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 chromatic region determination module determining a first chromatic region to which an input pixel constituting an input image belongs and a second chromatic region neighboring the first chromatic region on a basis of specified chromatic region... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070139740 - Image processing circuit and image processing method: A circuit and method for processing an image to correct the pixel value of a sub-pixel included in color data to reduce color differences. The image processing circuit includes a plurality of defect determination circuits respectively corresponding to a plurality of sub-pixels (colors). Each defect determination circuit determines whether or... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070139738 - Method and apparatus for determining chrominance space: A method for determining which one of regions in a chrominance space an input point belongs to. The regions are defined by boundary lines. The method includes generating in the chrominance space a first line, extending through the input point and the origin of the chrominance space, and a second... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070139742 - Previewing the effects of flattening transparency: A method of previewing the effects of flattening transparency is provided. The method includes displaying a first presentation of a document containing transparency, receiving settings affecting how the document is flattened for a desired output and displaying a second presentation of the document in accordance with the settings.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070139741 - User interface device, method of displaying preview image, and computer program product: An operation displaying unit displays thereon a preview image of an input image and receives a specification of a position on displayed preview image. An item selecting unit selects at least two process items corresponding to a display position of the displayed preview image based on specified position on the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070139743 - Imaging apparatus, imaging method, computer-readable program, and computer-readable medium: An imaging apparatus is disclosed that includes a storage unit that stores image data, an image data reproducing unit that reproduces the image data, a reproduced image editing unit that performs a first editing process on the reproduced image data and displays an edited image resulting from the first editing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133014 - Mobile printer having an electronic book function and printing method thereof: A mobile printer having an electronic (e)—book function and a printing method thereof. The mobile printer includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) to display an electronic (e)—book, a printing part to print a text corresponding to a printing range selected of the electronic (e)—book displayed on the LCD, and a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070133031 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to externally receive print data including information on an attribute of an image to print, a rasterizing unit configured to generate raster image data based on the print data received by the receiving unit, an attribute data generating unit configured to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070133030 - Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, program, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus which performs image processing includes: a computing unit equipped with a plurality of arithmetic units each of which performs calculations based on a supplied microprogram; a storage unit adapted to store correspondence information between image processing and allocation of the plurality of arithmetic units to modules... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070133027 - Method and system for color highlighting of text: In a method of generating hardcopy output, a printjob description is provided to a print operation. The print job is in a native format where the print job includes the print operation in the native format and the print job description. A modified print operation is formed in a meta-format... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070133029 - Method of recognizing text information from a vector/raster image: A method is claimed for preprocessing a vector-raster image file which contains a text image. The method comprises the steps of: fragmenting the image to obtain regions containing non-separable, logically connected fragments of text of the maximum possible size; processing text, vector, and raster objects; discarding excessive information; analyzing each... Agent: Abbyy Software Ltd. Attn. Sergey Platonov

20070133028 - Print job transforms: Methods, systems, and software products are disclosed for transforming print jobs. A transform system of the invention includes a segmenting system and a plurality of compute systems. The segmenting system receives a print job comprising logical pages in a first encoding, and segments the print job of logical pages into... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070133037 - Computer readable medium for image processing, image processing method, image processing device, and image processing system: There is provided a computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a function for an image processing. The function comprises: executing a job; creating a log image from an image handled in the job; setting a creation guarantee level of the log image; and controlling the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070133034 - Detecting and rejecting annoying documents: A system and method for evaluating documents for approval or rejection and/or rating. The method comprises comparing the document to one or more criteria determining whether the document contains an element that is substantially identical to one or more of a visual element, an audio element or a textual element... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070133033 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus spools normal print requests received from external equipment as normal print jobs which are sequentially executed by a printer, spools a private print request received from an external equipment in a spooler as a private print job executed by a printer in response to an instruction... