using a semiconductor stored a password therein. The copy of the product can be prevented by ALPU (Algorithm License Permittion Uniwide) or random value. The present... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070139688 - Hard-copy document having embedded lifecycle and history information: A hard-copy authentication document has at least one digital channel franked on the document. The digital channel provides a physical manifestation of a digital representation of a state of the document. In a method of authentication and non-repudiation of hard-copy documents, at least one digital channel is affixed to the... Agent: Clifford P. Kelly Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20070139689 - Image processing apparatus having a status holding function, and image processing system including the same: In an image processing apparatus of the present invention, an image storage device stores a plurality of image data. A status holding unit holds a status table having respective status descriptors, corresponding to the plurality of image data stored in the image storage device, each status descriptor indicating a status... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070139691 - Printer: A printer with an output image quality control function, comprising: a pattern storage portion for storing evaluation patterns to evaluate quality test items; a pattern output time storage portion for storing output times of the evaluation patterns to evaluate the quality test items; and a print control portion for determining... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070139706 - Communication apparatus including document data storing function and web service function: A communication apparatus having a document data storing function for storing received document data and a Web service function for displaying the received document data to an external apparatus via a network is disclosed. The communication apparatus includes a document data sending part for sending the received document data displayed... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070139694 - Document optimization selector: A method and apparatus include user interface and processing techniques that provide a solution for configuring an image processing path, and associated image processing module parameters, with minimal user input. The solution consists of two key components—a set of easily understood categories that describe the desired device output, and a... Agent: Michael A. Schwartz, Esq. Swidler Berlin LLP

20070139697 - Garment creation system: A garment creation system comprising a card and a camera is provided. The card has a depiction of a garment and encoded information printed thereon. The camera is configured for: reading the encoded information on said card; capturing an image of a person; manipulating the captured image in accordance with... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070139704 - Image communication apparatus and image communication method: An image communication apparatus and method for controlling the image communication apparatus includes a receiving first data from an external device, storing the first data when the first data includes specific information, reading a document image and creating document image data, creating second data by adding the document image data... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070139698 - Image processing apparatus and control method for the same: The invention makes it possible to reduce wasteful use of recording paper and other resources by readily and reliably being able to judge updated content of a website and printing out if content has been updated. An apparatus of the invention judges whether there are any print jobs to be... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070139701 - Image processing apparatus, control method and program therefor: A scanned image is registered in a storage unit. Attribute information for managing a registered image is set in an attribute information table. The relationship between the registered image and a related image in the storage unit is set in a related information table together with the attribute information. The... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070139705 - Imaging apparatus, system having imaging apparatus and printing apparatus, and control method therefor: An imaging apparatus capable of outputting a sensed image to a printing apparatus determines the type of PD printer apparatus connected via an interface, and selects the type of image data to be output to the PD printer apparatus on the basis of the determination result. The imaging apparatus directly... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070139692 - Method and server for processing an electronic workflow: A method and server is provided for processing an electronic workflow for implementation by at least one machine. The method includes processing an electronic workflow having at least one machine readable job request; determining that human intervention is needed for processing one of the machine readable job requests; reformatting the... Agent: George Likourezos Suite 225

20070139709 - Method of printing an interactive document: A method of printing an interactive document is provided. The document comprises user information and advertising material. The method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving a print request from a user; (b) formatting the user information in the document so as to include a first user interactive element, thereby allowing... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070139693 - P2p printing system and method: A P2P printing system and method is disclosed. The printing comprising a system computer readable storage medium, storing instructions that, when executed, cause a printing device to perform a method. The method comprising establishing communications between one or more other printing devices, each printing device capable of sharing files with... Agent: Jeffrey N. Zahn,esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070139703 - Print inspecting apparatus: A print inspecting apparatus which can perform print inspection flexibly at high precision while excluding influence due to individual differences among printers is provided. A print inspecting apparatus 1 prepares a dictionary defining correspondence relationship between character information of all characters which is preliminarily inputted from a print server 60... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070139708 - Printer: A printer comprises a receiving section which receives printing jobs from a networked personal computers, a storage section which stores the received printing jobs, and a printing section which executes a printing job extracted from the storage section. A control section of the printer determines whether the printing jobs received... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070139702 - Printing system, printing apparatus, and control apparatus: A printing system includes a plurality of printing apparatuses connected to a network and at least one control apparatus for sending a print job to each of the printing apparatuses instructing each of the printing apparatuses to execute the print job. In this system, when a first printing apparatus is... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070139707 - User interface device, image displaying method, and computer program product: An analyzing unit analyzes components of input information. An area generating unit generates information on an area-representing image. A preview generating unit generates information on a preview in which the area-representing images are overlapped for each page. An operation display unit displays the information on the preview and information on... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070139695 - User interface, printing system and method of processing print jobs: A method of processing print jobs includes receiving two or more print jobs and organizing the two or more print jobs into one or more job groups that have modifiable group attributes. The method also includes organizing the one or more job groups into one or more group packages that... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070139710 - Image processing device having functions for detecting specified images: With a photocopier which stores original images read with a scanner in page memory, and prints later, in the event that judgment is made by a specified original judging unit that a specified original image is contained in an original document scanned for printing, the image signals stored in the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070139712 - Reciprocating apparatus, and printer including reciprocating apparatus: A reciprocating apparatus includes a pair of guide members which extend in parallel with each other and in a first direction; a carriage which is reciprocateable in the first direction, supported and guided by the pair of guide members; and a carriage movement detector including (a) a sensor which is... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070139664 - Image forming system: An image forming system includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus performs image generation, color conversion, and extraction of image characteristics to generate compressed data. The image forming apparatus decompresses the compressed data and determines a writing address into an image data storing... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070139665 - Printing apparatus, data processing method for printing apparatus, and printing system: In a printing apparatus including a reception buffer which stores setting data and printing data of printing element arrays transmitted from a connected host device, and a printing buffer which stores the printing data of the printing element arrays in association with printing positions in a scanning direction, the printing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070139666 - Inkjet printer ink volume monitoring arrangement: In contrast to making use of ink sensors to monitor ink reserve depletion during printing, an inkjet printer includes an arrangement to count ink droplet ejection. Each time that an ink droplet is ejected from a nozzle of the printer's printhead, a printer processor updates a memory device storing data... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070139679 - Apparatus for simulating the effects of printing process-relevant setting commands on an image to be printed: Apparatus for simulating the effects of printing process-relevant setting commands on an image to be printed image includes (a) a color management unit for transforming printing-specific image data of an image to be printed into screen-specific display data defined in an RGB target color space, wherein the image data have... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070139668 - Binary resolution conversion aparatus and method: A binary resolution conversion apparatus and method is provided. The apparatus comprising a data processing module comprising 1-bit data inputs and a tag data input, the data associated with an image, wherein the apparatus reduces the resolution of the image.... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070139670 - Color image edge enhancement method: A color image edge enhancement method having the following steps: Firstly, divide a color image into four color planes with the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black color (CMYK) respectively. Next, implement the halftone processing of the four respective color planes, thus generate four halftone images of the four CYMK colors.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070139667 - Digitally mapped formulaic color space and method of making and using same: A method of mapping color space with chromatic formulations, comprising the steps of (a) selecting a limited number of chromatics for use with a bulk material using selection criteria; (b) formulating the selected chromatics with white or black in the bulk material to generate a plurality of chromatic formulations, wherein... Agent: Polyone Corporation

