Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 08/07

20070201049 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a main power unit that outputs a first DC power and an auxiliary power unit that outputs a second DC power to the components of the image forming apparatus. The auxiliary power unit includes a rechargeable capacitor. A measuring unit measures performance of the capacitor... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070201050 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation.... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070201047 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus includes a command input portion, an acquiring portion that acquires image data, a judging portion that determines if specified image data is included in the image data, a control portion and a printing portion that prints an image based on the image data onto a medium. Upon... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070201046 - Recording medium storing printer driver, printing controlling method of printer driver, printing device, and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave: A computer readable recording medium storing a printer driver causing a computer to execute a process for generating, based on printing target data, printing data and sending to a printing device, the process which includes: selecting a character with a specific typeface from the printing target data; performing conversion of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070201048 - System and method for ordering a print of a digitally represented still image: A method for ordering a print of at least one digitally represented still image using a remote computer is provided, wherein each still image is a separate data file. The method may include the steps of selecting a data file representative of a digitally represented still image using the remote... Agent: Dennis B. Danella, Esq. Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20070201074 - Image forming apparatus and input operating device for use in the same: To provide enhanced operability to users incapable of setting complicated operations such as handicapped people, children, and old people. An operation panel section displays a plurality of settable functions to receive an input of the plurality of the settable functions. An input controller switches an input mode through an operation... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070201073 - Image supply device, printing apparatus, and printing system: A printing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of this invention receives, from an image supply device, a first script “DDISCVRY.DPS” that describes the print function of the image supply device. If the first script describes support for printing by XHTML, the printing apparatus determines whether printing corresponding to the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070201072 - Print data forming apparatus: In a print data forming apparatus, a color conversion information storing section stores plural color conversion information, a mode shift detecting section detects a shift to an image converting mode, an image conversion processing section forms plural printer characteristics images based on the stored respective color conversion information from received... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070201071 - Print system, job processing method, storage medium and program: A job processing method for a print system (1000) adapted to be able to perform a processing concerning a job to be processed by a print apparatus (100), the method comprising the steps of: enabling (s1207) by using a user interface (204) an input of an instruction for performing both... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070201070 - Recording medium storing printer driver, test printing method of printer driver, printing device, and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave: A computer readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for a combination printing function for collectively printing out contents of plural pages into one page, the process which includes selecting a test printing target page from printing target data, generating image data in which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070201089 - Image forming apparatus allowing setting item to be changed in power-saving mode: In a conventional image forming apparatus, there is a problem in which setting information cannot be changed in power-saving mode. An image forming apparatus F1 includes an interface unit F12 that transmits and receives signals to and from a PC client even in power-saving mode, an information storage unit F14... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070201085 - Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image processing apparatus can include an acquiring portion that acquires image data, a judging portion that determines if specified image data is included in image data, a history storage portion that stores history information relating to a number of times the judging portion judges that specified image data is... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070201084 - Information processing apparatus and wireless communication method: An information processing apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to communicate with a first communication apparatus; a second communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with each of one or more second wireless communication apparatuses; an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the first communication apparatus via the first communication... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070201080 - Information processing appartus and device management method: An information processing apparatus communicates with a device connected to a network through a network management application. The information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether an instruction to operate the device is allowed to be issued based on operation priority of the device and status of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070201079 - Method of scheduling photograph print jobs: A system and method of scheduling photograph print jobs is provided. In particular, photograph print jobs at a photograph printing facility are scheduled by a scheduling application program which takes into account various parameters of each print order as the orders are received, including the time that the order is... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20070201081 - Printing apparatus and connection information presentation method: A communication apparatus which presents connection information necessary for wireless connection to another communication apparatus determines whether wireless connection to the other communication apparatus is permitted upon receiving a connection request from the other communication apparatus. If it is determined that wireless connection is not permitted, the apparatus presents connection... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070201092 - Multifunction processing apparatus and control method thereof: A program that is to be preferentially loaded into a memory is stored in a specific memory and the program stored in the specific memory is changeable to another program. Thus, the program that is to be preferentially loaded into the memory is thereby made changeable.... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070201091 - Printing system and printing apparatus: A printer receives changes to printing conditions by a user when executing reprinting. The printer selects whether to execute reprinting based on application data held in a host computer, or execute reprinting based on printing data held in the printer. If the printer selects executing of reprinting based on application... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070201052 - Method and apparatus for selective editing of an automatic digital image correction: A method of allowing for selective editing of a digital image that has undergone a correction of at least one area of interest is provided. The method includes: providing for the identification and correction of the at least one area of interest in the digital image while maintaining the digital... Agent: Dennis B. Danella, Esq. Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20070201063 - Apparatus and method for enhancing device-adaptive color: An apparatus and method for enhancing device-adaptive color is disclosed. The apparatus includes an auxiliary-gamut-setting unit which sets a boundary of a device-adaptive auxiliary gamut using information on a color gamut of a source device and information on a color gamut of a desired reference color space; a gamut-conversion unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070201061 - Color management of digital files and images for printing: A color management method using software, hardware, and methodology to control, to quantify and to compensate for printing device variability, including optimizing the range of colors a device is able to reproduce, that is, the device's color gamut. This methodology is useful for a plurality of printing machines and becomes... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070201060 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and recording medium: An input receiving unit receives an input of image data as either a reuse data format with an undefined output destination or a re-output data format with a defined output destination. An image processing unit performs a different image processing on the image data depending on a type of received... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201064 - Method and apparatus for removing color noise in image signal: In a method and apparatus for processing an image signal, luminance signals are generated for an object pixel and local pixels. A luminance dispersion value is then generated for the object pixel from the luminance signals of the object and local pixels. A control factor is determined from the luminance... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070201065 - Method for color regulation of reproduction copies of a printing press: A method for color regulation of reproduction copies of a printing press prints a substrate, which appears dark in a standardized color measurement, with at least one printing ink which is lighter than the substrate. At least one color value of the printing ink is determined from a measured variable,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070201062 - Print data generating apparatus, image processing apparatus, and computer usable medium therefor: A print data generating apparatus to generate print data which is used for printing in a printing apparatus based on image data is provided. The print data generating apparatus comprises a conversion table storing system, which stores a white conversion table defining a white colorant level corresponding to color information... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070201096 - Method of previewing printed-image and apparatus operable to executing the same: In order to preview a printed-image which is obtained by applying an image quality adjustment with respect to an original image on the basis of a print setting, it is displayed, on a display, a first screen including the original image and print setting information indicative of the print setting.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070201045 - Job ganging via automatic proportional concatenation: A number of different print jobs having different print quantities can be combined into a single job that results in reduced bindery costs. An imposition is produced with the print patterns for the different print jobs in different print positions. Jobs with larger print quantities can occupy a greater number... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20070201051 - Utilizing otherwise unused space on cover or partition sheets: A system and method for utilizing otherwise unused space on cover or partition sheets printed in response to a print command, which sheets otherwise typically become waste paper, by printing on such sheets additional information not directly related to the print job but of interest to the user, such as... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070201069 - Image editing apparatus, image editing method, and printing apparatus: An image editing apparatus edits on an image editing screen a printing image to be printed on a printing medium. The printing image is arranged by a plurality of translated terms of at least one term represented by a plurality of languages. The apparatus stores therein plural sets of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070201068 - Job progress display device and method for displaying job progress: A job progress display device that allows a user to clearly identify the timing at which a print job will be processed, and a method for performing the same, are disclosed. A job progress display device that displays the progress of a plurality of print jobs for which a spool... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070201075 - Remote firmware upgrade via i/o connection: Imaging devices and methods of operating imaging devices that facilitate reducing nonvolatile storage needs of the imaging devices. The imaging devices are adapted to request control programs from external devices. Control programs are received on a communication input of the imaging device and stored on a volatile storage media for... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070201076 - Electronic apparatus: A mode selector is operable to select either a first display mode or a second display mode. A controller is operable to cause each of a display and an operating section configured to perform a prescribed operation to be placed in either a first power mode in which a first... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070201090 - Data conversion-output apparatus: A data conversion/output device includes a number of sensors, voltage-time conversion circuits that are arranged adjacent to respective sensors and change output levels upon the lapse of times corresponding to output voltage values from the sensors after a conversion operation start point in order to convert voltage outputs of the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070201088 - Data distribution system and method: Provided is a data distribution system capable of transmitting and receiving a large capacity of data such as image data smoothly without incurring a delay over an optical fiber line at between the data sever and the client device. In the data transmission system, a plurality of client devices are... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070201077 - Distributed printing system with improved load balancing: A method is provided for managing a print job in a distributed printing system including a first printing system having a first default operating mode with a first rated output and a second printing system having a second default operating mode with a second rated output. The method includes determining... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070201078 - Distributed printing system with improved load balancing: A method for managing a print job in a distributed printing system is provided. The method includes: determining the first output rate of a first printing system and the second output rate of a second printing system. The print job is then split into a first print job portion having... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070201087 - Group management apparatus, and information processing apparatus and method: A group management apparatus which manages a group in which one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses connect to each other by wireless communication detects the position of an information processing apparatus and determines whether the information processing apparatus exists in a predetermined range. When determining that the information... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070201082 - Image-processing apparatus, image-processing system, and method for transmitting and receiving data suited for transmitting and receiving data among a plurality of image-processing apparatuses: In order to promote reception of transmitted data, an image-processing apparatus is connected to a plurality of image-processing apparatuses through a network and has a designation unit to receive a designation of an arbitrary destination user as a receiver of data; a storing unit to store the data in a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070201083 - Information-processing system, method for transmitting and receiving data, image-processing apparatus suited especially for transmitting and receiving data among a plurality of image-processing apparatuses connected to network: In order to efficiently store data that is to be transmitted or received, an image-processing system is provided with a plurality of MFPs and has: a designation unit to designate an arbitrary destination user as a receiver of data; a specifying unit to specify an MFP among the plurality of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070201086 - Method for sharing documents between groups over a distributed network: A technique is disclosed for sending and receiving documents between groups over a distributed computer network, which can include the Internet. The method includes receiving a message which includes a document from a member of a first group, the first message also including an indication of whether the document is... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20070201095 - Image printing apparatus, image printing system and control method: An image printing apparatus and its control method for printing an image based on image data from an image data source. In a case where a correction condition is set for the image data, if the image data is a new format file image data including predetermined information, correction processing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070201094 - System and method for processing version content: Systems and methods for processing existing layouts of content comprising common and variant content are described. They involve automatically converting content into a layered version document, checking variant content for conditions which could have an undesirable impact on a rendered image, and automatically modifying variant content to reduce the potential... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070201093 - Systems and methods for retrieving printable media templates: Systems and methods are provided for retrieving a printable media template. In one embodiment, a method is provided for retrieving a printable media template. The method comprises receiving a printable media identifier associated with a printable media via a reader device, and automatically retrieving a printable media template in response... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070201053 - Best fit printing: Methods and systems are provided for automatically adjusting printing settings to optimize the fit of text, data and/or images on printed pages. Once selected text or data is designated for printing, a determination is made as to whether the selected text or data may be printed on a single page... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070201055 - Digital printer with dedicated coded data ink channel: A printer for printing an interface onto a surface is provided. The interface is comprised of visible data and machine-readable coded data. The visible data is based at least partially on document data which includes identity data indicative of an identity associated with a region of the interface. The printer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070201054 - Multilevel print masking method: A method of computing swath data in response to a digital image having a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, each pixel having a multitone code vaule, the swath data suitable for commanding an inkjet printer containing at least one printed having plurality of nozzles, wherein the inkjet printer... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070201066 - Density measurement, colorimetric data, and inspection of printed sheet using contact image sensor: An image quality measurement apparatus measures quality of an image printed on a substrate. The apparatus comprises illumination elements and image sensors, both mounted in close proximity to the substrate, a controller of the image sensors and illumination elements, and an analyzer of the measurements of the image sensor. The... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20070201067 - Image recording apparatus and method, image reproducing apparatus and method, and recording medium on which image processing program is recorded: The present invention is intended to record image data having a wide dynamic range is a file together with image data having a narrow dynamic range. First, an image recording apparatus separately gradation-converts image data to be recorded into primary data having a narrow dynamic range and secondary data having... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070201056 - Light-scattering color-conversion material layer: A light-scattering color-conversion material layer having two sides, comprising first light-scattering particles intermixed with second different color-conversion material particles, wherein the concentration of the light scattering particles is greater towards a first side of the layer relative to the concentration of light-scattering particles towards the opposite side of the layer,... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070201057 - Making electronic ink universally legible: Enhancement of electronic ink is achieved by automatically displaying a contrasting outline for the ink. The outline provides a visual transition between the ink and the underlying background. The outlining color may be chosen independent of the background color(s). Thus, a user may choose any ink color desired, without regard... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070201059 - Method and system for automatically configuring a device driver: Described is a system and method for defining a first time in a startup sequence of a computing system and determining first external resources that are available at the first time. A device driver then performs a first action based on the first external resources available at the first time.... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070201058 - Systems and methods for indirect image data conversion: Various systems and methods involving image data conversion are discussed herein. As one example, a method for image data conversion is disclosed. The method includes receiving an image in a particular color space, and converting the received image from the particular color space to a reduced color space. Then, a... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070201097 - System for masking print defects: A method of printing includes, on an ongoing basis, determining a print defect state of a printing system, selecting a screen which has a halftone print parameter which masks a detected print defect, such as one or more of a screen frequency parameter, a screen angle parameter, and a dot... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070201098 - Bleed creation for documents: Apparatus are provided, including a document application and a bleed creation mechanism. The bleed creation mechanism includes an image extender to automatically determine non-blank extended image information based on a location of a blank perimeter area of a page description language (PDL) file. The image extender further populates the blank... Agent: Anthony L. Miele Miele Law Group

20070201099 - Method and apparatus for embedding digital-watermark using robustness parameter: An apparatus receives a document image and digital-watermark information and determines an embedding capacity based on a number of the letters in the document image. The apparatus determines whether or not the entire digital-watermark information is capable of being embedded in the document image based on the determined embedding capacity... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070201100 - Multifunction device: A multifunction device includes an image scanning unit and an image printing unit. The multifunction device further includes au operation panel which is positioned on a front side of the image scanning unit. The operation panel includes a display portion. Each of the display portion and the operation panel has... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070201102 - Automatic and transparent document archiving: An automatic archiving system that makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. For example, an office local area network (LAN) may interconnect a copier, a printer, a fax machine, and a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070201103 - Interactive photo kiosk: A digital imaging kiosk, comprising an imaging device adapted to electronically capture an image of an object, a display device adapted to display at least one of a captured image, a user interface adapted to display information to a user and to receive information from a user, a printing device... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070201101 - Multi-function peripheral device and method for providing a facsimile cover sheet: A multi-function peripheral device at which a user can prepare a facsimile cover sheet and a method for providing a facsimile cover sheet using a multi-function peripheral device are disclosed. The multi-function peripheral device includes a data storage storing a facsimile cover sheet template; a user interface configured to receive... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070201104 - Data receiving apparatus: A data receiving apparatus which makes it possible to obtain reliable received data during EOP period and a preceding period, and which makes it possible to receive serial data in a reliable manner. Data receiving apparatus 100 is provided with receiving comparator 102 which has first signal line 101a and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070201105 - Image copier and image copying method: An image copier according to the invention comprises a scanner for reading an image and a printer for forming an image on sheet, and the scanner includes a document table for positioning an original document from which an image is to be read; a document holding cover holding the original... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070201106 - Optimum noise filter setting for a scanner in a closed loop system: Disclosed is a method for determining optimum noise filter setting to be used by a scanner in a system including a printer and a detector forming a closed loop system. A test image including a plurality of horizontal lines, vertical lines, slanted lines and dots are printed using the printer... Agent: Ying Chen

20070201107 - Image processing system and method therefor, image processing apparatus and method, image capturing apparatus and method, program recording medium, and program: An image processing system includes an image capturing apparatus, and an image processing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus is configured to capture an image including an object, to obtain status information of the object, and to record the image and the status information of the object. The image processing apparatus... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201108 - Image communication system: Transmission and receiving of image data recorded on a digital still camera to and from a server are controlled by a portable telephone set. At the time of transmission, communication between the portable telephone set and the digital still camera and communication between the portable telephone set and the server... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070201109 - Scanner and hinge: A scanner is provided with a device main body, a hinge, a cover member, and a scanning device. The device main body comprises a transparent plate. The transparent plate forms a top surface of the device main body. The hinge is coupled to the device main body. The cover member... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070201110 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: This invention is an optical scanning apparatus comprises a plurality of beam generating units adapted to generate beams; an optical unit adapted to collimate axes of the beams generated by the plurality of beam generating units to scan at intervals corresponding to a recording direction along a image bearing member;... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070201111 - Scanner: A scanner is provided with a main body, a hinge, a cover member, and a plurality of sets, each set comprising a pin and a pin hole. The main body includes a transparent plate on the top surface, on which a document is placed. The hinge connects the main body... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070201112 - Methods and apparatus for automatic scanner calibration: An automatic scanner calibration method and apparatus is disclosed in which a calibration target, such as a Kodak® gray strip, is attached to a scanning surface of a scanner. During a normal scan, the calibration target area can be ignored or scanned depending on user selection. If the calibration target... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20070201113 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus which reads a document image optically at a reading position while feeding the document over a reading glass. A document guide sheet for forming a step so as to prevent an imaged surface of a fed document from coming into contact with the reading glass is... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070201114 - Solid-state image sensing device having photoelectric conversion cells each configured by n pixels in vertical direction: A solid-state image sensing device includes a plurality of color filters. Each of the plurality of color filters is configured to have two pixels in a vertical direction and four pixels in a horizontal direction of a plurality of light receivers used as one unit area, a first color is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201115 - Data generating apparatus, and print apparatus: A data generating apparatus being provided with: an extracting unit that extracts text image which is a part of the text of a file stored in a storage medium and picture image which is a part of the picture of the same; a setting unit that, for each file, sets... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070195336 - Information processing apparatus, print setting method, and computer-readable medium: An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit determining whether a sheet set in a print condition is included in a list of printable sheets supported by a printing apparatus, an acquisition unit obtaining a sheet size supported by the printing apparatus if the determination unit determines that the sheet... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070195349 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof, and program: This invention can provide an information processing apparatus and control method thereof, and a program, which can efficiently execute processing associated with font settings. To accomplish this, font information of a first character and font information of a second character, which are located before and after the position of an... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070195353 - Image forming apparatus: According to the claimed invention, an image forming apparatus comprises an image forming unit which forms an image represented by data of a specific format; a reception unit which receives print data of each page containing object data representing each of a plurality of types of objects; a data rasterization... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070195354 - Image processor and control method: A control method for an image processor having an operation member and an image display unit that displays images, wherein it is determined whether a touch wheel button has been operated according to a first operation method or whether it has been operated according to a second operation method, wherein... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070195358 - Computer-readable recording medium recording a security management program, computer-readable recording medium recording a job submission management program, and security management method: A computer-readable recording medium recording a security management program which enables nodes for executing jobs to omit virus check while maintaining the security of a system. When a job execution request including a program is input, a sender decision unit compares the identification of the job sender with reliable device... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070195360 - Image forming apparatus: An image data generation unit generates image data based on input printing information, an image data storage unit for storing the image data, a received data analysis unit for making a judgment that reception of a packet of printing information is received, a printing control unit for giving notification of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070195359 - Image forming apparatus, image processing method and storage medium storing program for image processing: An image forming apparatus that forms an image based on image data input thereto, includes a mode switching unit that switches between a save mode in which an amount of consumption of imaging material is reduced and a normal operation mode in which an amount of consumption of imaging material... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070195357 - Image processor updating a master file stored in a file server, method of controlling the same, and a program product for processing images: In an image processor when a request is received to print a file then from received information the location information of the file for which the print request is issued is read. The image processor then performs a process in response to the request to update a file corresponding to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070195364 - Output requesting apparatus, output apparatus, and computer program product: An output requesting apparatus is connected via a network to an output apparatus and a position-management server. In the output requesting apparatus, a receiving unit receives, from the position-management server, user-position information, apparatus-position information, and a map image. Based on the user-position information and the apparatus-position information, a display control... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070195361 - Print control program, print control apparatus, and print control method: According to the present invention, a print control apparatus for displaying a print preview, comprises the units adapted to: spool print data created by application; issue a rendering instruction of the spooled print data to a graphic engine together with output information indicating one of a preview setting and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070195367 - Computer readable medium recording a printer control program, printer control method, and printer system: The present invention provides a computer readable medium recording a printer control program for executing in a computer a command generation of generating a command that instructs a printer on operation and a command transmission of converting a command containing a predetermined amount of data into a packet and transmitting... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070195366 - Printing apparatus and method for saving memory: A printing apparatus and a method for saving memory space, which reduces memory space required for content to be printed. The printing apparatus includes a content storage unit to store content to be printed, a used object counting unit to analyze the content and to count a number of the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070195369 - pre-processing of image data for enhanced compression: Embodiments herein provide for a pre-processing stage or mechanism for enhancing data compression of an image by splitting or separating the color channels for pixels into planar data sources. Typically, image data is displayed as an interleaved set of channel types for a color space such that each pixel within... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070195371 - Image pickup apparatus and control method therefor: This invention allows a user to easily classify and manage image files by recording an image file obtained by image capture and an image file obtained by being received from an external apparatus in different folders. For this purpose, a system control unit which controls an overall digital camera determines... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070195337 - Image creating apparatus and printing apparatus provided therewith: There is provided an image creating apparatus including: an inputting device for inputting creation data composed of input data and creation condition data; an image creating device for creating a two-dimensional code image based on the inputted creation data; and an informing device for informing of a print size of... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070195346 - Apparatus, method, and program product for color correction: A color correction apparatus of this invention includes a correction unit to correct a color of an input pixel having a color included in a particular region of a color space, and a correction amount calculator to change an amount of the color correction in a nonlinear manner in an... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070195343 - Color table editing apparatus, color table editing method, program, and storage medium: A color table editing apparatus includes an image data input unit configured to input image data, a color table selection unit configured to select a given color table from a plurality of color tables in association with the input image data, an initial color data generation unit configured to generate... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070195342 - Conversion table compression method and program: This invention relates to a conversion table compression method of compressing a conversion table and storing the conversion table in a storage medium, including an axial difference creating step of creating an axial difference table by calculating, from data stored in the conversion table, the difference values between grid points... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070195347 - Image editing device: An image editing device has the following (A) through (C): (A) an image display section on which an image to be edited is displayed; (B) an information obtaining section that obtains information regarding a pixel that has been arbitrarily designated by a user from the image that has been displayed... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070195348 - Method for correction of a trapezoidal distortion of images: A method for correction of a trapezoidal distortion of images in image processing for improved medium-image registration and also for controlling a printing device by performing the method for correction of a trapezoidal distortion of images in image processing for improved medium-image registration. Also included is a printing device comprising... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070195372 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image forming apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes an input section and a binarizing section. The input section inputs multilevel image data. The binarizing section binarizes multilevel image data to generate output image data representing halftone dots each having a hollow-structure. The binarizing section enlarges the halftone dots in a predetermined direction preferentially... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070195335 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the invention is capable of performing stapling or punching in any of a corner, a long side, and a short side of printed recording sheets. Upon receipt of a print job on the recording sheets, when stapling or punching is set in the print job,... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070195350 - Image processing file setting system: A system setting an image processing parameter in an imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus, downloads a parameter file from an external apparatus, and sets in the imaging apparatus an image processing parameter included in the parameter file downloaded form the external apparatus. In the information processing apparatus, image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070195352 - Non-postscript printer description file generating tool: A method for automatically generating a custom printer description file is disclosed. The custom printer description file enables a computer's printing system to insert, into a print data stream, commands (e.g., PCL, PJL, JCL, JDF, or PJTF commands) that cause a non-Postscript-enabled printing device (e.g., a non-Postscript printer) to perform... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070195351 - System and method for minimizing visibility of print defects: A printing system and method is provided including a printer having an print marking means for printing a printer-ready document, including transferring or applying an image associated with the printer-ready document to a substrate; and a processor assembly in operative communication with the printer. The processor assembly executes application software... Agent: George Likourezos, Esq. Carter Deluca Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070195363 - Communication system, information processing device, peripheral device and communication method: A communications system including a host device and a peripheral device connected to the host device wherein the host device issues commands to the peripheral device and the peripheral device executes data processing and replies to the host device, and wherein the peripheral device includes an image processing unit, a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070195362 - Image-providing apparatus, image-printing apparatus and image-printing system comprised thereof: A procedure that confirms the presence or absence of support for standardized capabilities is present in transmissions to an image-providing apparatus having a photo-direct print capability and an image-printing apparatus, for example. The procedure is used to exchange information relating to the presence or absence of support for a service... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070195356 - Job preempt set generation for resource management: A method is provided for prioritizing jobs in a computing environment having a plurality of nodes sharing one or more resources,. Such method includes, given a job A to be scheduled having certain resource requirements, generating a list P of already scheduled jobs which utilize resources required by job A... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20070195365 - Method and apparatus for converting a printer firmware download port to a communicatons port: Methods and apparatus for converting a firmware download port on a printer to a communications port are provided. The apparatus includes a printed circuit board arrangement connected to the firmware download port of the printer. A secondary communications port is provided on the printed circuit board arrangement for enabling communications... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070195355 - Multi-marking engine printing platform: A multi-functional print platform includes at least two marking engines that process information at different processing rates and a scheduler that distributes portions of a job across the at least two marking engines based at least on a content of the job and the different processing rates of the at... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070195368 - Document template derived from variable data print file: Embodiments herein include a method that receives a previously created variable data print file. The method iterates through pages of the variable data print file to identify reused objects and decomposes the variable data print file into a decomposed document template, comprising the reused objects, and into a decomposed (factored)... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070195370 - Workflow system, server device, and processing method of workflow system: A workflow system for performing a process according to information input to an electronic form from an input screen displaying the electronic form, and inputting handwritten information of a corresponding paper form to the electronic form is disclosed. Based on screen formation data used for forming the input screen, paper... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070195338 - Method and apparatus for an image communication system: An image data communication system provided herein allows a customer to upload and save a digital image data file in a first resolution format to a server of a photofinishing service over a network. The photofinisher establishes a range of print sizes of acceptable quality based on the first resolution... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20070195340 - Color printing: ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method of printing a pixel defined by C1, M1, Y1, K1 color values having a sum that is not less than a maximum allowed paper coverage max_cov, including obtaining an adjusted cyan color value Cadj that depends on C1 and K1, an adjusted magenta color... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070195341 - Color printing: A method of printing a pixel defined by C, M, Y color values having a sum that is not less than a maximum allowed paper coverae max_cov, including assigning a maximum of the C, M, Y values to max_color; assigning a minimum of the C, M, Y values to min_color;... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070195339 - Method for colorizing a digital halftone: An improved method for colorizing a digital halftone that uses both input color density and output halftone luminance to quantize and relocate color thereby reducing digital storage and transmission overhead capacity. The method utilizes a synergy between color and luminance inherent within the input image to enable the available space... Agent: Robert M. Case