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070133038 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: A method for controlling an image processing apparatus includes a determining step of determining, on the basis of a given first area in an original document image, a second area in the original document image that does not overlap with the first area, and a compositing step of combining a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070133035 - Image-forming apparatus, image-processing apparatus, confidential document reading method, image-processing method, and image-forming method: An image-forming apparatus includes a reading portion that reads an image of an original document, a detecting portion that detects a specific pattern image embedded in image data, a document size detecting portion that detects a size of the original document, and a controller that controls an output of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070133039 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device includes a casing, an accommodating section, a reading unit, a determining unit, and a printing unit. The casing defines an outer frame. The accommodating section is detachably mounted in the casing and configured to accommodate a stack of sheets, each sheet having a storage section capable of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070133036 - Image-processing apparatus, image-processing method, and program product for image processing: An image-processing apparatus includes a scanning portion that scans a document in which information is embedded; an image-outputting portion that outputs an image of the document that has been scanned; a detecting portion that detects information from the image of the document that has been scanned; an abnormality determining portion... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070133032 - Method for enabling ease of use with page exception programming: A page exception icon is provided for programming a page exception during a document processing job. The page exception icon is pre-programmed by selecting at least one document job processing parameter from a plurality of document job processing parameters and storing the document job processing parameter in association with a... Agent: Chadwick A. Jackson, Esq. Swidler Berlin LLP

20070133045 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and program for implementing the method: A data processing apparatus which can output the same data in a plurality of different output forms according to one operating flow and therefore improve user's working efficiency. In response to an input operation by a user, an operation flow for causing an output device provided in the data processing... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070133044 - Data processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, print job production method, and print job output method: A data processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store electronic data including first data for identifying policy data that is information indicating an authority for handling the electronic data and is managed by a server apparatus. The data processing apparatus includes a print job data production unit configured... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070133043 - Image log function display program, image log function display method, image processing apparatus, and image processing system: A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a function for displaying information on an image log, the function includes: generating an image log from an image which is used in processing a job, the job performed by an image processing apparatus; transferring the generated image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070133047 - Information processing apparatus and job processing apparatus: Job processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a reception unit adapted to receive a job ticket; a recognition unit adapted to recognize a processing content of a processing step of interest defined in the job ticket; a detection unit adapted to detect a processing status of the process; an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070133042 - Method and apparatus for forming image using data input from image acquisition device: Provided are a method and apparatus for forming an image by receiving image data directly from an image acquisition device such as a digital camera using a USB interface or the like. The method includes receiving image data of a first image of a plurality of images to be printed... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070133048 - Order processing system: An order processing system for performing reproduction processing according to a reproduction processing order by receiving an input image and the reproduction processing order of the input image is provided. The system has a management unit and an execution unit. The management unit is for generating per order a piece... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070133049 - Print system and printer device facilitating reuse of print data: A print system includes a communication path, a client device which transmits print data to said communication path, a host device connected to said communication path, and a printer device which prints the print data after receiving the print data from said client device via said communication path, and automatically... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133052 - Print system, image supply device, print apparatus, and control method thereof: There is provided a print system for transmitting and receiving a data object by a PTP between a camera-equipped mobile phone (CP) and a PD printer and printing an image by the PD printer according to image data supplied from the CP. First information indicating presence/absence of the direct print... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070133046 - Printing program, printing method, and host apparatus: A printing program allows a host apparatus to perform print request processing on a printer. The host apparatus includes at least one first file each storing a printing condition. The printing program allows the host apparatus to execute detecting a second file including an object to be printed and one... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070133040 - System and method for forming a cluster of networked devices: A system and method are provided for forming a cluster of networked devices, such as multifunctional devices (MFDs), by scanning a configuration document. The configuration document is printed using a seed device and is scanned and read by one or more devices which are desired to join the cluster. The... Agent: George Likourezos