20070139673 - Image processing system and method: An image processing system includes: a separator that separates an input image signal including plural color signals to each color corresponding to a marking engine of each color and outputs a color signal of each color; an acquiring part that acquires contents of the plural color signals forming each pixel... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070139672 - Method and apparatus for multiple printer calibration using compromise aim: A first printer is calibrated to a universal aim and the result of calibration is measured. The result of the measurement is used to produce a new aim which lies between the first printer's achieved result and the original aim. A second printer is calibrated to the new aim. Additional... Agent: Joseph D. Dreher Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070139669 - Perceptual color matching method between two different polychromatic displays: The invention relates to a color matching method for transforming a color representation of a first set of color primaries with a plurality of first signals to a second set of color primaries with a plurality of second signals in a first domain. The color matching method of the invention... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070139671 - Processing image data for consistent color printing: Present systems and methods enable digital color printers to consistently print color output from computer generated image data that includes spot color definitions. Colors that are defined as spot colors can be separated from colors that are defined as combinations of process colors. Accordingly, color corrections can be separately applied... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070139678 - Profile creating apparatus, profile creating program storage medium, and image output apparatus: A profile creating apparatus comprises: a curve creating section that creates plural approximation curves in such a manner that plural output colors, which are displayed by a display according to plural image data representative of plural monochromatic images different from one another in color, are generated, and I/O characteristic of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139713 - Method to produce a hardcopy output of an image formed at least in part by perforations: A method to produce a hardcopy output of an image on an imaging medium includes providing grayscale image data representing the image; determining a perforation density for representing the image; halftoning the grayscale image data based on the perforation density to form perforation halftone data; and producing the hardcopy output... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070139714 - Tools to embed information into digital visual works: Apparatus are provided, including a digital two-dimensional authentic image, an image processor, authentication message data, and a screen to be applied to at least a portion of the two-dimensional image. The authentication message data represent an authentication message, which may be a textual message, a symbol, or a pattern, and... Agent: Anthony L. Miele Miele Law Group

20070139718 - Color image edge enhancement method: A color image edge enhancement method having the following steps: First, perform the halftone processing of a color image to produce a halftone image. Next, compare the dotting pattern of an edge pixel to be enhanced and the pixels in its perimeter in the halftone image with the contents of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070139716 - Edge enhancement method for halftone image: A method for enhancing the edge of a halftone image includes steps of: forming an analysis window with a central pixel and neighboring pixels; quantifying the pixels to get a halftone table; assigning a designated value to each pixel for generating a halftone result; and comparing the halftone result with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070139717 - Method for reducing memory consumption when carrying out edge enhancement in multiple beam pixel apparatus: A method for reducing memory consumption when carrying out edge enhancement in a multiple beam pixel apparatus is provided, wherein Static Random Access Memories and first in first out buffers are employed. When the first to the nth input units read the next bit data, the first rows of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070139719 - Digital printer for use with docked display device: In one aspect of the invention, a printer is provided for use with a display device having images stored in a memory therein, a display device controller, and an image display for displaying the stored images. The printer has an external structure housing a print engine and receiver medium transport... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070139720 - Paper sheet discrimination apparatus, paper sheet processing apparatus, and paper sheet discrimination method: A paper sheet processing apparatus has an inspection unit which optically detects paper sheets. The inspection unit has a plurality of image sensing units and a signal processing unit. A sensing CPU of the signal processing unit detects image data of paper sheets via the image sensing units, reads a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070139721 - Image processing system: An image processing system is provided that includes a first-motor control apparatus (40), having a communication interface (42) connected in series with a transmission line, for obtaining a detection position of a control subject and outputting a position-detection signal, an image processing apparatus (30), having a communication interface (32) connected... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139723 - System and method for controlling copying of documents: A system and method of controlling copying of documents. The method includes optically capturing a document. At least one object of the captured document is recognized. A content output is determined based on the recognized object and at least one output rule. The content output is provided based on the... Agent: Ibm Corp. (clg) C/o Cardinal Law Group

