Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 07/07

20070171446 - Font downloading apparatus, font downloading program, font downloading method and recording medium: When a printing condition is assigned before printing out, a printing condition setting interface part displays a printing condition setting screen including a font processing selecting screen. An operator can select how to process fonts from among predetermined items in the font processing selecting screen, when the fonts that are... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070171449 - Image processing apparatus and method for starting image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions and allowing the functions to be available by starting programs for the corresponding functions includes a processor executing the programs; a main memory used by the processor to execute the programs; a first storage unit storing a program capable of being... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070171450 - Information processing device, method for displaying icon, program, and storage medium: A host device includes: a scroll display processing section which moves and serially displays, in a predetermined area of a setting screen, expanded function icons indicating respective plural expanded functions which are available when a printing process is executed; a switching icon determination section which specifies the reference number of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070171454 - Print apparatus, system, and print job processing method: In a print system constituted so as to enable a supplying of sheets from a printing apparatus to a sheet processing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus having a print unit that executes a print process of data of a job stored in a storage unit can store data of a... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070171455 - Print apparatus, system, print job processing method, storage medium, and program: When an operator takes out a sheet from one of sheet processing apparatuses in a print system capable of supplying a sheet of a job having undergone a print process to a plurality of sheet processing apparatuses from a print apparatus capable of executing the print process of data in... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070171457 - Printer, host computer, printer system, and printing system control method: A printer that is communicably connected over a network to a host computer and operates according to a command or data sent from the host computer, comprising a reception unit for receiving the command or data sent from the host computer, a timer for counting elapsed time after the command... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070171456 - Printing apparatus and print control method and print system: When print data described in structured language is received from a transmitter, the print data is analyzed by an analysis unit and a determination is made as to whether or not there is unprintable data in the print data. A condition table stores print conditions for determining printability by a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070171467 - Authenticated printing apparatus and method and authenticated printing system: An authenticated printing apparatus issues a request for a print job to a job holding apparatus that stores print jobs in association with job-specific information, the print job corresponding to job-specific information obtained from an authenticated user, and executes printing on the basis of the print job obtained in response... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070171465 - Electronic document print system, electronic document generation apparatus and method, print control apparatus and method, and computer-readable medium: There is provided an electronic document print system comprising an electronic document generation apparatus and a print control apparatus. The print control apparatus included an identification information storage unit that stores output destination identification information corresponding to the print control apparatus, and a control unit that extracts output destination identification... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070171464 - Electronic document printing system, printing controller, printing control method, and computer-readable medium: There is provided an electronic document printing system comprising an electronic document generator and a print controller, the electronic document generator comprising a superimposed-image information incorporating unit that incorporates, into the electronic document data, a superimposed image and mark information for invalidating the superimposed image, and the print controller comprising:... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070171469 - Host apparatus and system finishing method thereof: Thus, the present invention provides a host apparatus, which is capable of promoting user's convenience at the time of system-finishing of the host apparatus by providing a user with a finish selection message indicating that the host apparatus is automatically finished after a printing operation is completed, when the user... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070171468 - Image processing apparatus and method of controlling image processing apparatus: According to the claimed invention, an image processing method, comprises the steps of storing a plurality of pieces of identification information of a plurality of information processing apparatuses; instructing to change the identification information stored; displaying, when the instructing step gives the instruction to change the identification information, the plurality... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070171466 - Image processing system and its management method: When an image processing apparatus is newly installed, an access control request is issued from the image processing apparatus to a control apparatus at step S302. Then at step S303, regarding the image processing apparatus that has issued the access control request, an access control table to control access to... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070171463 - Network printer system, printer, control method for computer, computer readable medium and computer data signal: A network printer system comprises a first printer and a second printer. The first printer comprises: a first network setting information storing unit that stores setting information of a previously designated network; a radio communication establishing unit that establishes a radio communication with the second printer; and a network setting... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070171470 - System, method, and program for image processing, and management server: A method, program product, and system to provide an image processing system which allows the user to utilize a function of an image processing device with operation through another image processing device without implementing a large scale of modification on the device. The image processing system includes a service use... Agent: Kyocera Technology Development Intellectual Property Administration

20070171462 - Work information generation system: A work information generation system includes: a plurality of terminals that display a document; and a server that conducts communications with the plurality of terminals, wherein each of the plurality of terminals includes a notification section that sends notification of identification information given to each of the plurality of terminals... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070171472 - Image forming apparatus for producing booklet: There is described an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to realize a high productivity in the booklet outputting operation. The apparatus comprises: an image data acquiring section to acquire consecutive image data, which include main content image data and at least a part of cover sheet image data... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070171473 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product: An information processing apparatus includes an input unit, an object extracting unit, and an integrating unit. The input unit receives input of object information about an object rendered in a unit and positional information of the object about its position within document data, from each page of the document data.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070171438 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: In one embodiment of an image processing apparatus, when multi-feeding during transport of originals is detected, except for the multi-fed originals, which are all of the originals simultaneously multi-fed by the multi-feeding, the images written on only the other remaining originals are recorded on recording paper; and a shifted discharge... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070171445 - Color conversion method based on error correction table: Disclosed is a color conversion method, the method including the steps of (a) converting a color using an approximation technique, and (b) correcting an error of the color using a preset error correction table containing information regarding a difference between a color channel based on an original conversion formula and... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070171444 - Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image processing apparatus that outputs color information to an image forming apparatus that forms a toner image on a sheet using color toner and transparent toner, the color information representing a toner image to be formed on the sheet by the image forming apparatus, including: an extracting unit that... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070171476 - Halftone dot conversion apparatus, halftone dot conversion program storage medium, and image forming apparatus: A halftone dot conversion apparatus converts tone image data representative of an image with tone values into halftone dot image data representative of the image with halftone dots having sizes according to the tone values. This apparatus comprises: a scene discrimination section that discriminates a scene corresponding to the image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070171477 - Method of printing image and apparatus operable to execute the same, and method of processing image and apparatus operable to execute the same: Image data obtained by capturing an image including a human is received. A facial impression which is given by a human face is designated. A prescribed component of a human face included in the image data is detected. A part of the image data corresponding to the prescribed component is... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070171479 - Apparatus and method for preventing image distortion: An image distortion prevention apparatus and method are provided for preventing distortion of an image formed with light scanned by an optical scanner, the optical scanner operating in response to a mirror drive signal that determines a degree of deflection of the optical scanner. The apparatus includes a deflection sensing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070171480 - Image processing device, image forming device, tint block image, printed material, image processing method, image forming method and program-recorded medium: An image processing device includes a code image generating unit that generates a code image that contains plural patterns different in shape and represents predetermined information on the basis of positional relationship between adjacent patterns and a image composing unit that combines the code image generated by the code image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070171435 - Optimum usage of processing solution in printing: The digital density information of a print order is obtained and an optimum sequence of printing the images of the order is determined that reduces the average print density form one print to another.... Agent: Patent Legal Staff

20070171436 - Smart display printer: A printer display which allows users to access and edit a document may resolve some problems traditionally associated with the publication process on network printers. This may be accomplished by providing a GUI at the printer at which a user may access, display, and edit a document originally saved to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070171447 - System, method and apparatus for registration of printed image to media orientation: A printing system (250) includes a printing subsystem (255) in the form of a printer assembly (14). The printing subsystem (255) includes a printer housing (257) in which a print engine (259) resides and (261) for storing data indicating the expected orientation of labels on a sheet of RFID label... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070171451 - Context-based adaptive image processing: A method for context-based processing of print data is provided. The method includes partitioning a document to be printed into a plurality of regions of interest. The method also includes determining context data for a first region of interest of the plurality of regions of interest. The context data may... Agent: Madson & Austin

20070171448 - Mime type-based printer driver selection: A method for processing print data is disclosed. A particular data type for a print data stream is determined, based on data contained in the print data stream, from among a plurality of defined data types. It is determined whether there exists, within a plurality of printer drivers, a particular... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070171453 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and storage medium: A predetermined region set on a grayscale image is divided into rectangles each having a predetermined size (S706), and piled patterns which hold the accumulated values of pixel values at identical pixel positions upon piling up the divided rectangles is generated (S707). An alignment pattern is generated by calculating the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070171452 - Image processing system, image forming apparatus, image processing method and program recording medium: An image processing system includes a pattern detecting unit that detects a plurality of patterns included in a read image, a magnification determining unit that determines a magnification of the reading the read image on the basis of positional relation between adjacent patterns out of the plurality of patterns detected... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070171458 - Data processing device, information processing device, and data processing system: A data processing device transmits specific information through a network, receives a public key transmitted based on the specific information through the network, and stores the received public key. Further, the data processing device receives print data and encrypted data corresponding to the print data, decrypts the received encrypted data... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070171459 - Method and system to allow printing compression of documents: A print compression method and system reduces the amount of space required to print a document such that less paper is used during the printing of a document. A user defines criteria, which is used to perform document compression. However, the document compression only applies to the form of document... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20070171461 - Network facsimile transmission originating device, program, and method, and network facsimile relay device, program, and method: A network facsimile transmission originating device includes a first mail generator that generates a first e-mail which includes a scanned image to be facsimiled and designates a fax number of a fax destination in a destination mail address field, an encryption unit that encrypts, using a public key of a... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070171460 - Photo duplexing method: An improved printing system is provided for printing digital camera images on the front side of a sheet of print media, and then printing a silhouette on the reverse side of the same sheet. The reverse side will also have identification information printed thereon, so that the outlines (silhouette) of... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070171471 - Systems and methods for producing portraits: A system of producing digital portraits and associated methods are provided. One method includes capturing a plurality of images with a digital recording device and displaying the images in the predetermined groups, such as in groups of two or three images. The customer selects desired images, which can be digitally... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070171437 - Optimizing a printing process for subsequent finishing procedure: In a system and a method for optimizing a printing process, toner adhesion information is acquired that identifies a toner adhesion characteristic of a printed image. The toner adhesion information may identify at least one of (a) a characteristic of toner voids present in the test print, and (b) a... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070171441 - Color and darkness management system: The present invention provides a color and darkness management system, method, apparatus and software for determining colorant values for reproduction of an image on an output medium having a minimum darkness, and with the reproduction having a maximum black colorant darkness on the output medium. An exemplary apparatus embodiment comprises... Agent: Gamburd Law Group LLC

20070171442 - Color and neutral tone management system: The present invention provides a color and neutral tone management system, method, apparatus and software for reproduction of an image on an output medium, with a black colorant applied to the output medium having a maximum black colorant darkness. In an exemplary method, a black colorant is provided in substantially... Agent: Gamburd Law Group LLC

20070171443 - Color enhancement technique using skin color detection: A method for enhancing the color of an image to be displayed on a display includes receiving an image having a plurality of pixels where each of the pixels has a plurality of color components. The image is filtered using a spatial filter in such a manner that the lower... Agent: Kevin L. Russell Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel LLP

20070171440 - Color image and monochrome image imaging process: The following processes are performed when generating new image data by modifying the color tones of images in image data: First the user is allowed to select a parameter from a plurality of modification candidate parameters corresponding to mutually differing modification details; then, according to the selected parameter, modified image... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070171439 - Image output system for outputting image based on information of number of dots to be formed in predetermined area: The image output system of the invention collects a preset number of adjacent pixels to one pixel group to divide a number of pixels constituting an image into multiple pixel groups and specifies a pixel group tone value as a representative tone value of each pixel group. The image output... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070171474 - Method for processing image: Amethod for processing an image is provided. The method is to calculate the amount of original gray levels in a frame according to the original gray level difference between each pixel and an adjacent pixel thereof and adjusts the contrast of the frame according to the calculated amount of gray... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070171475 - System and method for high addressable binary image generation: The disclosed system and method provide a binary image generation method. Used, for example, in a digital reprographic system, the method is suitable for eliminating printing artifacts for high addressable binary digital output, such as digital copies, using an optimized ordered error diffusion method with dynamically computable quantization error and... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070171478 - Image forming apparatus: A pseudo random number generating circuit forms uniform distribution random number noises. An insertion noise data forming unit receives the uniform distribution random number noises, center-distributes them around 0 as a center, further reads out output correction values of every recording device from an LED characteristics variation data memory, center-distributes... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070171481 - Facsimile apparatus for incorporating own facsimile number into transmitter terminal information: A facsimile apparatus can automatically register its own facsimile number into TTI, the own facsimile number being previously registered in the facsimile apparatus. In the facsimile apparatus, information containing the own facsimile number is input to the facsimile apparatus. The input own facsimile number is automatically incorporated into transmitter terminal... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070171482 - Method and apparatus for managing information, and computer program product: An area extracting unit extracts area information from a page of document information for each area of different types arranged on the page. A relation extracting unit extracts relation information indicating a relation between the area information and the page of the document information that is an extraction source of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070171485 - Document computerizing apparatus, method thereof, and program product for executing the method: A document computerizing apparatus which scans a document is disclosed. The document computerizing apparatus includes a scanning condition managing unit for managing plural scanning conditions to be applied to the document based on a category of the document, a scanning request obtaining unit for obtaining a scanning request for the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070171486 - Image reading apparatus and image forming machine provided with the same: An image reading apparatus for generating image data corresponding to a document image, includes: an irradiating section for irradiating light rays to an image bearing surface of a document; a housing formed with a slit for restrictedly passing light rays reflected from the image bearing surface of the document; a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070171484 - Document scanner with light focusing device: A document scanner with a light focusing device downward formed on a document support panel is disclosed. The document scanner is provided with a chassis including a light source and an image sensing device. A scanning window made of light-transmitting material is formed in an area of the document support... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070171483 - Method for synchronizing an image data source and a resonant mirror system to generate images: System and method for synchronizing the low speed mirror movement of a mirror display system with incoming frame or video signals, and synchronizing buffered lines of video data to the independently oscillating scanning mirror. According to one embodiment of the invention, the peak portions of the low speed cyclic drive... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070171487 - Area image acquiring method for image reading apparatus: An image acquiring method of a scanned image is applying to an image reading apparatus having an automatic sheet-feeding function. The method includes the steps of: acquiring a first image at a scan region of the image reading apparatus by performing a sheet-feeding operation and an image reading operation; analyzing... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070171488 - Image scanning device and method: The invention provides an image scanning device and an image scanning method. The image scanning device has an automatic sheet feeding function and is equipped with a detector for detecting a thickness of a sheet. Also, the thickness may serve as a scanning parameter, according to which a scanning speed... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070171489 - Print control apparatus: In response to a print instruction of a specified print object image, the print control apparatus of the invention corrects print object image data representing the specified print object image with a preset correction parameter set for improving picture quality of the specified print object image and prints the specified... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070171490 - Sensor image encoding and/or decoding system, medium, and method: Sensor image encoding and/or decoding systems, media, and methods. The sensor image encoding system may include a first color component interpolation unit transforming a sensor image into a first format image by interpolating a first color component of at least two color components in the sensor image including the at... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070165248 - Printing apparatus and printing method: This invention provides a printing apparatus and printing method capable of partially changing the print process conditions of a print job containing image data, and improving user friendliness. To accomplish this, a printing apparatus such as an MFP having a printing unit for printing based on a print job receives... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070165260 - Print driver pipeline filter conformance validation: Systems and methods for print driver pipeline filter conformance validation are described. In one aspect, a filter-based print driver processes a spool file to generate a page description language (PDL). The filter-based print driver utilizes multiple process filters to perform the processing. Each process filter implements a particular set of... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070165263 - Image processing apparatus and image processing program for superimposing an image: An image processing apparatus for generating a synthesized image in which an auxiliary image is superimposed on a normal image, includes an image data synthesizing unit to which normal image data comprising color information and image attribute information correspondent to pixels bitmap-expanded from the normal image and auxiliary image data... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070165262 - Image processing apparatus and operation mode switching control method for the same: To provide an image processing apparatus for switching an operation mode between an ordinary power supplying mode and a power saving mode for suppressing power consumption more than the ordinary power supplying mode. The image processing apparatus includes an operation panel operated by a user to execute an operation of... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070165264 - Target device, method and system for managing device, and external device: A device management system is configured with a target device including at least one unit that includes a tamper-resistant chip, a management apparatus that manages or uses the target device, and an authentication apparatus including a database for authentication, connected via a network in a communicable manner. In the target... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070165267 - Automated print rendering verification: Systems and methods for automated print rendering verification are described. In one aspect, a print path for print rendering verification is provided. The print path is used to automatically verify whether data rendered by a print device is substantially equivalent to a target or idealized rendering of the data. A... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070165269 - Communication terminal device, communication method, and communication system: A recipient communication terminal device, that can communicate in a V.34 communication mode, communicates with a transmitter communication terminal device, that cannot communicate in the V.34 communication mode. The transmitter device detects whether or not the recipient device includes V.8 communication mode capability in accordance with a received digital identification... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070165270 - Image forming apparatus, system and method using printing layout templates: An image forming apparatus, system and method using printing layout templates are provided. The system includes a communication device determining a layout template for printing an image from a layout template list and transmitting the image and the information on the determined layout template, and an image forming apparatus providing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070165271 - Image forming system, image scanning device, and control device: An image forming system includes a scanner, an image forming device and a terminal device. The scanner scans an original document to obtain image data, and stores the image data in a remote storage device. The terminal device controls printing by the remote image forming device in accordance with the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070165273 - Image reading apparatus and computer program product: A recording unit records an operation log. A storing unit included in a temper-resistant chip stores therein a secret key unique to an image reading apparatus. An encrypting unit included in the temper-resistant chip encrypts recorded operation log with stored secret key. A transmitting unit transmits information including encrypted operation... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070165268 - Image transmitting apparatus, image transmitting method, and computer readable medium storing program for image transmission: An image transmitting apparatus includes: an address acquiring component that acquires an first address of a document image on the basis of address information other than numbers added to the document image; an address input component that receives input of the second address with respect to the document image; a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070165275 - Print job management device, print job management method and recording medium: A print job management device includes: a print job receiver, operable to receive a print job including print setting information on a setting of a printing operation to be executed by a printing device from a print job preparing device for preparing the print job; an acquirer, operable to acquire... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070165276 - Printing system, printing method and printing program: p