20070195345 - Personalized color reproduction: A method is provided of personalizing color reproduction of an output device by determining a user-specific color mapping. A user is enabled to individually select different color reproductions of a plurality of different test images according to the user's preferences, wherein the different color reproductions are associated with different color... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070195344 - System, apparatus, method, program and recording medium for processing image: An image processing apparatus may include an input unit for inputting an image, and an extracting unit for extracting from the color of a pixel in the input image a relation level indicating the degree of association under which the image is thought of in response to a predetermined color... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070195373 - Method for providing recommendations using image, location data, and annotations: A method for providing information with digital images includes receiving a digital image of a subject, the digital image including as metadata a geographic position of the subject and other information associated with generating a path to the subject. A path to the subject from the source location can then... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070195374 - Facsimile machine and client terminal: A digital MFP scans a transmission original document, and generates original document image data. A transmission original document generating unit loads information from an information storage medium, generates an information code, and composes the information code with the original document image data. The composed original document image data with the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070195375 - Network scanner device: Image data read by the scanner device is transmitted to arbitrary devices via a network. A plurality of destination addresses is input (Step S1). The image data read by the scanner device are transmitted to at least one destination address (shared folder address) from among the plurality of inputted destination... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070195376 - Communication terminal device: A facsimile machine receives image data from a facsimile machine of another end. A Random Access Memory (RAM) stores a measured average value and fluctuation of an Eye Quality Monitor (EQM) value of the image data, and a number of error lines of the image data as an EQM data... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070195377 - Printing device and printing method: When image data is input from a memory card or the like, the printing device prints an order sheet that includes a recipient specification field showing reduced images of the input image data and enabling recipients for the image data to be specified, and a sorting method specification field for... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070195378 - Image-reading device: An image-reading device includes a reading unit, a displaying unit, a recognition target region setting unit, a recognition target region adding unit, and a character recognizing unit. The recognition target region setting unit sets a recognition target region within the displayed image data to recognize characters. The recognition target region... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070195379 - Image input device and image input method: There is provided an image input device in which a carriage mounted with an image sensor and three types of light source is moved in a sub-scanning direction of a document by a motor and the document is read in a line sequential manner. The image input device includes a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070195380 - Sheet media stack imaging system: An imaging system that includes a sheet media stack over a recording unit. Image data is generated in response to radiation received from a field of view encompassing sheet media edges of individual media within the sheet media stack. Edges of individual media are detected within the image data.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20070195381 - Multifunction apparatus: A scanner is mounted on a printer. A printer lid is pivotally mounted to the printer, and is moveable to open and close. A scanner lid is pivotally mounted to the scanner, and is moveable to open and close. A printer locking member and a scanner locking member are pivotally... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070195382 - Apparatus for gamut mapping and method of generating gamut boundary using the same: A gamut-mapping apparatus includes a color-coordinate-conversion module which converts color coordinate values of an inputted color sample to values of a spherical coordinate system, and which divides the spherical coordinate system into a predetermined number of segments; a judgment module which detects color coordinate values having a largest radius among... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070195383 - Method and system for color correction of image signals: In a method and system for performing color correction for an image signal, a first set of matrix coefficients for color correction of the image signal in a 3-dimensional RGB color space is transformed to a first set of points of a two-dimensional XY plane. In addition, the first set... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070195385 - Exposure determining device and exposure determining method: There is provided an exposure determining device that determines whether exposure of an image represented by image data is appropriate. The exposure determining device includes a first evaluation value deriving unit that derives a maximum luminance reference value for each of blocks obtained by dividing the image into a plurality... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070195384 - Image processing apparatus and method of the same: The invention discloses an image processing apparatus for adjusting the saturation of an input image. The input image also has a lightness and a hue. The image processing apparatus includes a look-up table, a processing unit, and a multiplier. The look-up table is used for recording M lightness ranges, N... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20070195386 - Display processing device, display processing method, and computer program product: A display processing unit displays a setting item for an image processing and preview information indicating an overview of a result of the image processing using the setting item on a screen of a displaying unit. A selection receiving unit receives a selection of an arbitrary setting item from among... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070188789 - Printing system and printing method: A printing system and method for printing to roll paper with the advancement of the roll paper controlled such that printing of blank raster data at the end of the printed portion of the roll paper is minimized. The printing system has a raster data generating means for producing raster... Agent: Anderson Kill & Olick P.C.

20070188791 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: This invention allows a user to immediately grasp the print status of a job only by inputting a print instruction of a job stored and held in an image forming apparatus. This invention also provides a user-friendly apparatus that notifies the user of a predicted time until completion of printing.... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070188793 - Information processing apparatus and method and program of controlling an information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus includes a scanning unit adapted to scan a document on which a signature is handwritten, a handwritten signature extraction unit adapted to extract the handwritten signature from the scanning unit, a handwritten signature authentication unit adapted to authenticate the handwritten signature extracted by the extraction unit,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070188797 - Communication apparatus and communication control method of the apparatus: A communication apparatus acquires sender information indicating a sender of a received document, converts that document into a document of a specific format, adds the sender information to the document of the specific format, and transfers that document of the specific format to a transfer destination.... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070188799 - Communication device with time authentication requesting function: A communication device with a time authentication requesting function uses timestamp technology to verify a device operation. When receiving an instruction for e-document scan, the communication device transmits a hash value of scanned data of an original to a TSA, and receives a timestamp from the TSA. Then, the communication... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070188800 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which includes: a job storage unit for storing a plurality of print jobs; an image forming unit for executing the print jobs stored in the job storage unit; and a job managing unit for managing an execution order of the print jobs performed by the image... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070188796 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a stream buffer that stores therein data that is to be subjected to image processing; a first counting unit that measures a volume of data that is input into the stream buffer. An analyzing unit reads the data from the stream buffer and analyses read... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070188801 - Printing apparatus for printing data acquired through digital broadcasting: The printing apparatus prints data acquired through digital broadcasting. The printing apparatus is capable of being connected to a receiving apparatus through a network. The receiving apparatus receives the data transmitted through the digital broadcasting, and has a data storage device storing the received data. The printing apparatus includes: a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070188806 - Method for controlling image forming apparatus, program for controlling image forming apparatus, and image forming apparatus: In a copy operation for a first sheet of requested plural sheets, a reading unit reads a document and a data conversion section converts the document image data into recording data. A recording unit records the recording data, while the recording data is stored in an image memory. A data... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070188807 - Host apparatus and image editing method: This invention relates to a host apparatus and an image editing method, which can reflect a user's desired layout design. The host apparatus, which is connected to a printing apparatus capable of placing and printing a plurality of images on a printing medium and transfers image data, lays out the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070188774 - Display of thumbnails of image data: The display of each thumbnail TN with an appropriate paper size PS enables the operator to readily grasp the number of pixels constituting each image data Dp corresponding to the thumbnail TN. Such display enhances the workability for selection of desired image data Dp. Multiple thumbnails TN provided for respective... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070188775 - Image processing device and image processing method: An image processing device inputs shading correction data, which can identify the image processing device itself, to a first hash function and generates comparison data. The image processing device inputs the shading correction data to a second hash function, and generates tracing identification data. The image processing device generates a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070188786 - Apparatus and method of mapping color gamut: A gamut mapping apparatus includes a parameter calculating unit calculating parameters for segmenting a gamut of an output device using gamut information about first and second input color spaces; a gamut segmenting unit segmenting the gamut of the output device into a core gamut and a surround gamut using the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070188783 - Image processing device, image processing method and image processing program storage medium: An image processing device includes a conversion section that converts an input image signal to an out put image signal within a color gamut of an output device by a predetermined conversion function, a storage section that stores a target value for a predetermined color and a predetermined standard gradation... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070188784 - Image scanning device, and calibration method of the image scanning device: An image scanning device determines a size of a test chart placed on a scanner unit, and selects a storage unit storing target brightness of a plurality of patches of a test chart having the determined size and corresponding position information. The image scanning device scans the test chart by... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070188788 - Method of processing image data and apparatus operable to execute the same: It is received first image data described on the basis of a first color space. It is acquired color space converting information adapted to be used to convert the first image data into second image data described on the basis of a prescribed second color space. The first image data... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070188787 - Printing device: A printing device comprises an evaluation value determining module, a grouping process module, a recommended image designating module, and a printing process module. The evaluation value determining module determines, for each image, a first evaluation value for a prescribed evaluation item. The grouping process module performs a sorting process to... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070188811 - Document processing apparatus and document processing method: A document processing apparatus for processing an image read from an original document, which includes an electronic tag recording section that records information to an electronic tag, and when processing using the original document having the electronic tag is performed, records a processing history related to the processing into the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070188812 - Image processing device, image reading device and image processing method: Disclosed herein is an image processing device, including: a gradation converter which converts a gradation value of a target pixel in multilevel image data so that the number of gradations decreases; a resolution which converts creating high-resolution image data having a resolution higher than the multilevel image data by outputting... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070188814 - Color conversion system and method: A processor is provided that includes a primary memory of a processor and color conversion logic. The primary memory is to store a first color look-up table (LUT) related to a second color space. The color conversion logic is responsive to a received set of pixels, where each pixel of... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070188816 - Method of processing image data and apparatus operable to execute the same: It is received image data obtained by capturing an image. The image data is compared with a prescribed criterion for judging whether the image includes a prescribed part of a human, and it is extracted a part of the image that is asserted as a part including the prescribed part... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070188817 - Image processing apparatus for extracting code data from scanned image and control method thereof: An image processing apparatus scans an image of a document to thereby create image data, and extracts specific code data from the created image data. If the specific code data is successfully extracted, pattern data corresponding to the specific code data is deleted from the created image data. Further, pattern... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070188773 - Printing device and printing method: The printing device receives the printing data for confidential printing, and determines an output destination of the printing data received for confidential printing to be either a lockable output bin or a digital output bin. The lockable output bin can be locked and unlocked by a key and the print... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070188772 - Recursive build job graphical user interface: A method for utilizing a graphical user interface for recursive build job programming of multiple job segments requiring different image capture settings or original size into a single production job through a controller for a production system in the form of a multifunction device. The method includes entering and programming... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070188790 - Printing device, printing method, and computer-readable storage medium: A printing device includes a first printer and a second printer which continuously print one or plural pieces of printing data onto a printing medium. In the printing device, the second printer includes a reading sensor, the first printer first prints the one or plural pieces of printing data onto... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070188792 - Image formation system, information processor, and computer-readable recording medium to select apparatus for executing process: In an image formation system, an information processor stores, for each type of document, information related to the performance of each image formation apparatus to process a document. When a document to request processing by an image formation apparatus is selected, the information processor notifies of information related to performance... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070188795 - Image masking apparatus and image distribution system: An image masking apparatus including: a filming unit that films an image including a masking target and outputs an image signal of the image including the masking target; a specific object detection unit that detects a specific object in the image including the masking target and outputs a detection signal... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070188802 - 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