20070133050 - System and method for managing documents with multiple applications: A method and system for managing documents, where the system includes a document manager server connected to image processing devices and to applications via a network. The document manager server receives an identification from the image processing devices; looks up a profile and transmits the profile to the image processing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133041 - System and method for resolving a hardware identifier to a network address of networked device: A printing system is provided having a plurality of networked printing devices, each printing device of the plurality of printing devices having a communication port for operatively communicating with another printing device of the plurality of printing devices via a network. Each of the printing devices of the plurality of... Agent: George Likourezos

20070133051 - System, computer program product and method for managing documents: A system, method and computer program product for managing documents. The system includes an image forming apparatus configured to display interactive menus so as to allow an operator of the image forming apparatus to interact with a document manager. The display interactive menus are downloaded from the document manager to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133053 - Method and system for programming for image enhancement: In a method of programming for image enhancement, a content addressable memory is accessed. At least one template is transferred into the content addressable memory. A random access memory is accessed. Enhancement data is transferred into the random access memory. Video data input is inputted into the content addressable memory.... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070133054 - Storage medium for managing job log, job log management method, image processing apparatus, and image processing system: A storage medium is readable by a computer. The storage medium stores a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for managing a job log. The function includes: creating a job log after execution of a job; generating a log image from an image handled by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070133055 - Electronic photo book: An electronic photo book for storing and displaying digitized images. The electronic photo book includes two displays each having a top half and a bottom half in which individual images are displayed in each half.... Agent: Eric G. King Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.

20070133056 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: Adjustment processing is suitably executed in accordance with the type of post processing. To accomplish this, an image forming apparatus includes, for example, an adjustment part, specifying part, and control part. The adjustment part performs at least one of adjustment operation for an image formation position and adjustment operation for... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070133057 - Print data processing apparatus, printing apparatus, printing system, print data processing method, and computer program product: A print data processing apparatus performs combined printing of a plurality of pages including a page on which an image is oriented in a different direction from images on other pages. In the print data processing apparatus, the layout unit lays out, in a memory, print data of target pages... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070133015 - User interface device, function setting method, and computer program product: An input image is analyzed into document components. Preview data of the input image is generated based on a result of analysis. A function item that can be processed on the input image is selected based on the result of analysis. A function item is specified from among function items... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070133016 - Write control circuit with optimized functional distribution: A write control circuit for controlling driving of a plurality of light sources each including a laser diode for emitting light includes a plurality of write control mechanisms configured to control the plurality of laser diodes to perform writing for image forming with a plurality of colors. Each of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133024 - Apparatus and method for reproducing optimized preference color using candidate images and natural languages: An apparatus and method are provided for reproducing an optimized preference color using candidate images and natural languages, in which user-oriented optimized picture quality can be provided through a printer. The apparatus includes a preference color-natural language information memory which stores characteristic information of a preference color mapped on a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070133023 - Document for determining interference scanning frequencies: A document containing lines printed at an interference scanning frequency which causes conventional scanning and copying devices to introduce distortions in a copy of the document and prevents color separating copies of the document. The document bears an image which has lines printed at a line frequency which is an... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070133018 - Graphics color proofing system: A process for the development of a proof of an image without press setup and trial runs and including visually useful multiple acceptable variations in the color scheme of multiple images of an image outputted from a given printing press, for judging the presence of unacceptable variations, relative to the... Agent: International Paper Company