20070139722 - System and method for selective image acquisition: A method selectively acquiring one or more images from a hardcopy document is provided. The method includes demarking boundaries on one or more hardcopy pages using a writing instrument to differentiate a selected image portion from a non-selected image portion, scanning the one or more demarked hardcopy pages with an... Agent: Patrick D. Floyd Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070139725 - Paper ui method and tools: A machine readable instruction sheet for scanning along with a document. The machine readable instruction sheet is generally placed on top of the document prior to scanning. The machine readable instruction sheet includes at least two sets of distinct machine readable markings. Each of the at least two sets of... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070139724 - Paper ui method including local printing: A machine readable instruction sheet for scanning along with a document. The machine readable instruction sheet has machine readable markings including instructions for multiple tasks, wherein at least one of the multiple tasks includes printing a copy of the document locally. A user scans the document along with a machine-readable... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070139726 - Method and module for synthesizing image-sensing signals: A module for synthesizing image-sensing signals comprises a first image-sensing element, a second image-sensing element, and an analog adder. The first and the second image-sensing elements are connected in parallel to an input port of the analog adder. The module provides an AD converter whose input port connects an output... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070139728 - Optical reading device of scanning apparatus: An optical reading device of a scanning apparatus includes two light sources and a movable lens. The first light source emits a first light when the optical reading device is operated in a flatbed scanning mode. The second light source emits a second light when the optical reading device is... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070139727 - System, method, and apparatus for automated imaging of a book: Acquiring images of sequential pages of a book includes first and second transparent grippers for holding the pages of the book in place during scanning, while not inhibiting scanning of the content of the pages located underneath the grippers. A scanner is moveable across opened pages of the book for... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070139729 - Image sensor and test system and method therefor: An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels each coupled to a respective analog-to-digital converter via a respective line. The image sensor also includes a first pad and a second pad. The first pad is coupled an external tester that applies a bias voltage on the respective line via the... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070139731 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a recording-medium stacking portion, a recording-medium ejection portion and a suctioning/exhausting unit. The recording-medium stacking portion is provided in a body portion or an upper portion of the image forming apparatus. The recording-medium stacking portion stacks recording media on which respective images are formed thereon.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070139730 - Image reader: An image reader is provided which includes a document reader unit having a document stand configured for placing a document to be read thereon; a document conveying unit removably positioned on top of the document reader unit, wherein the document conveying unit is configured for conveying the document to be... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070139732 - Movable part locking jig and image forming apparatus incorporating such movable part locking jig: A movable part locking jig is loaded into a cassette loader in a radiation image forming apparatus, and a lever is moved to project casing locking members from opposite side walls of a casing, thereby locking the movable part locking jig in the radiation image forming apparatus. Movable part locking... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139733 - Methods and apparatuses for controlling print density: Multiple input patches are received on an output media, which patches are characterized by print density representing a document processing system's response to different input grayscale values over a potential response space. Values associated with the print density of each input grayscale value are measured. Reference Engine Response Curves are... Agent: Patrick R. Roche, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070139734 - System and method for image based control using inline sensors: Disclosed are a system and method are directed to efficient image based color calibration and improving color consistency performance, and more particularly to the use of continuous or dynamic calibration performed during printing and enabling adjustment on a page by page basis.... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070139735 - Apparatus and method for illuminator-independent color measurements: A method includes generating at least one first light beam and generating at least one second light beam and at least one third light beam using the at least one first light beam. The at least one first light beam has a plurality of first regions, the at least one... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070139737 - Luminous apparatus capable of adjusting the luminance: A luminous apparatus capable of adjusting the luminance is equipped in a scanner. Before mounting the luminous apparatus in the scanner, a detective device is used for detecting luminance generated from the luminous apparatus. The luminous apparatus contains the electroluminescent elements, the branching levers, and the main lever. One end... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070139736 - Scanning solar diffuser relative reflectance monitor: A device includes a housing, illumination means, a reflective plate, and a detector. The housing defines an aperture. The illumination means is for providing illumination (natural or artificial) along an optical axis that passes through the aperture. The reflective plate is movable, relative to the housing, between a retracted and... Agent: Raytheon Company Intellectual Property & Licensing, Eo/e04/n119

20070139739 - Color correction apparatus and method: A color correction apparatus and method are provided. The color correction apparatus includes: a chroma