20070188798 - Interactive image activation and distribution system and associated methods: A method for distributing a digital image of a customer includes receiving a request from a customer to a human representative (i.e., a “roving” photographer) for an image to be taken of the customer at a site. An image of the customer is captured by the “roving” photographer at the... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070188804 - Module: A module (38), a terminal (12) including the module, and a system (10) including the terminal (12), are described. The module may be a printer module (38) comprising a print engine (60), a microcontroller (62), and a wireless receiver (66), such as a wireless modem, so that the module (38)... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20070188803 - Photographic image service system: Photographic images of local area events are efficiently provided. Each of a plurality of laboratories obtains photographic images of events in their local areas and uploads the images to a management server. The management server stores the images, correlated with area specifying data that specifies the location of the laboratory... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070188794 - Sheet conveyance system, control program thereof, and sheet conveyance method: In a sheet conveyance system in which a plurality of apparatuses each including a communication unit with a plurality of communication channels are connected, and a sheet is conveyed between the apparatuses, each of the plurality of communication channels can be switched between a transmission mode and a reception mode.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070188805 - Image processing apparatus: Detection section 22 detects the blank space area in each page for all pages of the document, determining section 23 determines image size for combining a designated stamp image in uniform size in all the pages of that document based on a detection result by detection section 22. Combining section... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070188809 - Printing apparatus: There is disclosed a method executed in a printing apparatus operable to read out data from a recording medium and to execute printing based on the read-out data with respect to a printing medium. A first mode for selecting a type of the printing is effected. A prescribed command is... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070188808 - Printing system, information processor, printer, printing medium, and computer-readable program: A printing system includes a printer performing a printing operation on a printing medium; and an information processor transmitting print information used for the printer to perform the printing operation on the printing medium, wherein the printer includes supporting means for supporting the printing medium for the printing operation and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070188776 - Printer for authenticating a replaceable ink cartridge: A printer is provided for authenticating a replaceable ink cartridge. The printer includes a processor. The replaceable ink cartridge can be releasably coupled to the processor and includes a first integrated circuit (IC). A printhead is interfaced to the processor and is configured to print ink supplied from the ink... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070188780 - Color gamut mapping with black point compensation: The disclosure is directed to techniques for gamut mapping with modified black point compensation (BPC). The gamut mapping techniques promote well-distributed tone compression so that substantial loss of detail in highlight and shadow regions can be avoided. The gamut mapping techniques may be particularly useful in converting rich saturated images,... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070188777 - Image output control system, image processing device, and image processing method: In an image output control system of the invention, an image processing device makes image data subjected to a preset series of image processing and supplies processed image data to an image output device to output a resulting processed image. The image processing device collects a predetermined number of plural... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070188782 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, computer readable medium and data signal: An image processing apparatus includes a profile generating section, a designating section, a calculating section and a correcting section. The profile generating section generates a color conversion profile based on first calorimetric values obtained from a first color chart output from a target device and second calorimetric values obtained from... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070188785 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, and program: There are provided an image processing apparatus and method. In this apparatus and method, high-frequency components are converted by multiple-frequency transformation in accordance with tone conversion used to change the dynamic range, thereby obtaining a high-quality image. For example, an original image undergoes tone conversion on the basis of a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070188779 - Image processing device, image processing method, and printer driver: An image processing device (140), which converts multivalued pixel values of an RGB color space corresponding to original colors of a multicolor original image into multivalued pixel values of a CMY color space corresponding to color inks used for printing in order to overprint a multicolor original with a plurality... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070188781 - Image processing method and apparatus thereof: The characteristic variations of a printer largely influence the recognition precision of code information, and the recognition precision of code information appended to printed matter cannot often be guaranteed depending on printers. To solve this problem, a printer forms a predetermined chart, and the image forming characteristics of the printer... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070188778 - Method for controlling color on printing machines: A method for color correction in printing machines uses a learning process to determine the effects of changing colors. In a first stage of the method, the color supply of only a single process color is changed. The effect of changing the color supply of this one process color on... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070188810 - Image processing apparatus: Combining section 21 creates the composite image data by combining the image data of the original image and the additional image, and log management section 22 stores the condition of composite images at the time of image combining as log information 40. Printer section 18 prints the composite image based... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070188813 - Printing apparatus, image processing apparatus, printing method, and image processing method: A printing apparatus is operable to print an image by forming first dots with first ink having a first density and second dots with second ink having a second density lower than the first density. A first dot former is operable to form a plurality of sizes of the first... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070188815 - Printer optical sensing error determination: Embodiments of printer optical sensing error determination are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070188818 - Tiltable document imaging apparatus: A document imaging apparatus (10) for recording document data has an imager body (12) that has an image data transformation apparatus (34) and a paper feed apparatus (36) for urging a document sheet along a paper path from a paper feed input source (14), past the image data transformation apparatus... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070188819 - Apparatus for scanning photograph: An apparatus for scanning a photograph with PictBridge capability is provided, which includes a light source, an image sensor, a signal converter, a PictBridge encoder, and a universal serial bus (USB) controller. The light source projects a scanning light onto an object to be scanned. Upon contacting with the object... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070188820 - Multi-function printer: A multi-function printer comprises a printing module, a scanning module, a supporter and a cam. The printing module has an accommodation portion and a supporting groove. The scanning module is rotatably disposed on the printing module. The supporter is rotatably disposed on the scanning module. The cam is rotatably disposed... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070188821 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes: a recording head which has a plurality of recording elements; an intermediate transfer medium on which an image is recorded temporarily by the recording head while the intermediate transfer medium implements relative movement with respect to the recording head; an image defect determination device which... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070188822 - Image scanning device with time authentication requesting function: When executing e-document scan, an image scanning device scans a document and stores scanned data. After resetting a timer, the image scanning device calculates a hash value of the scanned data, and transmits the calculated hash value to a TSA to request the TSA to issue a timestamp. When receiving... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070188823 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: In an image processing apparatus for creating an electronic file from a paper document with the use of an optical reading device, a detecting part detecting a code included in image data read by means of the optical reading device; a data creating part decoding the code to obtain identification... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070188824 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: An image processing apparatus subjects input image information to a predetermined image processing and outputs the image information. The image processing apparatus includes an UI processor that receives a plurality operation requests for the image information; and a request processor that interprets a combination of an input mode, of a... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070188825 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes an irradiation unit which includes a light source for irradiating an original; a reading unit which reads an image of the original at a reading line based on a reflected light from the original irradiated with the light source; and an adjusting unit for adjusting... Agent: Bill Drainas

20070188829 - Image scanning device with time authentication requesting function: An image scanning device with a time authentication requesting function enables documents, not subject to be converted into e-documents, to be easily converted into e-documents at a later date, and reduces costs required for assigning a timestamp. When a user instructs an account book e-document temporary scan, an original is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070188826 - Optical scanning window: A scanner window and method of making a scanner window are provided. The window may include three layers. The layers may be a ceramic layer such as sapphire, a glass backing, and an adhesive layer comprising a polymer sheet. The window may be formed by stacking the components together and... Agent: Finch & Nguyen PLLC

20070188827 - Scanner with limited cover angle: A scanner comprises a main body, a cover and a limiting mechanism. The cover is rotatably disposed on the main body to cover a scanned object. The limiting mechanism is disposed between the main body and the cover. When the main body is horizontal, the limiting mechanism does not function... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070188828 - Image scanning apparatus scanning color original document while conveying the same and color determination method: An image scanning apparatus moves a copyboard provided between an original document and three line sensors and the three line sensors relatively to each other at a speed different from the speed of conveying an original document. An in-line correction portion allows three data output by three line sensors to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070188830 - Document imager, document stillness detection method, and computer program product: A computer program product executed by a computer connected with a document imager that uses an imaging section to image an original document mounted on a document bed plate on which the original document is mounted and which has a specific pattern formed on a surface thereof and outputs an... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070188831 - Method of detecting position of printing medium performed in printing apparatus: In order to detect a position of an optical recording medium on which printing is performed, it is provided an optical sensor provided with include a photo emitter operable to emit light and a photo receiver operable to receive light and output a first signal in accordance with an amount... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070188832 - Defect inspection method, defect inspection apparatus, and computer readable storage medium: In the present invention, an image pickup device moving by drive of a drive unit picks up an image of a substrate on a mounting table. The drive unit is controlled by a driving signal from a first controller. The driving signal outputted to the first controller is outputted also... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070188833 - Passive transparent media adapter: A passive transparent media adapter magnetically couples to a scan system. The transparent media adapter captures light from an existing scan module and transfers the light to backlight transparent media so that it can be imaged by the scanner module. The transparent media adapter has no active electronics or illumination... Agent: Hdsl