20070133021 - Image generation apparatus and method of generating color gamut information thereof, and image playback apparatus and method of detecting color gamut information thereof: An image generation apparatus and a method of generating a color gamut information thereof, and an image playback apparatus and a method of detecting a color gamut information thereof are provided. The image generation apparatus includes a format converting unit converting a video stream from a first format into a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070133017 - Image processing apparatus, photographing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method and program: An image processing apparatus including an image processing section which conducts image processing on image data, wherein the image processing section compresses a hue reproduction angle in a range of flesh color area corresponding to a flesh color in the image data.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070133026 - Image processing method and apparatus, and profile management method: An image which has been color-converted in correspondence with the output characteristics of a printing press as a target for the purpose of proof may often be printed by a copying machine or printer. Prior to the proof, a generation history of a generated profile of an output device is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070133020 - Image processing system and image processing method: An image processing system performing image processing on input image data includes an accepting part that accepts selection of a machine recognition processing mode intended for outputting a print image on the assumption that the image, after being output, is subjected to machine recognition processing, and a processing part that... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070133022 - Image producing method and apparatus: The image producing method and apparatus obtain an input image that has a region covering all of the different output images and has a resolution corresponding to one output image of the different output images whose resolution is highest, subject the input image to at least one color conversion process,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070133025 - Methods and apparatus for reconstructing digitized images: Methods and apparatus for reconstructing digitized images are provided that include an image reconstruction path that receives a digitized image and provides a processed RGB or CMYK image that may be printed or stored in memory. The image reconstruction path is configured to operate in either a multiple scan or... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20070133019 - Transparency printing: Transparent content and opaque content that is contained within a document is treated differently for printing. The transparent content within a document is rasterized and stored in a system-managed bitmap before printing. While rasterization is effective for maintaining visual fidelity of transparent content it can lead to large spool files... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070133058 - Image forming control apparatus, image forming control method and computer readable medium: An image forming control apparatus includes: a gradation correction curve generator and a calibration data generator. The gradation correction curve generator generates a gradation correction curve based on a correspondence between an output instruction values each representing a density of an image to be formed by an image forming apparatus... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070133059 - Security document manufacturing method and apparatus using halftone dots that contain microscopic images: A method to capture any user-selected image such as a corporate logo, a photograph, or a key word or phrase, and to convert that image into a microscopic halftone dot with tonal variation features, and to allow substitution of theses dots for conventional square, round, elliptical, diamond and/or other shaped... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070133060 - Method, apparatus and computer program for halftoning digital images: A method for generating a halftone image includes the steps of, for each input pixel, adding a previously determined error term to the input pixel value to obtain a modified input pixel value; determining an error diffusion threshold level based on the input pixel value; applying a quantization operation to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070133061 - Method for tone calibration and apparatus using the same: A method for tone calibration and an apparatus using the same are provided. The method for tone calibration includes outputting a reference patch of a predetermined color and a plurality of sample patches having different tone levels of constant intervals of the color, receiving an input of identification information of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070133062 - Systems and methods for adaptive dynamic range adjustment for images: A method is described to match an original binary image with the dynamic range of a desired target document. The original binary image is restored first to contone and a histogram of the contone image is processed to generate a TRC for the contone image with improved dynamic range. The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070133064 - Scanned image management device: A scanned image management device comprises a receiving unit which receives a scanned image. A selecting unit causes a user to select a tag from among a set of pre-defined tags or newly generated tags. A first registering unit generates an image-to-tag association between a scanned image and a selected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133063 - System and method for document tracking and security: A document history device is communicatively connected with a document repository, a viewing station, a scanning station, a printing station, or a distribution device, each including a document history agent. The document history agent conveys information associated with a particular document so that the document history device can create a... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070133065 - Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus and image forming system: An image forming apparatus comprising an image processor which has output means for generating data for image formation based on image data and outputting the generated data for image formation and an image forming unit for forming an image based on the data for image formation generated by the image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070133066 - Informational-signal-processing apparatus, functional block, and method of controlling the functional block: An informational-signal-processing apparatus has a plurality of functional blocks and a control block that controls operations of the functional blocks. Each of the functional blocks performs a series of items of processing. The control block or a predetermined block among the control block and the functional blocks distributes a global... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070133067 - Forming a master page for an electronic document: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, systems and/or devices for forming a master page for an electronic document are disclosed.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Adobe Sys. Incorp.