20070165272 - System and method for submitting a patent application electronically: A system for submitting a patent application electronically is disclosed. The system includes: a file converting module (205) configured for converting a specification and figures of the patent application saved in a local server into an application body extensible (ABX) word file, and converting the ABX word file into an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070165278 - Printer: A printing apparatus is operable to read out data from a first recording medium and to execute printing based on the read-out data. A command receiver is adapted to receive, from an operator, a command for executing backup of the data in the first recording medium on a second recording... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070165279 - System and method for printing image and name of imaged landmark: In a printing system, a ROM stores map data that includes place data indicating names and locations of a variety of landmarks. Image data of each image includes position data indicating a camera location, at which the image is captured. When an image is chosen from thumbnail images on a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070165252 - Color processing apparatus, color processing method, color gamut setting apparatus, color gamut setting method, recording medium storing color processing program and recording medium storing color gamut setting program: A color processing apparatus converts a target M-dimensional color signal in an input color space into an N-dimensional output color signal in an output color space. M and N are natural numbers and N>M. The apparatus includes a first calculation unit and a second calculation unit. The first calculation unit... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070165255 - Image forming device: A method, program product, and system for a color image forming device that enables controlling a calibration during a sequential print job while performing a calibration in a timely manner. The color image forming device includes a print means, a calibration execution unit, a page count unit, and a print... Agent: Kyocera Technology Development Intellectual Property Administration

20070165253 - Image processing apparatus, method of updating color-conversion table, and computer program product: An updating unit updates a color-conversion table stored in a storing unit. An image processing unit processes an input image data based on updated color-conversion table. A tamper-resistant chip that includes a first collecting unit that collects log information related to a usage of the image processing apparatus, a generating... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070165257 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus and recording medium: An image processing apparatus comprising reading means for reading document images; extracting means for extracting the characteristic amounts representing the characteristics of color information from first and second image data read from the images of first and second documents respectively; calculating means for calculating the difference between the two extracted... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070165251 - Method for providing film image and image display apparatus providing the film image: A method for providing a film image and an image display apparatus for providing the film image are provided. The method includes determining a scheme of an input image signal; if the input image signal is determined to be an interlaced image signal, converting the input image signal into a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070165280 - Image processing apparatus capable of extracting rule from document image with high precision: An image processing apparatus scans image data along a row in an x direction, and if a series of black pixels having a length equal to or more than a first threshold is detected, the series of black pixels is determined as a rule and erased. Furthermore, if a series... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070165283 - Image forming apparatus, image processing method thereof and storage medium storing program for image processing: An image forming apparatus that performs registration control when forming an image on a recording medium includes: a correction value determining unit that determines correction values for correcting misregistration of an image; an image processing unit that alters at least a part of a pattern included in the image based... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070165259 - Control arrangement for a printing system: A printing system for producing prints from a print job is provided. The printing system includes first and second digital fronts ends as well as an image path. The image path communicates selectively with the first digital front end and the second digital front end, and receives (1) printable information... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070165258 - Method and system for printer optimization: Disclosed are systems and methods enabling a user to select optimal parameters for a printing job. The systems and methods disclosed are directed to facilitating the adjustment of printing parameters based upon at least the knowledge of a particular aspect of a printing environment (e.g., printer) and further including the... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070165261 - Tampering detection apparatus and tampering detection method for printed document: A printed document tampering detection apparatus 120 for detecting tampering with a printed document having embedded in the background thereof at least part of the document contents as an electronic watermark comprises a reader unit 127 that reads the printed document and generates an image of the printed document, a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070165274 - Internet facsimile apparatus and method of controlling internet facsimile communication using the apparatus: Disclosed is an Internet FAX apparatus which, after receiving an Internet address from a certain destination, can communicate with the same destination in later transmission or during communication by connecting to a LAN and switching to an Internet FAX mode requiring no communication charge. An Internet facsimile apparatus on the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070165266 - Optimized printing of electronic documents: Approaches for the optimized printing of electronic documents are provided. The approaches are applicable to a wide variety of contexts and implementations and include generating an estimated processing time for an electronic document and reporting the estimated processing time back to a client device. Generating an estimated time to process... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070165277 - Point-of-sale demonstration of computer peripherals: A demonstration system for a peripheral such as a printer connects an external, non-volatile memory to the printer in place of the host computer. One such peripheral uses a peripheral cable containing a controller or formatter that includes a computer interface for communications with the host computer and an interface... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20070165265 - System using services, image handling apparatus, external processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and state change sending method: In a system using services, in which an image handling apparatus for controlling an image handling process concerning the service and an external processing apparatus conducting at least a part of the image handling process by taking place of the image handling apparatus are connected to the system using services... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070165249 - Temperature detection circuit for recording head and recording device therewith: A recording head performing recording with thermal energy and having a temperature sensor. The sensor measures the temperature of the recording head with minimal susceptibility to common mode noise. The sensor includes a p-n junction of a semiconductor provided inside the recording head. Temperature detection is performed by converting a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070165256 - Apparatus and method for compensating output image: An apparatus and method for compensating an output image are provided. The apparatus includes an output image estimation module which estimates an output image for an original image using a lookup table (LUT) that maps one color space to another color space, an error detection module which detects an erroneous... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070165250 - Bitmap rendering systems and methods: One method embodiment executes a director. The director invokes at least one “active stamp” when processing data, where each of the active stamps relates to a different data manipulation method. The active stamps comprise specialized, portable and dynamic logic processes generically applicable to a plurality of different directors such that... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070165254 - Measuring method and apparatus using color images: A method for correcting a color captured by a detector using a light source includes determining target reference color values corresponding to a plurality of groups each of which includes at least three reference colors; determining detected reference color values corresponding to the plurality of groups by capturing the emitted... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070165281 - Method and apparatus identifying halftone regions within a digital image: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that identifies halftone regions within a digital image. During operation, the system receives a region from the digital image, wherein the digital image is a bi-level image, wherein each pixel has two possible color values. Next, the system computes a variation... Agent: M.h.k.k.g., P.C. / Adobe Systems Incorporated

20070165282 - Image processing apparatus, image processing program, and image recording medium: The invention provides an image signal processing apparatus, an image signal processing program and an image signal recording medium, each capable of generating high-definition image signals with no or little artifacts. The image signal processing apparatus adapted to implement tone correction of an image signal comprises correction coefficient calculation block... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070165284 - System and method for content based color scanning optimized enhancement using a localized approach: A method and system of processing a document, includes analyzing a characteristic of a first pixel in a document and at least one second pixel positioned near the first pixel, classifying a value of the first pixel in accordance with the analysis, and modifying the value of the first pixel... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070165285 - Information processing device, program for operating the same, document scanning device, and document scanning system: An information processing device comprises: an image data receiving unit which receives image data of each page of a double-sided document generated by a document scanning device by double-side scanning of the document; a recognizable direction adjustment information receiving unit which receives recognizable direction adjustment information outputted by the document... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070165287 - Changeable means for different total tracks and its method: The present invention is a changeable apparatus for different total tracks and a corresponding method. The apparatus reflects a light from a light source at least twice toward predetermined directions. The apparatus comprises plural reflection elements, at least one of the plural reflection elements is a rotational reflection element, which... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070165286 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes: a transporting unit that transports an irradiated member having a light transmissive portion including irregularities; a light source that emits light, which irradiates the irradiated member, and the light source is placed on a one side with respect to the irradiated member and inclined by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070165288 - Image reading apparatus, light intensity control circuit, and light intensity control method: An aspect of the invention provides an image reading apparatus including: first and second light emitters that emit lights; a light guide unit that guides the lights emitted from the first and second light emitters to irradiate a document with the light; a photoelectric conversion unit that converts reflected light... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070165289 - Image sensor, image sensor unit, and image scanning device: An image sensor includes: a case that extends in a longitudinal direction; and a first positioning member that is disposed at one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the case, the first positioning member positioning the case in the longitudinal direction.... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070159649 - Image detecting method: An image detecting method is provided that permits the specific image information to be present within image data of a document and is capable of detecting the specific image information within a relatively short period of time and accurately, with little effect of interference with the image data of the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070159642 - Apparatus and method for processing image signal without requiring high memory bandwidth: An image signal processor for processing an input image signal to output an output image signal includes an input unit receiving the input image signal, a noise removal unit removing noise from the input image signal, and a scaler reducing, maintaining or magnifying the image size of the input image... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070159644 - Image forming apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method of detecting error of printing process in an image forming apparatus: In a copying machine having an image memory that stores image data, a DRAM control IC that repetitively reads out image data from the image memory, and an image forming section that forms the images for the specified number of copies, a write processing section having a number of pixels... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070159645 - Information processing method, information processing apparatus, program and medium: A patch image generating section 101 generates a patch image by resolving the RGB space into an arbitrary number of steps, and by converting into a CMYK space via an LUT. A patch image calorimetric section 102 outputs the patch image onto a recording medium via a printer, and carries... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070159657 - Image forming apparatus: An input dither pattern determiner divides an input dither image to plural blocks, and determines an input dither pattern for each block. An output dither image portion converts the input dither pattern for each block to an output dither pattern. A reference emission time determiner portion determines a reference emission... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070159641 - System and method for personalized scented documents: A method for customizing a printed document. The method includes determining the scent application capabilities of a finishing system. If the finishing system can produce a scent, the next step is to determine whether to apply a scent to the document based at least in part upon information associated with... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070159646 - Techniques for granular font subsetting for efficient document consumption: Techniques are provided for performing font subsetting. One or more font subsetting parameters are received. The one or more font subsetting parameters indicate a granularity level for which font subsetting is performed for portions of a data container. The font subsetting parameters indicate a font subsetting granularity level other than... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070159647 - Print job cost estimate method and system: Automatically determining the cost of a printed job on a digital printing press before the job is run. A job control component in the digital front end of the printing press, collects and stores the processing information from the job processing components from prior runs. A job-reporting component displays the... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20070159648 - Information processing device, information recording medium manufacturing device, information recording medium, methods therefore, and computer program: An information processing device for executing content reproduction processing includes: a content reproduction processing unit for executing data transformation processing for replacing a part of configuration data of input content to be reproduced with transformation data, and executing processing for reproducing the reproduction content; and a parameter generating unit for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070159652 - Data processing apparatus and data processing method: An apparatus and method for communication between an apparatus and at least one other apparatus, the apparatus and method including inputting data to be transmitted to the at least one other apparatus, transmitting, to the at least one other apparatus, a program for producing a storage destination in the at... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070159654 - Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and control method thereof: Correction for eliminating deformations of an image to be output from an image apparatus is executed while suppressing the processing load on the host computer side. A host computer acquires deformation information used to designate read addresses according to deformations of a scan line from a laser beam printer. A... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070159653 - Method for running state machines: A method and computer program product for running state machines by the steps of running at least a first and a second state machine in parallel, observing at least the first state machine for at least one first synchronization rule, and changing the state of the second state machine when... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20070159650 - Printing apparatus, and firmware updating method therefor: The present invention has an objective to provide a printing apparatus capable of updating firmware. The printing apparatus according to the present invention is a printing apparatus connected to an external device that can instruct printing of image data, said printing apparatus includes: an obtainment unit which obtains at least... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070159651 - Publishing and subscribing to digital image feeds: Techniques are provided for publishing digital image feeds, where the feeds are automatically created and uploaded to a server along with the images described in the feed, along with techniques for subscribing to digital image feeds, where the feed is downloaded and the images described therein are automatically downloaded and... Agent: Hickman Palermo Troung & Becker LLP And Apple Inc.

20070159643 - Automated analysis tasks of complex computer system: Automated multiple step tasks are executed on a computing device to analyze a computer system. A step engine performs a complex task such as troubleshooting, performance analysis, or disaster recovery as defined by an input file. The step engine parses the input file into individual steps and dispatches actions of... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070159655 - Method and apparatus for compensating two-dimensional images for illumination non-uniformities: A method is provided for compensating two-dimensional images for non-uniformity variations in the illumination of a document, or a scene, that is acquired by a digital camera. The invention can include a printer and/or a personal computer to perform some or all of the compensation calculations, if desired. The present... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070159656 - Apparatus for and method of forming multicolor halftone images: A multicolor halftone image apparatus of the present invention includes halftone plates of a plurality of colors for reproducing a colored image, and each halftone is tilted with a relative screen angular difference of 30 degrees or 45 degrees in relation to at least one of the remaining halftones. For... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070159658 - Index image output apparatus and index image output program: An index image consists of a plurality of thumbnail images arranged in a matrix array. The thumbnail images are produced from image data of a series of images. Where the images are recorded as RAW image data and other format image data within a series, an index image output apparatus... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070159659 - Method and apparatus for generating color toning curves: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that generates a set of color-toning curves which can be used for color toning (or casting) a monochrome or color image. During operation, the system receives a first set of color-toning parameters for shadow regions, a second set of color-toning parameters... Agent: M.h.k.k.g., P.C. / Adobe Systems Incorporated

20070159660 - Developing device, image forming apparatus and developing method: Toner transfer means is provided which is installed between a first stirring chamber and a second stirring chamber, which are provided respectively on an upstream side and a downstream side of a flow of toner which is stirred into a developer and charged in a process of transferring the toner... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070159661 - Display apparatus and display method, learning apparatus and learning method, and programs therefor: A display apparatus that displays an image includes: an image converting unit converting a photographed image signal, which is an image signal from a photographing unit that photographs an object, into a high-quality image signal of an image higher in quality than an image corresponding to the photographed image signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070159662 - Image forming method and charged particle beam apparatus: An image forming method and a charged particle beam apparatus suitable for suppressing the inclination of charging when scanning a two-dimensional area with a charged particle beam. A third scanning line located between a first scanning line and a second scanning line is scanned. After the first, second and third... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070159663 - Multifunction device, control device, multifunction device control system, method of controlling multifunction device, program, and storage medium: A multifunction device achieves a device function by appropriately combining plural elemental functions including a scanning function, a printing function, and a communication function. The multifunction device includes: a service layer for executing the plural elemental functions; an API table storage section which stores an API table in which a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070159664 - Image processing apparatus and image processing control method: An image processing apparatus capable of regulating memory increase to realize cost reduction while securing the degree of freedom in programming by means of a small-sized programmable data processing section, and thereby improving processing performance. A programmable data processing section comprises two processing sections capable of performing different processings simultaneously.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070159667 - Image reading apparatus with an alignment unit: An image reading apparatus with an alignment unit is provided. The image reading apparatus includes a main body, a roller having a rotation shaft supported by a bushing to be disposed substantially parallel to a main scanning direction, and a scanning module facing the roller. An alignment unit is guided... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070159665 - Scanning module and image reading apparatus having the scanning module installed therein: Provided are a scanning module and an image reading apparatus having the same. An alignment unit that can align positions of an image sensor and its tilt angles with regard to five degrees of freedom when a coupling position of an alignment member to a frame and a coupling position... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070159666 - Compensation apparatus for image scan: A compensation apparatus for image scan, applied to an optical scanner with a platform, on which an object to be scanned is disposed. The optical scanner has a photosensitive apparatus with a set of scan photosensitive devices and a storage apparatus. When the object is scanned by the set of... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070159668 - Image processing device and image processing method thereof: An image processing device and an image processing method thereof are provided. The image processing device includes an optical module and a processing unit. The optical module includes several original light sources and a sensing unit. The image processing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a target color is set.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070159669 - Arrangement for reading from and/or writing to flexible sheet media in a curved configuration and method: An assembly for transferring information to and/or from flexible sheet media in a highly advantageous curved configuration is disclosed. The sheet material includes a length and a width defining first and second opposing surfaces. The assembly includes support means for supporting the sheet the curved configuration across its width, having... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20070159670 - Printing system: According to one aspect of this disclosure, a printing apparatus and method is provided. The printing apparatus comprising a media sheet first inverter and a media sheet second inverter, the first inverter and second inverter operatively connected to provide a media sheet pass-through route, wherein the media sheet pass-through route... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070153310 - Image forming method and apparatus for borderless printing: A borderless printing method and an image forming apparatus are provided for printing an image on a printable medium without a margin. The method includes: setting a print size of a print image and a print area of the print image out of an image magnified than the print size... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070153313 - User terminal device having spooling control function and control method thereof: A user terminal device having a spooling control function and a control method thereof, the user terminal device comprising a spooling part to spool print data, a monitoring part to monitor the image forming apparatus, and a driver part to compare time when the print data is input to the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070153323 - Communication apparatus, printing apparatus, printing system including said communication apparatus and printing apparatus, and method of controlling same: In response to a search command issued from a communication terminal, a printing apparatus declares to the communication terminal that the printing apparatus possesses an analyzing function for analyzing information described in a structured language. The printing apparatus analyzes description data, which relates to a communication method described in a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070153321 - High speed printing method and apparatus: A high speed printing method and apparatus are provided, in which provided print data is rendered and a rendered result in response to a print request of the print data is transmitted, and an image of the rendered result is formed, wherein the rendering of the provided print data is... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070153319 - Image forming apparatus and method to search for and print images on network: An image forming apparatus includes an input unit to receive a network resources address where a document exists, a web information receiving unit to read information on the document existing at the received address, an image path extracting unit to extract a path and a name of an image file... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070153301 - Image magnification system and method thereof: An image magnification system and method thereof for selectively perform either a low-rating magnification process or a high-rating magnification process for an image captured by a digital camera is disclosed. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: reducing the image to reduced image data, performing a pre-magnification process... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070153302 - Pattern printing system and data processing method thereof: A pattern printing system and data processing method thereof are disclosed, which are suitable for printing patterns on printed circuit boards or data format rearrangement printing used in displays. The pattern printing method includes a process for interpreting scription data into matrix data, a procedure for modulating the print head... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070153307 - Method and apparatus for performing printing job by adjusting color information: A method and apparatus to perform a printing job by adjusting color information include updating a predetermined color conversion table stored in an image forming device by inputting color adjustment information from a user, and performing the printing job using the updated color conversion table. Accordingly, the printing job is... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070153306 - Tone-mapping method for reducing memory requirements: A tone-mapping method for reducing memory requirements is provided. If an input address is smaller than a first critical address, it is directly looked up in a tone-mapping table to correspond the input address to an actual output. If the input address is larger than the first critical address, it... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070153332 - Apparatus and method for dithering for multi-toning: A method and apparatus for dithering for multi-toning are provided. The apparatus includes a mask-pattern-generating unit that generates a mask pattern on R channel, G channel and B channel by selecting pattern values constituting the mask pattern on the channels based on randomly-determined seed values; a spatial-weight-determining unit that determines... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070153300 - Generic interface: A system and process for ensuring the smooth flow of electronic ink is described. Dynamic rendering is give priority over other event handlers. Priority may be the use of one or more queues to order when events occur and may be performing dynamic rendering prior to other steps.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070153299 - Pre-scanning device and pre-scanning method using the same: A pre-scanning device and a pre-scanning method thereof are provided. The pre-scanning device is provided for pre-scanning an article. The pre-scanning device includes a scanning module, a user interface and a driver unit. The user interface has a dynamical setting unit for a user to set a pre-scanning range. The... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070153314 - Computer program and method for converting an image to machine control data: A method of transferring a representation of an image to a surface (12) of a building (14). The method comprising receiving the image as an image file, converting the image file to a raster file comprising a series of dots, scaling the raster file to the surface and dividing the... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070153311 - Print job cost estimate method and system: Automatically determining the cost of a printed job on a digital printing press before the job is run. A job control component in the digital front end of the printing press collects and stores the processing information from the job processing components from prior runs. A job-reporting component displays the... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070153312 - System and method for tracking jobs associated with multi-function peripherals and user accounts: A system and method for tracking jobs associated with multi-function peripherals and user accounts is disclosed. The job information is sent from a user computer to a multi-function peripheral (MFP). The MFP has a memory module that is configured to store the job information. A job server polls the MFP,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070153316 - Correction techniques for soft proofing: In one embodiment a method includes obtaining a white point correction for a display device and obtaining a chromatic correction for the display device. The method may also include generating corrected color coordinates based on the white point and chromatic corrections. The method may ensure that images that appear on... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20070153315 - Information processing device, information processing method, encrypting/decrypting device, encrypting/decrypting method and computer program: An information processing system includes an information processing device and an encrypting/decrypting device. The information processing device includes a copy-control-information extracting unit sequentially extracting copy control information included in content data, a copy-control-information-change detecting unit detecting a change in the copy control information, a content data separating unit separating the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070153326 - Apparatus, system, and method of processing printing operation on home network: An apparatus, a system, and a method of processing a printing operation on a home network that searches an available media storage device upon a request of a printing job of predetermined contents, transmits an address of the searched media storage device, and prints printing contents transmitted to the address... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070153325 - Communication apparatus and facsimile communication method: A communication apparatus (transmitting a first side image and a second side image of each document scanned by a scanner at a scanning position in a feeding process to a receiver according to a facsimile transmission protocol) comprises: a facsimile controller which transmits an MPS to the receiver on each... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070153318 - Customer feedback reporting: Systems and methods are disclosed for reporting customer feedback. The disclosed systems and methods may include extracting data in response to content selections by the customer, wherein the extracted data indicates customer preference data based on a content selection. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include storing the extracted... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070153324 - Extensible driver: The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating an electronic document for transmission to multiple destinations. An electronic document file is received from a document output driver as well as destination data for transmitting the electronic document file to a plurality of destinations. Job attribute data... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070153327 - Image communication apparatus, image communication method, and memory medium: In an Internet facsimile apparatus, it is an object of the invention to provide means for notifying the user of details of a message disposition notification situation (MDN) of a transmission image. When E-mail data is sent, an MDN for E-mail to be sent is requested and communication management information... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070153328 - Image communication apparatus, image communication method, and memory medium: In an Internet facsimile apparatus, it is an object of the invention to provide means for notifying the user of details of a message disposition notification situation (MDN) of a transmission image. When E-mail data is sent, an MDN for E-mail to be sent is requested and communication management information... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070153329 - Image communication apparatus, image communication method, and memory medium: In an Internet facsimile apparatus, it is an object of the invention to provide means for notifying the user of details of a message disposition notification situation (MDN) of a transmission image. When E-mail data is sent, an MDN for E-mail to be sent is requested and communication management information... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070153320 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus connected to an external apparatus, includes a scanner unit to read an image of a document, a printer unit to form an image on the basis of image data read by the scanner unit or image data transmitted from the external apparatus, an input unit to... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070153317 - Method and system for providing location based electronic device configuration and confirmation: A software method and/or system is provided which may automatically determine the closest printer(s), or other electronic device(s) associated with the same network, to the user's computer location. The user may also use this tool to identify the closest printer(s) or electronic device(s) with specific capabilities. This software method and/or... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070153330 - Method for providing a print and apparatus: A method provides a print of an image registered by a registrant in relation to a product of digital contents to be sold by the registrant and purchased by a purchaser. The method includes a first step of selling the product of digital contents to a purchaser, and a second... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070153322 - Peripheral device output job routing: An address and a file naming convention are obtained for storing data in files that are to be output with a peripheral device. A file named according to the file naming convention is written to the address having data therein that is to be output by the peripheral device. If... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070153331 - Image print apparatus, image print method, program for image print method, and recording media recording program for image print method: Disclosed herein is an image print apparatus configured to print an image for use in scrapbooking, including, an image data acquisition block configured to acquire image data of an image subject to processing, a template hold block configured to hold a plurality of templates each indicative of a clipping shape... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070153303 - Image processing device, image processing method, image processing system, and information recording medium: An image processing device is disclosed that includes an image reading unit to read a manuscript including image information and additional information related to the image information, an extraction unit to extract the image information and the additional information from manuscript image data of the manuscript, and a processing unit... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070153308 - Apparatus and method for reducing ink/ toner consumption of color printers: Disclosed are methods for ink/toner saving including an ink/toner consumption controller which processes input image data via computer vision (CV) filtering models and other approaches to generate printable raster graphic, vector graphic and font character data on CMYK printing devices. User preferences may be specified using a GUI application. The... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070153305 - Exposure adjustment of an image using g+/g- curve: An improved exposure adjustment technique for brightening and darkening an image using a modified Gamma-like (G+) function is provided. The G+ function possesses characteristics such that, when applied brightening an image, the darker pixels are not enhanced too quickly when brightening, and the lighter pixels are not decreased too quickly... Agent: Hickman Palermo Troung & Becker LLP And Apple Inc.

20070153309 - Image quality evaluation method and apparatus thereof: Upon observing homogeneity in page image by the human eye, a permissible level associated with color reproduction with respect to an identical color signal changes depending on the distance from an interest point. Since the conventional homogeneity in page image evaluation scheme doesn't take the above characteristics into consideration, the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070153304 - Method and apparatus for gray value identification for white balance: A method and apparatus are provided for determining which pixels of a plurality of pixels have outputs which are reflecting of the color temperature of a light source. Those pixels which are determined to be representative of a light source may be used in a white balance operation. In the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070153333 - Fast generation of dither matrix: This invention provides a method of generating a dither matrix that stores each of a plurality of threshold values in each of elements for determining a status of dot formation of each print pixel of a print image to be produced on a printing medium by carrying out halftone processing... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070153334 - Information processing methodology: An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070153335 - Image signal processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, image signal processing method and computer program: There is provided an image signal processing apparatus, comprising a demosaic processing unit receiving input of mosaic image data of each of signals obtained by a single plate imaging device having an element array composed of visible light obtaining elements obtaining visible light signals, and invisible light obtaining elements obtaining... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070153336 - Scanning device having a floating light source: A scanning device includes a housing, a transparent plate, an image acquiring module, a light source module and an elastic member. The transparent plate for supporting an original is mounted on an opening of the housing. The image acquiring module for acquiring an image of the original is movable in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070153337 - Image sensor and method of fabricating the same: An example embodiment is directed to an image sensor including a photoelectric transformation unit, an opening formed above the photoelectric transformation unit, and a barrier layer on a side surface of the opening to prevent or reduce crosstalk. The photoelectric transformation unit may be in a semiconductor substrate, and an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070153339 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus is provided which can execute a rotation process of an image when there is insufficient storage capacity. In a multi-function device to read images on two sides of a document by reversing a transfer direction of the document in an automatic document feeder, an estimated available... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070153338 - Loading and unloading apparatus for recording medium and image photographing and reproducing apparatus having the same: A loading and unloading apparatus for a recording medium to detachably load a recording medium to an electronic device. A loading frame is installed in the electronic device and with which the recording medium is slidingly engaged. A connector is installed on the loading frame. An unloading unit is slidingly... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070153340 - Color processing method and apparatus thereof: Color reproducibility needs to be evaluated in consideration of the influence of homogeneity in page image. Hence, a first chart is formed from an image of a uniform density of a region to be evaluated, and data associated with the spectral reflectances of plural points on the first chart are... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070153341 - Automatic removal of purple fringing from images: An automatic purple fringing removal system and method for automatically eliminating purple-fringed regions from high-resolution images. The technique is based on the observations that purple-fringing regions often are adjacent near-saturated regions, and that purple-fringed regions are regions in which the blue and red color intensities are substantially greater than the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20070153342 - Display and editing of documents described by schemas: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, create configuration data for a document and display the document via the configuration data. In an embodiment, the configuration data includes display properties, such as icons and description text, associated with elements in the document. In various embodiments, the... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917