20070188834 - Image forming apparatus, program product, and storage medium storing the program product: In a disclosed image forming apparatus, an original is scanned and image data of the original are obtained. The data size of the image data corresponding to one page of the original is measured. The image data obtained are stored in or deleted from a memory. A storable number of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070182978 - Method, computer, and system for an operating system independent device driver: A method for driving a device that enables using a device without using a conventional device driver that is dependent on the operating system of the computer. The method has a binary data conversion step which receives a mark-up language document written in a mark-up language and converts the mark-up... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070182989 - Document management apparatus, storage medium storing program for document management apparatus, and method for managing documents: A document management apparatus includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring document file data and document file related data; a review period setting unit for setting a period in which the document file data is reviewed depending on the significance of the document file data as a data item in the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070182991 - Printing system, printing apparatus, and control method therefor: This invention can substantially equally distribute a load necessary for rendering, and can complete printing all pages of one print job at high speed. A master printer interprets received print data, generates display list data as intermediate data for each page, and upon completion of generating intermediate data of all... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070182994 - Image processing apparatus: There is described an image processing apparatus, which makes it possible to calculate the account fee corresponding to the using status of the control program downloaded from an external device, or corresponding to the using status of the control programs installed in the image processing apparatus in advance. The image... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070182973 - System and method for multiple page-per-sheet printing: A method, computer-readable medium and data processing system for printing multiple data sources is provided. A plurality of data sources is collected. Each data source of the plurality of data sources are assigned to one of a plurality of sheet representations that each comprise a logical representation of one of... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070182976 - Mobile telecommunications device with closely arranged printhead and media drive: A mobile telecommunications device is provided having a body, a printhead arranged in the body to print on a print media, and a drive shaft arranged in the body to feed the print media past the printhead for printing. The printhead is arranged within 2 millimeters from the drive shaft.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070182975 - Print method: On operation of a printer for a digital tachograph in a motor vehicle, the input of the specification for the desired print is regularly time-consuming and error-prone due to the deep menu structure of the user guide. A solution is provided whereby the print medium (3), in addition to the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070182977 - Printing subsystem with improved user interface: An improved user interface for a printing subsystem is provided. The user interface includes a dialog with first, second and third display fields. In practice, an indicator corresponding with a job (the job including one or more documents and a job ticket) is displayed in the first display field, an... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070182979 - Tiff-file data structure for driverless, selectable multi-option tiff printing: A TIFF-file data structure for use by a printer to print a plural-page print job relating to serially-paginated pages, in the context of implementation by the printer of a driverless, page-image-data-independent printing method, where the data structure exists in the form of an otherwise conventional TIFF-file data structure which has... Agent: Robert Varitz

20070182982 - Multi-function input/output device and method: In a multi-function input/output device, an optical reading unit optically reads an optically readable code from a device control setting medium on which device control setting information, including use authentication information and unit-control-setting information for a document input control setting unit, a document-data-processing control setting unit, and a document-data-output control... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070182981 - Printing device: A printing device for printing images comprising: a display unit that displays images; an input unit that inputs a plurality of image data; a recommended image determination unit that for each of said input image data, calculates an evaluation value by evaluating specified items in relation to the level of... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070182980 - System and method of implementing a job cancel broadcast notification and parallel processing of the request: A method, apparatus, and computer-usable medium for registering a collection of components with a job monitor for job cancellation notification, wherein the collection of components are software components within a logical printer domain; receiving a job cancel request; initiating cancellation of a job corresponding to said job cancel request; sending... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20070182987 - Adaptive configuration of imaging devices: A method and apparatus for configuring an imaging device is provided. A first imaging device may monitor communications exchanged between clients and imaging devices over a network to identify requests to process electronic documents. In response to the first imaging device either detecting a particular request, to process an electronic... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070182988 - Image forming system: In an image forming system which has a client unit, a management unit, and a printer unit, when the client unit issues a replacement print request to the management unit, the management unit notifies the client unit of the contents of the print queue in response to the replacement print... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070182993 - Image supply device, control method of the device, and printing system: In this invention, to enable printing of an image that has undergone an image process or print process complying with the desire of a user on an image supply device side, real object handles and virtual object handles are set to, of images to be supplied to the printing device,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070182992 - Methods and apparatus for routing pages to printers in a multi-print engine as a function of print job parameters: Methods and apparatus are described for routing page data of a print job to printers in a multi-engine printing system based on print job parameters associated with the page data. One or more virtual printers are configured, each with a plurality of individual print engines, each having associated printing characteristics.... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20070182986 - Mobile device-enabled secure release of print jobs: In a printing method, a user at a user terminal (10) having a physically connected mobile device (20) including non-volatile storage constructs an incomplete print job envelope (32) and completing data (34). The completing data (34) are stored on the non-volatile storage of the mobile device (20). The incomplete print... Agent: Patrick R. Roche, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070182985 - Mobile device-enabled secure release of print jobs using parallel decryption: In a printing method, content of a print job is split into a main portion and a completing portion at a user terminal (10). The main portion is encrypted using the user terminal. The encrypted main portion (32) is sent to a printing device (12). The completing portion is encrypted... Agent: Patrick R. Roche, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070182990 - Reproduction of documents into requested forms: The reproduction of a requested source document in a requested available form (including electronic, print, audio and Braille) is disclosed. At a server, for each one of a plurality of documents at least one access pathway is applied to a marked-up form of the document. The access pathways define discrete... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070182984 - Secure printing via a wireless internet service: At a user terminal (10) operatively connected with a mobile device (20), a print job is formed into an incomplete print job envelope (32) and completing data (34, 40) including at least print job accounting information (40). The completing data (34, 40) including at least the print job accounting information... Agent: Patrick R. Roche, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070182983 - Threat mitigation in computer networks: A computerised method—and related apparatus, systems, programs for a computer and signals—for securely communicating an electronic document between high and low security domains where the data format of the document is not in a predetermined set of simple data formats (for example bitmap images or ASCII text), the document is... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070182972 - Image processing system for printers and method of the same: The present invention relates to a set of image processing method and systems to be used in printers with asymmetrical-resolution printing mode. The asymmetrical-resolution is defined as having an aspect ratio of n=X:Y. The system first picks up a symmetrical-resolution halftone table and then, by making use of an algorithm... Agent: Bruche H. Troxell

20070182974 - Printing apparatus and printing method: In printing of multi-level darkness/lightness of a certain color, which is performed with a dark ink and a light ink of the certain color, graininess is improved. A printing method includes generating a plurality of types of drive signals, and ejecting the dark ink and the light ink from a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070182995 - Methods and systems for descreening a digital image: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for descreening a digital image.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070182996 - Calibration method for density in image forming apparatus: Calibration associated with output density correction of a printer is effected by software calibration manipulated by the user and device calibration automatically performed by the printer, and, regarding these calibrations, high accurate calibration in which dither patterns for binarizing processing are matched to each other is effected. In a system... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070182997 - Correcting eye color in a digital image: A method is provided for correcting undesired eye color in a digital image. Color information from the digital image is used to identify an orthogonal color channel. The orthogonal color channel is a channel corresponding to a color that is orthogonal to the undesired color. Information from the orthogonal color... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070182998 - Image processing apparatus: To provide an image processing apparatus that can reduce power consumption as compared to a conventional case by energizing required minimum devices at an appropriate timing depending on contents of a request received from an external apparatus through a communicating medium during a power-saving state, if a device information processing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070183000 - Methods and apparatus for securely displaying digital images: The invention provides methods and apparatus for securing personalized or sensitive information appearing in digital images. Digital images containing information to be secured is processed and divided into a plurality of image cells. At least one image cell from the plurality of image cells is selected and redacted or altered... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20070182999 - Photo browse and zoom: Groups of photo thumbnails are presented to the user, and where a user selects one of the thumbnails, a transition is provided replacing the group of thumbnails with the photo represented by the selected thumbnail. The photo may be displayed without cropping or stretching. In addition, a zoom/enlargement animation of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070183001 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program and recording medium: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: an image-processing member which detects a corrected area of an original image based on gradation level of original image data obtained by reading the original image, and forms image data where the corrected area is processed to be discernible.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070183003 - Scanning apparatus, driving method therefor, and image forming apparatus having the same: A scanning apparatus includes a stage glass on which a document is loaded, a scanning head which reciprocates between a home position of the stage glass and a finish position opposite to the home position to read the document and generate image data, a position detection part disposed in or... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070183002 - System and method for user selectable scan settings on a scan capable device: A system and method for saving and retrieving scan settings at a device with scan capability for each of a plurality of users are disclosed. In one aspect, the method of saving scan settings comprises receiving a plurality of sets of scan settings from a plurality of users, each set... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070183004 - Image reading apparatus having auto document feeder: An image reading apparatus having an auto document feeder includes a simplex path for simplex reading, a duplex path which is distinguishable from the simplex path and conveys a plurality of sheets of paper at different positions in a duplex reading mode, a path selecting element, and a flipping element... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070183005 - Driving device of light source: The object of the invention is to extend the life of the light source while uniformizing the illuminance intensity in the main scanning direction. The invention is based on a light source of image reading apparatus comprised of film layers laminated on a transparent substrate in the order of a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070183006 - Analog-to-digital conversion in cmos image sensor: An analog-to-digital converter in an image sensor is implemented with a plurality of comparator units. Each comparator unit has a respective capacitor array and respective switches integrated therein. Such capacitors and switches across the comparator units are operated for generating ramp voltages for such comparator units for performing analog-to-digital conversion... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070183007 - Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes a light emitting unit which emits light to a document, a photoelectric conversion unit which converts a quantity of light reflected from the document into an analog signal, an A/D converter which converts the analog signal to a digital signal, a clock unit which clocks... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070177165 - Printing tool: A printing tool has a module allowing printing of at least one linked content item. A request sub-module generates a request to print at least one linked content item, and a retrieval sub-module allows at least one linked content item to be retrieved for printing.... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070177177 - Image processing apparatus and method: An image processing apparatus processes vector image data in units of blocks. When vector image data associated with a first block satisfies a predetermined condition, the image processing apparatus stores the result of processing the vector image data associated with the first block. When vector image data associated with a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070177180 - Multi-function peripheral apparatus for processing unified job steps: The respective jobs of copying, printing, scanning, and faxing processed by an integrated application are unitarily divided into four job steps. A package of function modules 41A selectively used in the respective jobs is classified into four groups of input, create, edit, and output function modules 410 to 412 according... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070177179 - Print processing system, information processing apparatus and computer usable medium: A print processing system is capable of display a setting parameter required by a user for print setting input.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070177176 - Printing apparatus and printing method: A printing method and apparatus, the method and apparatus including inputting a print job, printing the print job, selecting an output mode in which sheets of the print job are either reversed or not reversed before being output to a stacking unit. When printing is performed based on a second... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070177186 - Apparatus, system, management method, and computer program: An apparatus changes setting for inhibiting processing of an electronic document executed in a document processing apparatus to setting for permitting the processing of the electronic document. After the setting for permitting the processing of the electronic document, upon reception of information indicating that the electronic document has been processed,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070177204 - Code information printing apparatus, printing method, restoration apparatus, and restoration method: This invention facilitates an operation required to restore a desired file from code information. To accomplish this, a printing apparatus prints code information generated by encoding a file on a first sheet set, and prints identification information required to identify the sheet on which the code information corresponding to the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070177198 - Data processing device for renaming virtual device: A data processing device includes a registering unit, a display unit, a status acquiring unit, and a virtual device renaming unit. The registering unit registers a plurality of communicable printers as a plurality of virtual devices. The display unit displays a plurality of virtual device names for the plurality of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070177202 - Data processing device for renaming virtual device: A data processing device including a registering unit, a display unit, a usage frequency recording unit, and a virtual device renaming unit. The registering unit registers a plurality of communicable printers as a plurality of virtual devices. The display unit displays a plurality of virtual device names for the plurality... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070177200 - Exchange unit and image forming apparatus having the same: An exchange unit to be detachably attached to an image forming apparatus includes an information holding unit for communicating with a communication unit disposed in the image forming apparatus to read or write information; a storage unit for retaining the information holding unit; a housing unit having an opening portion... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070177193 - Image transmission apparatus: An image transmission apparatus, which is capable of transmitting image data via a network and via a public line, including an image data input section capable of inputting the image data in a color mode and in a monochrome mode; a destination designation section for receiving a destination designation of... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070177194 - Image transmission apparatus: An image transmission apparatus for transmitting image data to a designated destination including, a mode selection section for receiving a transmission mode selection, and a destination selection section for receiving a destination selection, wherein the destination selection section enables to select a destination according to the transmission mode selected by... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070177196 - Information processing system and information processing device suitable to perform process by communicating data among plurality of information processing devices connected to network, process condition setting program stored on a computer readable mediu: In order to easily set a process condition with effective use of a function of each of a plurality of MFPs, an image processing system includes a plurality of MFPs connected to a network. Each of a plurality of MFPs includes a group function information storing unit to store, for... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070177197 - Inkjet printer, ink billing system, and inkjet printer control method: A printer and printer control method can report information about ink consumption to the host computer. The printer 100 is in communication with a host computer 300, and prints according to print jobs sent from the host computer 300. The printer 100 has a job data memory 190 for storing... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070177199 - Internet facsimile apparatus, communication processing method and communication processing program: An Internet facsimile apparatus, comprising: a network communication unit for communicating with an external apparatus in direct SMTP via a network, a printing unit for printing image data received through the network communication unit from the external apparatus, and a response mode selecting unit for selecting/setting either “Quick Response mode”... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070177206 - Network system, printing device and program: A printing device, to be connected to a network system including network devices sharing image data in a particular format, comprises: a print instruction receiving unit which receives print data containing font information from a network device; a query transmitting unit which transmits a supply query, inquiring whether each network... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070177201 - Print data-editing apparatus and print data-editing program stored in computer readable medium: When a printing apparatus is connected to a personal computer, an editing program for editing an object to be printed by the printing apparatus is actuated. The printing apparatus connected is set as a printing apparatus to be used, and a layout-editing screen is displayed. A layout image in which... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070177203 - Print instructing apparatus: A print instruction apparatus includes a selecting unit which selects an attached file to be printed on a sheet together with a base file designated in advance as a print target. The print instructing apparatus includes a generating unit which generates code information for the selected attached file, and a... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070177205 - Printer, printing method and printing program: According to a printer of the present invention, the displaying unit creates a print image of the image received by the receiving unit and displays a preview of the print image when the loss detecting unit detects the lost part of the image, and the displaying unit creates a print... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070177208 - Displaying a long sequence of images in a short amount of time: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for displaying a long sequence of images in a short amount of time. In one embodiment, the method comprises selecting page images for display from a plurality of page images corresponding to an image-based document, the plurality of page images including merged page... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070177210 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, image foring control apparatus and control program: An image forming apparatus including: a data input section to input document image data including cover sheet image data and body text image data; an image forming section to form an image on a recording medium based on the document image data; an input section to input a shift instruction... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070177167 - Image processing apparatus: A image processing apparatus includes a first image converting section for converting an original image into an output resolution image, a second image converting section for converting the original image into an intermediate resolution image, a similarity information generating section for detecting a plurality of similar areas, in a block... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070177169 - Device to drive recording elements of a print head and an image forming apparatus having the same: A device to select and drive recording elements included in a print head that prints images, for example, a nozzle. The device includes an encoder to encode address data, a decoder to decode the encoded address data to restore original address data, an address data bus to connect the encoder... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070177174 - Color conversion method using a colors look-up table: Disclosed is color conversion method using a color look-up table. The method includes the steps of: generating a color look-up table using information on the difference of each channel before and after a conversion of each color; and converting the colors using the generated color look-up table. The step of... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070177175 - Color processing method and apparatus: When generating a color conversion table for converting a device independent color into a device color, a conversion target color of the device independent color corresponding to a lattice point of the color conversion table is set based on color reproduction information indicating the relationship between the device color and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070177173 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An object of an input print job is discriminated, and color conversion processing is applied to the object of the print job based on the discrimination result and information which is set in correspondence with the print job and is used to designate color conversion processing. When the object is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070177216 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus: Two identical images are printed, side by side, on an intermediate transfer-recording medium, by using image data that represents an image to be printed on a brochure. The two images thus printed are compared, thereby to determine whether they have defects. One of the images, which is found to have... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070177164 - Combined interface for specifying separate characteristics for multiple copies of an electronic document: A method for specifying handling characteristics for multiple printed copies of an electronic document is disclosed. According to one aspect, a user interface is displayed. The user interface comprises user interface elements through which a user can specify, for each copy of two or more printed copies of an electronic... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070177178 - Data processing device for renaming virtual device: A data processing device includes a registering unit, a display unit, a settings-acquiring unit, and a virtual device renaming unit. The registering unit registers a plurality of communicable printers as a plurality of virtual devices. Each of the plurality of virtual devices has a plurality of functions. The display unit... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070177182 - Image processing device, image processing method, program and storage medium: To enable the operability of image editing process to improve, the first procedure for making configurations relating to a print medium used in printing by a printing device, the second procedure for selecting an image to be printed by the printing device and specifying its print range, the third procedure... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070177181 - Preparation of production data for a print job using a still image proxy of a page description language image file: An automated method is provided for viewing production data for a print job. The production data includes an electronic document defined by a page description language (PDL). The electronic document is stored in a PDL image file and has predefined physical dimensions and a predetermined area in which the electronic... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070177183 - Generation of documents from images: A system for generating soft copy (digital) versions of hard copy documents uses images of the hard copy documents. The images may be captured using a device suitable for capturing images, like a camera phone. Once available, the images may be processed to improve their suitability for document generation. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070177185 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus performs a user authentication process and performs a private print process according to a request from an authenticated user. When the user requests interruption of the private print which is now performed or it is detected that the user has left a place near the image... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070177184 - Queued error reconciliation: The present subject matter relates to a method and system for increasing the throughput of mail processing machines by limiting the number of document processing system stops while effectively allowing errors to be reconciled during the continued operation of the system. More particularly, the present approach involves logging detected errors... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070177191 - Dynamic offer generation based on print shop machine load: A variable price on-line printing system includes printing and finishing resources, and an on-line server to receive print job data and electronic requests for use of the printing/finishing resources from customer workstations. A dynamic price database includes data that describe current and anticipated future demand for the printing/finishing resources. An... Agent: Steven M. Haas Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070177188 - Methods and systems to process an image: According to a first aspect there is provided a method for associating a file that contains the image with a second file that is identified by input received at a set-top box from a user. According to a second aspect there is provided a method for capturing an image that... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070177192 - Network printing with driverless clients: A method and mechanism for a client causing an electronic document to be printed without using a printer driver installed on the client is provided. A client discovers one or more printing devices on a network. The client communicates with a discovered printing device to identify the printing features supported... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070177187 - Print system and print apparatus: When an instruction from a user includes an instruction specific to photo printing (an instruction to use a sheet of photo paper, for example) (S203), a host apparatus appends a tag indicating “photo printing” to print content to be transmitted to a printer (S206). When the printer receives the print... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070177189 - Printing system and bottleneck obviation: A printing system capable of processing a plurality of job streams and sub-jobs within a job stream. The system including one or more marking engines, a hopper, and one or more print media destinations. The system further provides a jobs scheduler for determining a schedule for processing queued print sub-jobs... Agent: Karl W. Hauber, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070177190 - Printing system and method that uses a universal serial bus (usb) high-speed interrupt out pipe to transfer print data from the host computer to the printer: In accordance with the invention, it has been determined that the bandwidth, guaranteed periodic delivery and error correction characteristics of a USB High-Speed Interrupt OUT pipe of the USB 2.0 standard enable the Interrupt OUT pipe to be used to transfer print data from the host computer to the printer.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20070177195 - Queue processor for document servers: A configurable queue processor for document servers is described. The configurable queue processor strives to allocate server resources in an optimal manner such that document servers can process documents efficiently. In various embodiments, the facility includes a configurable queue processor for allocating document flows for handling documents, document transport module... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070177209 - Information processing apparatus and recording medium for storing program: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including a controller for instructing printing of a spine for case binding based on data of a certain page in a data file including data of a plurality of pages.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070177211 - Method and system for reducing lead-time in the packaging industry: A system for integrating a packaging supply chain from a point that a digital contract proof is available through delivery of finished packaging materials to an end user, wherein said system comprises a computer system accessible for interactive communications with users, said computer system comprising a first memory area for... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070177212 - Print layout and apparatus and method: This invention relates to a technique that prevents an image from falling outside a given range when a printer is controlled to form an image on an arbitrary medium while assuring a margin of a predetermined amount. A host computer shifts an image by only a partial amount of a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070177207 - Printing user-created custom header/footer/separator pages from the printer driver: A method for customizing header pages, footer pages, and/or separator pages is disclosed. According to one aspect, a user interface is displayed. The user interface comprises user interface elements through which a user can specify user-customized content that is to appear on an additional page that is to be printed... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070177166 - Image processing apparatus, an imaging system, a computer program and a method for scaling an object in an image: The invention relates to an image processing apparatus arranged to scale an object within an image, said image processing apparatus comprising a calibrator arranged to scale the object based on a calibration factor derived from a relationship between a true dimension of a marker and a dimension of the marker... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070177168 - Calibration method, image forming system, image forming apparatus and calibration program: A calibration method having the steps of: forming a test image on a sheet; reading the test image on the sheet; and determining correction data to converge data of the test image onto target data, based on information read in the reading step; wherein in cases where in the step... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070177170 - Digital printer with coded data generator: A printer for printing an interface onto a surface is provided. The interface is comprised of visible data and machine-readable coded data. The visible data is based at least partially on document data which includes identity data indicative of an identity associated with a region of the interface. The printer... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070177171 - Inking on photographs: Methods of selecting a color for an electronic ink are disclosed. A portion of a photograph may be analyzed to determine a representative color value, which may be an average color value for the portion. Depending on the photograph, more than one representative color value may be determined. A color... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070177172 - Opacity control of unpainted pixels: A method and a system to create either a white default background or any other selected default color without the need to coat the whole region or section of the medium upon which the object or image is to be printed on under the object with the desired media color.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070177213 - System and method for controlling clustered halftone dot gain: A system for characterizing dot gain in pixel-based document rendering devices, such as a printer, receives information relative to current dot size characteristics of the device relative to various tonal levels. This information is compared to stored information to determine a change in dot size. This comparison information is used... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070177214 - Systems and methods for designing zero-shift supercell halftone screens: Conventional design tools were not developed for designing square zero-shift supercells. Conventionally, solutions that enable square zero-shift supercells were found by trial and error or by exhaustive analysis. According to a first design criterion of this invention, a non-square supercell in a first frame of reference has a diagonal that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070177215 - Text rendering contrast: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve text rendering contrast. The shape of one or more characters is converted from an original format, such as a vector format received from a font, to an overscaled bitmap format. The width of the shape of the character is adjusted based on... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070177217 - Apparatus and method for adjusting sharpness of image: A method for adjusting a target gray level of a target pixel based on a spatial mask is provided. The target pixel is surrounded with N adjacent pixels; each of the N adjacent pixels respectively has an adjacent gray level. The method first multiplies the target gray level with a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070177218 - Disposal processing system and disposal processing apparatus: A disposal processing system is provided and includes: a disposal section that disposes of a document; a reading section that reads identification information of the document, the identification information being attached to an image on the document; a judging section that makes a judgment whether disposal of the document is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070177219 - Disposal apparatus, disposal system, and disposal method: A disposal apparatus comprises: a disposal processing section that disposes of a recording medium; an authentication information acquiring section that acquires authentication information to be used for authenticating a user of the disposal apparatus; a disposal processing control section that permitting or prohibiting disposal of the recording medium by the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070177220 - Image reading device and an image forming apparatus: An image reading device includes an image reader, which reads an original into image data by scanning the original in the main scanning direction at an image reading width while the original is being fed in a sub scanning direction; and a controller, which inputs reading settings information and set... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070177227 - Code information printing apparatus, printing method, restoration apparatus, and restoration method: This invention facilitates an operation required to restore a desired file from code information. To accomplish this, a printing apparatus prints code information generated by encoding a file on a first sheet set, and prints identification information required to identify the sheet on which the code information corresponding to the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070177222 - Document disposal apparatus: A document disposal apparatus is provided and includes: a disposal processing section that disposes of a document; a document placement section on which the document is placed; a reading section that reads identification information of the document, the identification information being attached to the document, and makes a judgment whether... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070177225 - Image reader, image forming apparatus, and file management method: An image reader reading a long-size original is disclosed that includes a division part configured to divide the image data of the read long-size original into multiple files; a compression part configured to compress the image data divided by the division part by a preset standard method; a storage part... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070177226 - Image scanning device: An image scanning device includes: a main body that has a box-shaped appearance having a front face and a back face; a flat bed scanner unit that is mounted on the main body to be rotatable around an axis provided near the back face along a width direction of the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070177223 - Optical system scanning unit and an image forming apparatus having the same: An optical system unit includes a light source to project a light onto a document, a plurality of reflecting mirrors to receive the light reflected from the document and forming a plurality of optical paths, a lens to form an image by focusing the light reflected from the reflecting mirrors... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070177221 - Image capture device object template: A template for an image capture device comprises a body having at least one support member for supporting at least one object, the at least one support member movable relative to the body to facilitate movement of the at least one object toward a platen of the image capture device... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070177224 - Image reading device: There is provided an image reading device, which comprises a photoreceptor unit having photoreceptors aligned in a line, and a signal output unit having output channels from which output signals of the photoreceptors are outputted. The output channels respectively correspond to regions into which the photoreceptors are divided. The image... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070177231 - Halftone independent color drift correction: A method for compensating for color drift in a printer includes determining a first true tone response curve for a color channel when said printer is in a first state. A first estimated tone response curve for the color channel is also determined when said printer is in the first... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070177232 - Image forming apparatus, calibration control method, and storage medium: There is provided an image forming apparatus including a calibration performance managing unit 131 that controls the performance of the calibration based on a request for a predetermined calibration; a calibration performance unit 132 that performs various types of calibrations in response to an instruction from the calibration performance managing... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070177229 - Imaging device calibration system and method: An imaging device calibration system comprises a controller configured to cause at least one of a plurality of calibration strips to be extended into an exposed position relative to an optical module of the imaging device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070177228 - Method and apparatus for automatic image sensor alignment adjustment: A method for dynamically adjusting alignment of a scanned image includes generating a raw scanned calibration image, processing the raw scanned calibration image so as to determine a correction for each horizontal pixel of the image, and applying the determined correction to the entire scanned image so as to produce... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Research Triangle Park

20070177230 - Methods and apparatuses for determining a color calibration for different spectral light inputs in an imaging apparatus measurement: Methods and apparatuses for determining a color calibration for different spectral light inputs in an imaging apparatus measurement are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, for example, a method for determining a color calibration for different spectral light inputs in an imaging apparatus measurement can include creating a reference color calibration... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070177234 - Image reading device: There is provided an image reading device, which comprises an illumination unit configured to diffuse light from light sources in a predetermined scanning direction to illuminate an object with diffused light, a reading unit having photoreceptors aligned in the predetermined scanning direction to receive light reflected from the object, a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070177233 - Image reader: An image reader includes an illumination unit that irradiates an object to be read with light, a first optical system that allows a first reflection light from the object to be read advance therein, a second optical system that allows a second reflection light from the object to be read... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070177235 - Light source of image reading apparatus: The object of the invention is to extend the life of the light source while uniformizing the illuminance intensity in the main scanning direction. The invention is based on a light source of image reading apparatus comprised of film layers laminated on a transparent substrate in the order of a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070177236 - Image sensor with improved light sensitivity: An image sensor for capturing a color image is disclosed having a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels, arranged in rows and columns, wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels; and the placement of... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff, Eastman Kodak Company

20070177237 - Display apparatus, display method, and control program: This invention provides a display apparatus, control method, and control program, which display hue differences and color difference values of respective patches as lists, and display the hue direction of the hue difference of each individual patch on a chromaticity diagram in an easy-to-understand manner. To accomplish this, a display... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.