20070133068 - Cmos image sensor having hybrid pixel arrays: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for high speed, high resolution imaging, which includes a micropixel array that includes, at least one macropixel, and a macropixel selector module; a micropixel array which is coupled to the macropixel array and includes at least one micropixel, a micropixel... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20070133069 - Device for measuring sheet length and image forming apparatus: A measuring device for measuring a length of a sheet includes a sheet-carrying unit for carrying a sheet, a reading unit having an area sensor and configured to repeatedly read the surface of the sheet from the leading end to the trailing end of the sheet while the sheet is... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070133070 - Manuscript conveyor guide used for a manuscript reader unit: A manuscript conveyer guide which has a curved surface and a flat surface in a facing portion to an upper surface of the contact glass plate, the curved surface being positioned on the upstream in the manuscript conveying direction, the flat surface being positioned on the downstream in the manuscript... Agent: Leonard W. Sherman Sherman & Associates

20070133071 - Adaptive auto white balance: An imaging system generates a gain for a component of an image format. The gain is at least partially dependent on the brightness of the light source illuminating a scene when an image of the scene was generated. The gain can be used to correct the component of the image... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070133072 - Method and apparatus for identifying logical elements of a document: Embodiments for identifying logical elements of a document are disclosed.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Adobe Sys. Incorp.

20070133073 - Information processing apparatus, computer program product and preview image display method: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives designation of a first processing and a second processing to be performed on an image created from image data and displayed on a display unit; a simple-preview generating unit that generates a simple preview image by performing the first processing... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070133074 - Document editing apparatus, image forming apparatus, document editing method, and computer program product: An area identifying unit separates input image data into each image area. An editing unit performs an editing process on the input image data in units of separated image area. An operation displaying unit displays the input image data with an input display module and an editing display module. The... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070127042 - Image forming device, image forming method, image forming program, and recording medium: An image forming device comprises a tray parameter table in which tray IDs for identifying one or trays of the image forming device and tray parameters for the respective tray IDs are stored in a mutually associated manner. A replacing unit receives an input tray ID and an input tray... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070127047 - Information processing apparatus, print control method, storing medium, and program: When a sheet remains in a staying portion of a printer for executing alternating sheet feed duplex printing, a printer driver precedently transfers print data of a page to the staying sheet to the printer in page order different from order of pages to be normally transmitted upon alternating sheet... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070127048 - Printing apparatus, printing method and recording medium: A medium information acquirer is operable to acquire first medium information indicative of first contents stored in a recording medium. A label information generator is operable to generate, based on the first medium information, a first label information indicative of a first label which is to be printed on the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070127050 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product: When it is determined that an image cannot be formed from an image data under an image formation condition, a display input controller accepts an input of a replaced image formation condition. An image formation unit forms an image from the image data under the replaced image formation condition. A... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070127049 - Method and system for processing print jobs: A method of processing print jobs comprising receiving image data for a print job at a computer; converting the image data to page description language code at the computer, wherein the page description language code for the image data includes a job name string having an application name portion and... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070127052 - Electronic recovery system and method: An electronic system capable of automatically recovering from an abnormal condition. The electronic system comprises a target device, a memory module, a driving device and a processor. The memory module stores a plurality of settings for the target device. The driving device directs operations of the target device according to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070127051 - Image processing apparatus, image apparatus system, and image processing method: An image processing apparatus that controls usage of the image processing apparatus by a user based on restriction information which indicates a function that the user is allowed to use and use information which indicates a number of recording medium that the user use, the image processing apparatus includes a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070127056 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program, and storage medium therefor: Conventionally, the same synthesis method is applied uniformly for an area (such as a photographic/graphics area), wherein a document image is placed on top for combination and an area (such as a character area or an area having no attribute), wherein a predetermined image is placed on top for combination.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070127055 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: A content of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern is set properly each time printing is performed without being influenced by an arbitrary decision by a user. A confidentiality level defined for a document of an image to be printed is acquired. Subsequently, style information indicating a property of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern assigned... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070127054 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method: In an image processing apparatus which allows a plurality of users to reserve jobs, the convenience of each user is further improved while ensuring security of a job to be output by each user. In order to achieve this object, an MFP according to the invention is characterized by including... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070127053 - Printing system, method for controlling a printing system, image forming apparatus, controller of print system, and storage medium: Confidentiality of a job that requires authentication processing prior to printing is maintained as much as possible. A method for controlling a printing system is provided that is capable of receiving a plurality of types of print jobs including a first type print job that requires authentication processing prior to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070127062 - Color printer technology: The invention provides a method of printing at a POS of register receipts and marketing information in which the required network bandwidth and quantity of ink are both reduced. SVG files are used to specify communications, associated modified image objects are stored locally to the POS, and associated modified image... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20070127066 - Image forming apparatus and recording medium: An image forming apparatus as a backup origin image forming apparatus, comprises a storing portion configured to store output performance information of a plurality of other image forming apparatuses as backup destination candidate apparatuses connected to the backup origin image forming apparatus via a network, a comparing-selecting portion configured to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070127068 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product: An image forming apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains from outside multilevel image data in color mode for forming a color print, and obtains binary image data in monochrome mode for forming a black-and-white print. The image forming apparatus also includes a volatile memory that stores therein the binary... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070127059 - Image processing apparatus, charge management device connection device, charge management program product and charge management method: An image processing apparatus that includes: a job processor that processes a job for image data; a job management unit that manages execution of the processing of the job; a connector to which a plurality of charge management devices that charge for the processing of the job are connected; a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070127064 - Information processing apparatus, print job conversion method, and program: To improve work efficiency and reduce work costs, automatic transmission/reception and conversion of a print job can be performed (without requiring manual work) among plural printing systems having different functions. An information processing apparatus, connected to plural printing systems, can create a job ticket for a second system based on... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070127067 - Information processing system, printing device and content access system: There is provided an information processing system, which comprises a printing unit, a link information print control unit configured such that when first contents which has a first address and contains an object to which a second address is assigned as a link target address are printed, it causes the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070127057 - Job status tracking and notification system: A method for monitoring a job across a network of print devices is provided. The method includes the steps of dividing the job into at least a first child job and a second child job, communicating the first child job to a first one of the print devices, the first... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070127063 - Methods and systems for print-processor-based printer status detection and print task distribution: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems which enable a user to detect the status of printing devices without the use of additional hardware or application program modification for this purpose. These systems and methods are typically used in conjunction with a computer network comprising at least one... Agent: Scott C. Krieger, Patent Counsel Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20070127058 - Network printing system having automated selection of a destination printer: A network printing system is provided having a plurality of network printers, a plurality of computer terminals, and at least one processor in operative communication with the plurality of printers and the plurality of computer terminals. The at least one processor executes application software for receiving a print data request... Agent: George Likourezos

20070127060 - Printing apparatus and method and computer readable medium: A printing apparatus includes one or more print processing sections that execute a printing process of printing an image represented by input printing image data onto a recording medium, and plural data processing sections that execute a generating process of generating the printing image data for inputting to the print... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070127065 - Printing apparatus, printing system, and printing method: A printing system includes a printing apparatus and an external information processing apparatus that issues an interrupt print job. A schedule designation unit in the information processing apparatus designates the start time of an event requiring a handout to be printed by executing the interrupt print job in the printing... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070127061 - Processing apparatus, job execution apparatus, method for controlling the processing apparatus and storage medium: An IC card reader/writer is connected to an image forming apparatus in advance. The image forming apparatus is provided with a job database for storing job information for one or more jobs in association with the number of reads of a user card respectively, a number of reads count portion... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070127070 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a main controller for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, an operating section for setting print jobs, a scanner for reading a document, and a printer for printing print data. The main controller includes an HDD serving as a storage device and a main... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070127071 - Image forming method and image processing apparatus: An image forming method and apparatus for forming an image on opposite sides of a printing paper which includes operations for receiving a plurality of pages of printing data, processing the printing data to generate first side data in which the printing data is printed in a page order, and... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070127069 - Universal output device control: A universal output control system and method for outputting an output job at a target output location wherein a universal user interface facilitates access to and control of a plurality of output devices located on a network or at an output center such that specific details of each output device... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070127072 - Layout method, apparatus and computer program: Processing for laying out a plurality of hierarchical objects includes decision processing for deciding the height of a selected object. In the decision processing, the height of a lower-level object that belongs to the selected object is decided by executing the decision processing recursively. In the decision processing, the height... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070127073 - Methods and apparatus for mixed page imposition: Methods and apparatus are provided for imposing multiple pages on a printable sheet, in which the multiple pages include pages of varying size. The printable sheet is divided into a plurality of slots, and each of the pages is assigned to a corresponding slot. User-specified settings are received for page... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20070127045 - Arrangement for data transmission between an image source and an image reproducing system: In one aspect an arrangement for data transmission between an image source and an image reproducing system is build, with digital R/G/B video signals being able to be fed to the image reproducing system via an R/G/B path pair in each instance and a communication signal. Measures are proposed which... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070127043 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof: When generating one file from image data having plural pages, the present invention generates coded data of a background portion that is common to plural pages for sharing the coded data, thereby realizing a file compressed at high compression rate while maintaining image quality. For this, the apparatus reads plural... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070127046 - Offset adjusting device, correcting device, and method of adjusting analog image signal: An offset adjusting device includes a sample-hold unit that sample-holds an analog image signal obtained by converting reflected light from an original into an electric signal with a photoelectric conversion device to thereby obtain a sample-hold signal; an amplifying unit that amplifies the sample-hold signal to obtain an amplified signal;... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070127044 - Print quality checking system and print quality checking method: In a print quality checking system and a print quality checking method for checking the print quality of a printed material by comparing read image data obtained by scanning the printed material with check criterion image data that is a criterion for checking print quality, in order to maintain the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070127074 - Device, method and program product for image processing: An image of a first image data PID is reduced to generate second image data PID2. The second image data PID2 is analyzed. A lookup table 104a is generated based on the analysis. The lookup table 104a is a table for image conversion that alters at least part of color... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070127075 - Method of reproducing color image: FM screens are used for CMY-separations for which human visual sensitivity is relatively low. An AM screen is used for K-separation for which human visual sensitivity is high. The human visual sensitivity to one color is defined based on the contrast with the color white.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070127076 - Computer program and method for generating a multiple-bit image data file from a 1-bit image data file: A computer program and method for generating from a 1-bit image data file a multiple-bit image data file, which, when displayed on a computer display screen, resembles an image that would appear on an output medium as a result of an output device printing the 1-bit file, the program being... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070127077 - Image processing apparatus capable of processing image embedded with digital watermark, method for controlling the image processing apparatus, and storage medium storing program to execute the method: An image processing apparatus includes a feature value generating unit configured to generate feature values of images of respective pages of a document image including a plurality of pages, and an identification number generating unit configured to generate an identification number unique to the document image. The apparatus further includes... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070127078 - Jensenboard: The Jensenboard allows the user to simulate writing on a document without leaving permanent markings and is easily operated by a single person.... Agent: James Lucas Jensen

20070127082 - Apparatus and method for processing call of internet facsimile: An apparatus and method for processing calls of an Internet facsimile are provided, in which a call setting unit supports a plurality of call setting methods and performs a call setting, a controller selects a call setting method among the plurality of call setting methods and controls the call setting,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070127081 - Communication terminal device and communication method: A microprocessor unit of a communication terminal device determines whether or not a destination terminal is a communication terminal manufactured by a same manufacturer as the communication terminal device in accordance with a manufacturer code transmitted from the destination terminal. A display unit displays a message to notify a determination... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070127080 - Controller of scanning apparatus: A controller of a scanning apparatus is used for controlling vertical compensation of the scanned document. The controller includes a vertical compensation circuit. By compensating the image data in the vertical direction, the scanning performance is enhanced.... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070127079 - Facsimile apparatus: A facsimile apparatus in which a large display apparatus can be mounted while realizing miniaturization of an apparatus main body, an operation panel having excellent operability is realized, excellent inserting performance of documents and recording paper can be assured, compatibility between simple operability and multifunctional operability can be realized, is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070127083 - Internet facsimile communication system and internet facsimile communication adaptor: An internet facsimile communication system capable, in the internet facsimile based on the Recommendation T.38, of receiving an incoming call for a facsimile communication regardless of the setting of receiving mode in the facsimile apparatus thereby avoiding a drawback that a person responds to a facsimile communication. The internet facsimile... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070127084 - Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, control method therefor, information processing system, and program: A data storage area dedicated to reservation information is generated in an image storage unit on the basis of the reservation information specified by using an image processing apparatus. An access right to the generated data storage area is set on the basis of the reservation information. A data storage... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070127085 - Printing system, printing method and program thereof: A printing system, a printing method, and a program capable of preventing data embedded in an electronic document to be printed from increasing even if the amount of information relating to the electronic document to print become huge. To accomplish this, when a host computer 1200 issues a print command... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070127086 - Communication apparatus, communication method, image forming apparatus utilizing such method, unit connected to image forming apparatus and image forming system: A sampling unit samples plural input signals, and detects a point (change point) at which one of the sampled input signals shows a change in the logic level. In case the logic level after the detection of the change point continues for a predetermined time, the plural sampled data are... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070127087 - Image processing apparatus and method, and carrier sheet: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit 3 that reads a front side image and a rear side image from a front side and a rear side of a medium, respectively, a mark detecting unit 42 that detects a combination instruction mark present in a predetermined position of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070127088 - Transmission mechanism of image scanner with adjustable resolution: A transmission mechanism of an image scanner with adjustable resolution is disclosed. The transmission device is driven by a step motor to move a carriage to perform a scanning operation at a selected speed The transmission device includes a transmission control set switched between a first and a second transmission... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070127089 - Image input apparatus with ccd color image sensor: A CCD color image sensor which prevents unnecessary charge from overflowing in a photoelectric conversion element. An image input apparatus having the CCD color image sensor comprises transferring unit which transfers effective charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion element provided for each of the colors (R, G and B), extracted... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070127090 - Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, device for detecting sheet member, and feeding device: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes: a recording head for discharging droplets to a record medium and forming an image; a feeding unit feeding the record medium to an image forming position where the recording head forms the image; and a control unit performing control based on a change of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070127091 - Image reading apparatus, image processing apparatus, and computer program product: An image reading apparatus includes a clamp-ratio controlling unit configured to change at least one of a clamp period and a line period for each read operation mode, wherein the clamp-ratio setting unit provides a control so that a clamp ratio that is a ratio between the clamp period and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070127092 - Method and device for optically determining colors of objects: A process to optically determine the color of objects by means of at least one light source for illuminating the object as well as a sensor element for detecting the color data emitted by the object. A method, which allows an exact feedback of the color data along with high... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070127093 - Apparatus and method for processing image: An apparatus for processing an image, includes: a color information determination unit; and a correction amount setting unit. The color information determination unit classifies a plurality of pixels configuring an image into a plurality of groups according to a brightness thereof, and determines representative color information for each of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070127094 - Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus comprising same: An image processing apparatus able to instantaneously transmit image data on which a color/monochrome judgment and a series of processings have been performed comprising: a color/monochrome judging device for judging if input RGB image data is color or monochrome; a color image correction processing unit for performing color image correction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070127095 - Image capturing apparatus, image processing method, program, and storage medium: This invention reduces degradation in quality of a resized image in obtaining the resized image. An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor which converts an optical image into an electrical signal, an A/D conversion unit which converts an image signal output from the image sensor into digital image data,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto