Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 02/08

20080049241 - Print data output device to select a printer language and method of selecting a printer language: A print data output device to select a printer language and a method of selecting a printer language are provided. According to the print data output device, a graphics device interface (GDI) unit may be used to divide print data into objects and to call associated calling functions of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080049242 - Printing management device, printing management method, and computer readable recording medium storing printing management program: Pages are identified as partitioning positions that correspond to partitions of a document. At least one of the identified partitioning positions is, set up as a breakup position for post-processing when post-processing is implemented by breaking it up into sections on printed media.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080049243 - Method and apparatus for automatic language switching for an imaging device: Recognizing a language format of an input data stream including reading a next data sample of the input data stream in a current state, selecting a next state in response to the next data sample, transitioning to the next state and repeatedly reading the next data sample and selecting the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Sharp

20080049252 - Image saving system, scanner device, and image saving method: An image saving system for reading and saving an image, including an image storage device, and a scanner device connected to the image storage device via a network, in which the scanner device includes a read unit which reads an image and produces image data, a control point unit which... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080049249 - Information processor, print instruction method, and recording medium in which print instruction program is recorded: An information processor capable of arbitrarily and easily setting the print order of plural files, and creating print data from the files as one print job is provided. In the processor comprising the function of creating print data on a user interface screen based upon a prescribed file following a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080049246 - Network printer and network printing method of restricting host from using network printer: A network printer and a network printing method of restricting a host from using the network printer. The network printing method includes, if identification information of a host and a print job request signal are received from the host, receiving print data from the host and processing the received print... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080049251 - Printing system, printing apparatus, and job processing method: A printing system has the first operation mode in which printing starts during processing of a target job, and the second operation mode in which printing starts upon completion of processing of the job. It is determined on the basis of the processing status of the job in the printing... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080049244 - System, method and production tickets for print management: Disclosed herein is a method of preparing production tickets that involves selecting order data from at least a first data field in an ordering system, feeding the selected order data to a workflow management system, and generating a production ticket for a print production job using at least a portion... Agent: Diane F. Covello Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20080049254 - Method and means for co-scheduling job assignments and data replication in wide-area distributed systems: The embodiments of the invention provide a method, service, computer program product, etc. of co-scheduling job assignments and data replication in wide-area systems using a genetic method. A method begins by co-scheduling assignment of jobs and replication of data objects based on job ordering within a scheduler queue, job-to-compute node... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080049255 - Printing apparatus and control method thereof: It is an object to provide a printing apparatus and a control method thereof that enable printing at an image quality that a user intends when a plurality of print jobs are laid out to be printed. A printing apparatus laying out a plurality of print jobs to perform printing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049237 - Image processing apparatus, image printing apparatus and printing data generation method: In an image processing apparatus, a data amount of printing data generated for each different size of dot is reduced. Specifically, in quantization to obtain data for each printing head, printing data for a large dot is set as data in which a bit number per pixel is two bits,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049240 - Image data buffer apparatus and data transfer system for efficient data transfer: An image data buffer apparatus includes a memory, and a FIFO control unit configured to cause the memory to operate as a FIFO and having a write pointer indicative of a write position of the memory and a read pointer indicative of a read position of the memory, wherein the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080049238 - Method and system for automatic window classification in a digital reprographic system: A method and system for processing an image in a digital reprographic system that performs a first segmentation process upon a contone digital image to identify one of a plurality of image data types for each pixel in the contone digital image, generating tags, binarizing the contone digital image and... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080049239 - Multiple tone display system: A technology capable of reducing false contours and others in accordance with inclinations of various gradations and capable of improving image quality when moving images are displayed in a multiple tone display system is provided. In this display system, in addition to a movement amount (MV) and a digit change... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080049257 - Method and apparatus for compensating for display distortion using scanner and display system adopting the method and apparatus: Provided are a method and apparatus for compensating display distortion generated when the image is formed using the operational characteristic of a scanner. The method for compensating a display distortion in a display system includes: dividing a sync section where image data is output into a plurality of sections; setting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080049259 - Image processing method carrying out verification of correctness of embedment data and identification of embedment data, data detection method, image processing apparatus, and recording medium recording computer program therefor: A data division unit divides embedment data into a plurality of blocks. A checksum calculation unit calculates a checksum of data for each of the plurality of blocks resultant from division by the data division unit, and calculates a checksum of entire data to be embedded. Then, an image data... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080049258 - Printing digital documents: A method of processing a digital document (100) which comprises content and a pattern of position identification markings comprises providing at least one electronic record of a digital document from which a second document can be produced containing substantially the same content as the digital document. The electronic record, which... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080049247 - Image forming system, control method, recording medium, and program: An image forming system has an image forming apparatus which has a printing unit which can perform a printing process of data of a storage unit which can store data of a plurality of jobs and which has a conveying unit which can convey a sheet from the print unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080049250 - Image processing apparatus, device control program, and power control method: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes plural devices, a device control unit associated with each of the devices for controlling a power status of each of the devices according to a relevant power mode, and power mode setting unit for setting the relevant power mode to the device... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080049245 - Printing apparatus and printing system: The printing apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives a print instruction about code information generated based on a file to be printed. The printing apparatus includes a transferring unit which transfers the file to be printed to a predetermined storage device when a size of the code information exceeds... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080049248 - Push type scanner apparatus and image data transmitting and receiving system: A push type scanner apparatus according to the present invention can transmit image data read by the push type scanner apparatus through a network to a desired personal computer only by operating the push type scanner apparatus without transmitting any operation command from the personal computer. In the push type... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080049253 - System and method for data output: An information apparatus with access to content is managed by establishing a communication channel between the information apparatus and an output device and receiving over the communication channel an output device profile associated with the output device. The information apparatus obtains one or more image attributes associated with the output... Agent: William Ho Chang

20080049256 - Image printing system: Image plus event information printing system, which comprises an image data inputting means for inputting a datum of original image, an event information database which memorizes the data of current and/or passing events information being sorted with one or more items, wherein one of the items consists of the occurrence... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080049260 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a printer unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; an operation panel for operating and/or setting the printer unit, a side on which the operation panel is provided is defined as a front side; and an ejection space on which the recording sheet... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080049261 - Transport amount correcting method, recording apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon: A transport amount correcting method, including: (A) storing in a memory, in regard to a medium of a predetermined size, correction values associated with relative positions of the medium and a head; and (B) when carrying out recording on the medium of the predetermined size, transporting the medium while correcting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080049262 - Variation of synchronization gain based upon laser power: A synchronization system for an electrographic device comprises a laser driver that drives a laser source to emit a beam having an intensity that corresponds to a laser power control signal. The beam is swept across a light detector, which generates a detection signal based upon measured intensity, and a... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080049263 - Image forming apparatus and information processing method: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus comprises an input unit through which a condition for reading image data of a document is input, a reading unit to read the image data under the reading condition, a first storage unit to store the image data read by... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080049264 - Image processing method, image processing apparats, document reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, computer program and recording medium: A similarity calculation process section registers the largest number of votes of the image of the first document, the index representing the document, and the category of the document into a category table. For the images of the documents being successively read after the document being read first, the similarity... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049265 - Electronic blackboard: A writing medium includes a board surface on which drawing is executed. A reader reads a drawing object drawn on the writing medium. A power supply switch is located at a front side of an electronic blackboard to execute an on/off operation of the electronic blackboard. A data port is... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080049266 - Image sensor without opto-mechanical system and manufacturing method thereof: An image sensor without an opto-mechanical system. The image sensor comprises a substrate, a light source, an optical sensing device and a protective layer. The light source is disposed on the substrate and provides light for image capturing. The optical sensing device is disposed on the substrate and converts a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080049269 - Image-acquiring device: The present invention provides an image-acquiring device for scanning a to-be-scanned document which includes first page data and second page data. The device includes a first scan module, a second scan module, a first transmission interface and a second transmission interface. The first scan module scans the first page data... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049268 - Two-dimensional measurement system: A system (100) and a method (500) are described for determining a two-dimensional position of a location in an image. The method (500) starts by imaging (510) a two-dimensional pattern (440). The two-dimensional pattern comprises a plurality of at least partially overlapping two-dimensional sub-patterns (410, 420, 430). The sub-patterns (410,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049267 - Image processing apparatus and control method of the same: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which prevents repetitive storage of identical image data, and efficiently uses a storage area. More specifically, a facsimile apparatus (8) has a network interface, and also has a display unit (4c) as a display means for displaying an image as a user interface, a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080049270 - Image reading device and multifunction apparatus: In a scanner device including a reflective light source disposed at the same side as a side at which an image pickup element is disposed with respect to a document table glass and a transmissive light source disposed at a side opposite the image pickup element with the document table... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080049272 - Recording apparatus and method for controlling the same: A recording apparatus for forming images using a recording head includes a feeding roller, a conveying roller, a conveyance control unit, and a recording control unit. The conveyance control unit performs a conveying operation a number of times after the trailing end of a sheet reaches a predetermined position defined... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080049271 - Floating scan sensor in a multi-function printer: A multifunction printer having a compact size and portable configuration while providing printing, scanning and copying functionalities is disclosed. The multi-function printer may include a paper handling assembly and a floating scanner assembly pivotably coupled to the paper handling assembly. The multi-function printer may further include a printer assembly coupled... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20080049273 - Image forming device and computer usable medium therefor: An image forming device capable of forming index images that correspond to a plurality of files, respectively, onto a recording medium includes an image data generating unit configured to generate one of first image data and second image data as data for forming the index image corresponding to each of... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080049274 - Method, apparatus, and system for selecting pixels for automatic white balance processing: A method, apparatus, and system that use a white balance operation. A selecting process is applied to each pixel selected and considered for automatic white balance statistics to determine the distance from the selected pixel to a white curve defined in a white area corresponding to an image sensor.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080049275 - Image adjusting device: The invention discloses an image adjusting device. According to a certain color axis and a certain adjusting parameter selected by a user, the image adjusting device is used for adjusting a current image parameter (such as lightness or saturation). The image adjusting device of the invention is capable of providing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080049276 - Storage control apparatus and storage control method: A storage control apparatus capable of rapidly carrying out data processing according to requests from upper order apparatus, and capable of rapidly returning the results of processing to the upper order apparatus is provided. A computer system comprised of upper order apparatus and storage control apparatus is disclosed. The upper... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080049277 - Printing apparatus, printing method and method of manufacturing printing apparatus: A printing apparatus of this invention includes: an output section that has a predetermined number of output terminals, and that outputs pixel data from each of the output terminals respectively; a cable that has the predetermined number of transmission lines for transmitting the pixel data that are outputted from the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080043253 - Process of facilitating remote printed delivery of electronic files: Methods of providing printed documents originating as electronic documents comprise electronically transmitting from senders to a service company electronic versions of documents, producing by the service company printed versions of the electronically transmitted documents, and physically delivering the printed documents to identified recipients. Documents may include digital photographs, and the... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20080043272 - Method, system and article for exposing printer functionality via a logical file system: A method, system, and article facilitate the configuration, supervision, and interaction with a non-storage special-purpose device, such as a barcode printer, using standard file operations on a logical file system. Once the logical file system has been created, logical files and logical directories can be manipulated using standard file manipulation... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080043274 - Secure printing system with privilege table referenced across different domains: A method for secure printing, comprising: job-issuing user entering to job-issuing package user identification and access rights for job-receiving users, and destination print server; creating privilege table comprising allowable action profiles, and sending the print job with attached privilege table to print server; job-receiving user entering into MFP user identification... Agent: Kyocera Technology Development Intellectual Property Administration

20080043273 - Target patterns providing quality assurance verification and security authentication: Target patterns capable of being printed on a medium are determined. The target patterns are adapted to provide quality assurance (QA) verification of at least a reading device capable of reading the target patterns printed on the medium. The target patterns are also adapted to provide security authentication of an... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080043276 - Clock synchronization of data streams: A system synchronizes data flow between a first device and a second device. The system includes a data link that connects two or more devices that are capable of sending and receiving data through a bus. A capture device senses and transfer information through the bus. A ring buffer temporarily... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080043281 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a memory connecting portion, to which an external memory is detachably connected; a detecting portion that detects a connection state of the external memory; a printing portion that prints an image based on an image file to be printed which is stored in the external... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080043280 - Image forming apparatus capable of performing skip copy and image forming method using the same: An image forming apparatus capable of performing a skip copy and an image forming method using the same, the image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit to copy a document, and a control unit to control the image forming unit to skip a designated region of the document when... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080043282 - Image processing apparatus, image processing system, recording medium, and method for transmitting web browser configuration information: An image processing apparatus realizes easy access with a Web browser of a terminal apparatus to a URL that has been accessed with a Web browser of the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus comprises a unit for managing URLs accessed by a user with a Web browser of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080043275 - Method to provide print functions to the user via a camera interface: A system for providing print functions via a camera interface. The system enables selecting print options via a cameral interface by interacting with an image preference file. In an embodiment, a user initially places a memory card in the printer's card slot. If the card does not have an image... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080043284 - Print data processing system, printer, and data processing indicating apparatus: To provide a print data processing system, a printer, and a data processing indicating apparatus, for storing print data and a print history and notifying update of the print data, which is not necessarily registered separately in order to receive a notification of update. The printer stores name data of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080043278 - Print management server, image formation apparatus, image formation authenticating system and computer readable storage medium storing program: A print management server communicationally connected with an image formation apparatus through a communication network. The management server, includes: a storage unit to store image data; a security setting obtainment unit to obtain security setting information indicating a set state of a security function of the image formation apparatus from... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080043277 - Printing system and method: A printing system capable of automatically outputting a printed representation of associated XML content data retrieved from an associated XML content source includes a sheet media source, a marking unit and a sheet media outlet. A control system is in communication with at least the marking unit and is capable... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080043254 - Method for creating personalized promotional package and package resulting therefrom: The present invention relates to a method for creating a package of at least two distinct personalized items and the resulting package that is produced from use of the method. The package produced by the utilization of the system and method of the present invention creates a plurality of highly... Agent: Ward/kraft, Inc.

20080043256 - Data presentation methods and apparatus to facilitate printing and reviewing: A method of creating a printable representation of data elements as displayed in a browser, including a set of frames. The method includes determining an optimal height distance X of each frame of the set of frames, wherein the frame can be printed without a page break. The method further... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080043268 - Apparatus, method and medium outputting wide gamut space image: An apparatus, method and medium outputting a wide gamut space image in which one or more parameters that are needed to convert an existing color space into a wide gamut space are experimentally determined and then are applied to an image. The apparatus includes a feature extraction module to extract... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080043260 - Color mapping techniques for color imaging devices: Disclosed embodiments relate to techniques for color gamut mapping when an input signal transmitting color visual images has a different color gamut than does the output display device. Polynomial rubber-sheet mapping may be used to translate the input color gamut to the output color gamut on a hue-by-hue basis within... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080043270 - Color translation method for color-space with wide-color range: A color conversion method for wide-gamut color spaces, in which color conversion is performed without gamut clipping so that data corresponding to a predetermined wide-gamut color space can be directly output by a display device that supports a different wide-gamut color space from the predetermined wide-gamut color space, and which... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080043262 - Method and apparatus for applying tonal correction to images: A method and apparatus for applying tonal correction to images to obtain a more pleasing photographic image by redistributing low-key, mid-tone and high-key tones. Luminance is calculated by using formulas appropriate for the color space or directly inputted. Two color-difference components are computed for the original image. Luminance is subjected... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080043269 - Method and apparatus for processing image containing picture and characters: A method for processing an image containing a picture and character is provided. First, an image containing a picture and a plurality of characters is received. Afterwards, the picture is separated from the characters to respectively produce an image of the picture and at least one character block. Next, the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080043259 - Method and system for hardcopy output of snapshots and video: A hardcopy display such as a book displays both snapshots and video sequences from a digital camera. The video sequences are printed as individual frames of a video that are aligned and sequence among pages of the book such that when they are flipped in rapid sequence, the action from... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080043261 - Print alignment for bi-directionally scanning electrophotographic device: Methods and apparatus include aligning printing of a bi-directionally scanning electrophotographic (EP) device, such as a laser printer or copy machine. At least first and second scan lines formed in opposite directions define a calibration page for manufacturing, servicing or end-user operating. The page includes pluralities of diagnostic patterns repeatedly... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080043267 - Setting of color processing parameters for digital imaging apparatus: A method of setting color processing parameters for a digital imaging apparatus includes connecting a computer via a communication path to a digital imaging apparatus that produces color image data through color processing performed by a color processing unit on image data taken by an imaging device, setting, in the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080043264 - Spot color controls and method: A method of color management for image marking devices utilizes an automated spot color editor having a control module accessing a graphical user interface. The method includes receiving image data input, in either device-dependent color space or device-independent color space, for a marking job. It is determined whether spot colors... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080043263 - System and method for automated spot color editor: Provided is a method for enabling accurate and consistent imaging of selected colors within a document for various printing device configurations utilizing an automated spot color editor. The method includes determining appropriate target values for a selected color within a print job. The automated spot color editor modifies or adjusts... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080043265 - System and method of adjusting colors of print data: A system and a method of adjusting colors of print data are provided. The system includes a printer driver converting a document transmitted from an application program into print data suitable for a printer and transmitting the print data to the printer. A soft proofing unit applies a soft proofing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080043288 - Dye sublimation printing method: To control printing in a printer image data of an edge region of a printing medium is received, then it is determined if the edge region contains a pixel whose gray level is higher than a predetermined gray level. The image data is updated by lowering gray levels if the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080043286 - Document-management printing system having a displaying unit, and its control method: A document-management apparatus includes a displaying unit which displays both document information managed by a document-management server and image-forming-job information managed by an image-forming-job management server on an operation screen. A first unit performs an image-forming preparation of a specific document contained in the document information according to a transfer... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080043283 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product: An image forming apparatus determines whether orientation of an image is specified in the instructions associated with the print data. If orientation is not specified, the orientation (Portrait or Landscape) is set based on printing conditions provided in the associated instructions. The printing conditions can be document size, rotation angle,... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080043285 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium storing computer-readable program therein: When a preview of a composed job is performed by composing data outputted from an application for printing, in order to provide a method for enabling the preview to be performed in consideration of a layout of each print job, one composed job is formed by composing the print jobs... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080043279 - Sheet handling device and process: The sheet handling device comprises a cutting member for cutting at least one sheet to obtain two documents therefrom, and a control member for distributing the sheets obtained in this manner by directing them towards suitable post-print document processing devices operating in direct connection with a digital sheet printer. The... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080043287 - Method of and unit for inputting an image, and computer product: The image input unit comprises a pixel shift evaluation value and reliability calculating section that calculates a pixel shift evaluation value based on image data for a plurality of images photographed before and after an image sensing device is displaced for a predetermined amount. Moreover, a system controller judges whether... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080043255 - Automatic print frame setting apparatus: wherein the print frame displaying means 7 includes automatic print frame producing means 9 that simultaneously displays, on the monitor screen, only two print frames, which are a first print frame whose aspect ratio is nearest to a square and a second print frame whose aspect ratio is farthest from... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080043257 - Image processing device and method for generating a conversion table: Small area dither matrices including a consolidation of a specified number of threshold values are taken out from within a large area dither matrix, and the plurality of threshold values contained in this are realigned in size sequence and recorded, and initial data is prepared in which is recorded arrangement... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080043258 - Information input output method using dot pattern: A quadrangular or rectangular area on a medium surface of a printed material and the like is defined as a block. A straight line in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction nuclear along an edge of the block is defined as a reference grid line. A virtual grid point... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080043266 - Profile forming method, profile forming program, and printing system: A profile forming method includes a category obtaining step of obtaining a category of a printing medium, a profile obtaining step of obtaining a profile corresponding to the category of the printing medium, a total colorant amount obtaining step of obtaining a total colorant amount corresponding to the printing medium,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080043271 - Spot color control system and method: This disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for color management in image/text printing or display systems, and more particularly to a system and method for automatically achieving spot color production through use of a plurality of gain matrices per spot color in determining spot color coordinates. Furthermore, this disclosure... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080043289 - Regular expressions for electronic submission of documents: An automated hybrid mail system/method (10) which sends a graphic image file (47a) from a sender's terminal (14) to a recipient (12). The system/method includes receiving, at server (21), an electronic document (47) transmitted from terminal (14), the electronic document (47) includes a graphic image file (47a), the graphic image... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080043290 - Data processing system, data processing device, image display device, and recording medium that records processing program thereof: When directed to transmit data in a personal computer (1), a document image data generating section (22) generates document image data obtained by imaging a document content based on document data for every page. An index image generating section (23) composites a file name of the document data and icon... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080043291 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a scanning unit that scans documents to produce a first image data and a second image data; a correcting unit that corrects at least one of the first image data and the second image data; and a combining unit that combines raw or corrected first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080043292 - Image forming apparatus: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes: an image data input unit inputting image data; an image data storage unit storing the image data; a storage method change unit changing a storage method of the image data; an image data output unit outputting the image data; an available capacity detection unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080043294 - Double-side scanning mechanism: A double-side scanning mechanism for capturing images of a paper having two pages includes a second transparent element disposed corresponding to an outer side of a first transparent element and parallel to the first transparent element. A paper conveying device conveys a paper to pass between the first and the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080043295 - Optical scanner and method of controlling optical scanner: An optical scanner has an oscillation-type optical scanning mechanism which includes a movable member which resonates at a predetermined resonance frequency, a drive signal generator which generates a drive signal for allowing the movable member to resonate at the resonance frequency, and an oscillation signal generator which generates an oscillation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080043293 - Push type scanner apparatus: A push type scanner apparatus according to the present invention can transmit image data read by the push type scanner apparatus through a network to a desired personal computer only by operating the push type scanner apparatus without transmitting any operation command from the personal computer. In the push type... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080043296 - Image acquiring device having an optical signal transmission medium: An image acquiring device includes a scanning module, an optical signal transmission medium and a mainboard module. In the scanning module, a scanning unit scans a document to obtain an electrical document signal, a first signal converter is connected to the scanning unit and converts the electrical document signal into... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080043297 - Adecorative and indicative light-emitting apparatus embedded in object and control method thereof: The invention provides a decorative and indicative light-emitting apparatus embedded in an object. The light-emitting apparatus, according to the invention, includes a light-emitting device, a light-sensing module and a processing/controlling module. The light-emitting device is disposed on the object. The light-sensing module, disposed on the object, is used for sensing... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20080043298 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading unit according to the present invention includes a lamp to incorporate a change in temperature conditions to the emitting light amount, the lamp capable of illuminating an reading object with a light of a predetermined intensity, an image signal generation unit which generates an image signal corresponding... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080043299 - Image forming apparatus, image formation control method, and computer program product: Correction patterns are formed on a conveyor belt that conveys a transfer paper. The correction patterns are include positional-deviation correction patterns arranged at both sides of the conveyer belt and density correction patterns (patches) formed in the central region of the conveyer belt in the main scanning direction.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080043300 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus for converting input image data based on n dimensional color space to output image data based on m dimensional color space, comprising: a storing section to store a color conversion value in the m dimensional color space determined for every lattice point obtained by... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080037034 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a unique information acquisition unit to acquire unique information unique to document data to be a print object from the document data; a storage unit to store the acquired unique information in association with the document data, and to store the unique information as reference... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080037047 - Extendable meta-data support in final form presentation datastream print enterprises: Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating and associating meta-data with a final form presentation datastream document where the meta-data is structured in accordance with the datastream component architectures. Meta-data objects (“MDOs”) are architected as components of a presentation document and thus are well defined to allow applications to reliably access... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080037048 - Method and system for on-the-fly diagnostic print methodology: A system, method and computer program product are disclosed. The method includes, during printing of a print data stream by a print engine, determining whether a graphical user interface has received an instruction representing an operator interrupt and, responsive to determining that the graphical user interface has received the instruction... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20080037049 - Validation of print configuration documents: Various technologies for validating print configuration documents are described. In accordance with one described embodiment, print configuration documents are analyzed for conformance to a print schema. The print schema comprises syntactical and structural rules for the print configuration documents. Also, a file is generated to identify portions of the print... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080037051 - Document display processor, computer readable medium storing document display processing program, computer data signal and document display processing method: A document display processor, comprising an image display that displays an image of electronic data and selectively displays apart of the image as an initial condition of the display, and a display controller that selects which part of the image is to be displayed as the initial condition by the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080037052 - Electronic document management device, electronic document management method, recording medium recording electronic document management program, and recording medium recording program for creating electronic document: An electronic document management device including: an electronic document storage unit that includes a plurality of boxes for storing electronic documents, each box being accessible to a user or a user group having an access right thereto, each of the plurality of boxes storing an electronic document that includes one... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080037058 - Image forming apparatus capable of configuring print settings which have less influence on the environment, and method and program embodied in a computer readable recording medium for configuring print settings: To configure print settings which have less influence on the environment, an MFP includes a document reader to receive image data, a print setting receiving portion to receive print settings to make printouts of the data, an environmental load calculating portion to calculate an environmental load which indicates a degree... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080037055 - Image forming device and method of adjusting data transmission rate: An image forming device and method to adjust a data transmission rate includes a data transmitter to transmit scanned image data to a server, and a controller to operate the data transmitter to adjust the transmission rate of the image data corresponding to the server.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080037060 - Image input apparatus, image output apparatus, and transfer method: A transfer method for transferring data between a digital still camera and a printer in direct communication with each other. The digital still camera stores an image file of an input image and a conversion file including conversion information for carrying out color conversion in a preset color space common... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080037059 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: A print area is acquired from a spool file of each page, and the acquired print area is compared with a print area of a target sheet fed from a printing apparatus. It is determined whether the sheet can be replaced with a sheet smaller than a sheet size set... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080037053 - Printer with dynamic parameter change notification: A printer system and method of managing the printer system. Printer sub-systems can register indicating system parameter affecting or, affected by, each. The printer is monitored for change requests to system parameters and, printer sub-systems are selectively notified of a requested parameter changes. Notified printer sub-systems respond indicating a time... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. - Infoprint

20080037062 - Printing system, printing method, and printing program: The mobile phone transmits the access information such as address information of the content data to be printed held in the web server to the print server; the print server access the web server based on the access information, downloads the content data to be printed and transmits the content... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080037065 - Computer readable medium storing printing program, electronic device, electronic device control method, and computer data signal: A computer readable medium storing a printing program causing a computer to execute a process includes searching a keyword from text data and generating a signal for holding printing of the text data when the keyword has been found.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080037064 - Method and system for establishing customer service level requirements for web based production print jobs: A printer system facilitating establishment of customer service level requirements includes at least one printing device, a system computer in communications with the printing device, and at least one user computer in communications with the system computer. A database stored in the system computer includes a decision table having a... Agent: Clifford P. Kelly Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20080037066 - Method and apparatus for providing three-dimensional views of printer outputs: A method for providing three-dimensional graphical representations of printer outputs is disclosed. A determination is initially made as whether or not a print datastream includes medium control. If the print datastream includes medium control, medium control information are extracted from an include medium map within the print datastream in order... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20080037038 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus to set full breed printing automatically in case enlarged divisional printing is set.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080037037 - Image processing apparatus and method: An image processing apparatus which can determine the image quality of code data in consideration of the print characteristics of an output device (copying machine or printer) is provided. A code data input unit inputs code data to be added to an image. A print precision data input unit inputs... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080037041 - Device, method, and program storage medium for color conversion, and for generating color conversion coefficients: There is provided a color conversion device, including: an analyzer that analyzes color reproduction characteristics of a source device based on a source profile, and analyzes color reproduction characteristics of a destination device based on a destination profile; a determination section that, based on the result of the analysis, determines... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080037040 - Image display apparatus capable of displaying image while retaining confidentiality: In setting, by using a format, a non-display region in image data obtained by an image reading unit, a format location information input unit writes in the image data, an image representing information on access to a format storage unit in an external apparatus where a format to be used... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080037042 - Image processing apparatus, and image processing method: An image forming apparatus includes an information acquiring unit, a memory-capacity management unit, a setting change unit, an image processing unit, and an image memory. When a volume of image data stored in the image memory exceeds a threshold, the memory-capacity management unit interrupts the information acquiring unit from acquiring... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080037039 - Scanning module: A scanning module includes a contact image sensor for scanning a document, an elastic unit having a fixing board placed in the middle of the elastic unit, two flexible spring arms, and a base mounted on the fixing board of the elastic unit. The elastic unit is placed between the... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080037045 - Adjustable lane assembly: A packaging machine (10) includes a lane assembly (12) that includes one or more lanes (L) which guide cylindrical articles (B), such as cans or bottles, across a series of substantially parallel conveyors. The lane assembly (12) includes an adjustable guide bar (34) which defines an adjustable portion (V) of... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation Law Department

20080037044 - Methods for background and noise suppression in binary to grayscale image conversion: One embodiment is a method for suppressing background inaccuracies in binary to grayscale image conversion. A binary image is converted to a grayscale image using a neighbor map. An image enhancement function is applied to the grayscale image to supress background inaccuracies in the grayscale image. Another embodiment is method... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080037068 - Printing method for determining color loss in a color printer, and a management print medium: A management label has a color loss determination area that enables easy determination of color loss. An identification color printing area 11 where an inventory control color for managing products and a color loss determination area 15 for determining color loss are printed on the label side 10a of an... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080037069 - Method for spatial color calibration using hybrid sensing systems: A method and system for color calibration or color output device spectrophotoically measures at test target including a preselected test color value. A multi-dimensional LUT of the device is generated representative of the color information including the at least one preselected color. Producing a second image width device including the... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080037035 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention can include an image forming apparatus including a conveying device configured to convey a medium for recording along a conveyance path, an image forming portion configured to form an image on the medium for recording conveyed by the conveying device, a first medium detecting device configured to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080037036 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus in which the reusability of digital image data is improved is disclosed. The apparatus includes an image reading unit reading a draft and obtaining the digitized image data; an image writing unit printing image data on a transfer paper; a recording unit recording image data and... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080037050 - Terminal device: A communication device has a process unit, a network interface, a communication interface, an interface control unit, a device control unit, and a relay unit. The network interface communicates with a terminal device connected to a network. The communication interface communicates with a locally connected peripheral device. The interface control... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080037061 - Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, computer readable medium for image processing and computer data signal for image processing: An image processing apparatus includes: an acceptance section that accepts a plurality of image data which are objects of image formation processing, and instruction description in which at least one instruction of image formation processing performed to the accepted image data, and instruction of at least one attendant processing to... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080037056 - Image source apparatus and method of acquiring information from printer: An image source apparatus includes: a driver, operable to send the image data to the printer and to cause the printer to execute the printing based on the image data, in accordance with a prescribed standard; an application processor; and a storage. When the driver receives an initialization request from... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080037063 - Method and device for archiving and transmitting image data: The invention concerns a method of archiving and transmitting image data of a customer to a development laboratory (20), wherein the customer inputs the image data at an input device (1) and there selects at least one image product (15) to be produced by the development laboratory (20) as an... Agent: Neil Steinberg

20080037057 - Network printing tracking system: A software system and method for monitoring and tracking print transaction event history for a pipeline users, devices, applications and documents in a network environment. The system employs a substitute print driver that comprises the original OEM Print Driver installed at each client or server PC, and at each target... Agent: Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver Attorneys At Law

20080037054 - Printing apparatus, external apparatus, printing system and control method for printing apparatus: A printing apparatus connected to an external apparatus for temporarily storing a print job including a plurality of pages of image data, receives image data related to the print job from the external apparatus and performs printing using the received image data, comprising a storage unit for temporarily storing the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080037043 - Printer with embedded retrieval and publishing interface: A system and method for a printer that receives a data containing multimedia information or a pointer to multimedia content and performs various actions in accordance with the received document. The printer may retrieve the multimedia content based on pointers within the document or the document itself may include multimedia... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080037046 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and color separation table generation method: An information processing method according to an aspect of the present invention includes an attribute acquisition step of acquiring an attribute of a print medium, a reference information acquisition step of acquiring reference information corresponding to the attribute of the print medium, and an image outputting step of outputting a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080037067 - Wavelet-based image processing path: A system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an image processing path and a print engine coupled to the image processing path. The image processing path processes an input image in a wavelet domain.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080037070 - System and method for improving an appearance of a raster image comprising glyph shapes: A system and method for improving the appearance of a raster image that includes glyph shapes is provided. A pair of glyph shapes is defined. Each glyph shape is differentiated two-dimensional machine readable data of relatively uniform appearance. Each of the glyph shapes is assigned to a different bit value.... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20080037071 - Information tracking method, image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, and information tracking program: A computer-executable information tracking method, an image forming apparatus, an information processing apparatus, and a program to adequately track the information flow of a paper document are disclosed. The method includes a first detecting step of, whenever an input or output of information is performed using a paper as a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080037072 - Image processing apparatus, method, program and storage medium: A digital camera supplies an image file to a printer and instructs the printer to print the image. If notification, which indicates that printing has failed due to the image file, is received from the printer, the digital camera reduces the data size of the image file and then again... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080037074 - Image data processing device, image display device, driving video data generating method and computer program product: This image data processing device DP1 is equipped with a frame video data acquiring unit 40 and driving video data generator 50. The frame video data acquiring unit 40 acquires first frame video data FR(N) that shows first original images, as well as second frame video data FR(N+1) that show... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080037073 - Image processor and image processing method: In an image processor, a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) decoder decodes JPEG-compressed image data and stores the image data in a first Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). A Modified Modified Read (MMR) decoder decodes MMR-compressed separation data and stores the separation data in a second SRAM. A multivaluing unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080037075 - Sensor having switch function, manufacturing method thereof and electronic device having sensor built therein: There are provided a sensor which is small, suitable for reflow soldering by automatic cleaning and automatic mounting, can be manufactured in batch, and has a switch function, and a manufacturing method of the sensor, and a portable telephone having the sensor built therein. There are provided a sensor having... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080037079 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is capable of accurately reading out a document without various data transmission between a document feeding section and a document reading section. The reading position setter sets a fresh document reading position (RP3) at a position where no foreign object (F) adheres. A shift distance calculator... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080037077 - Image reading apparatus, method for reading image, and storage medium: The present invention provides an image reading apparatus: transporting a document using an automatic document feeding unit in a predetermined direction while the document floats above a platen glass member; reading an image on the document, at a predetermined reading location, by irradiating a portion on the document at the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080037078 - Scanning device having two scanning heads for scanning alternately and copy apparatus using the same: A scanning device includes an input tray, an input path, an output path, an output tray, a first scanning head, a second scanning head and a sheet-transporting mechanism. The input tray stores a plurality of documents. The input path is connected to the input tray and the output path, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080037076 - Document reading apparatus: A document reading apparatus includes a document feed device configured to separate documents and to feed the documents one by one from a paper feed tray, an image reading device configured to read an image of each the documents at a reading position provided on a reading glass plate, and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080037080 - Illumination arrangement for an imager: Described is an illumination arrangement for an imager. A device comprises a scanning engine, a housing with the scanning engine residing inside the housing and an illumination arrangement coupled to the housing providing illumination for the scanning engine. The illumination has a direct line of sight to an object at... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080037081 - Image processing apparatus, control method of image processing apparatus, program and storage medium: During a display of a slideshow of a composite image comprising a plurality of images, a user operates a print bookmark, resulting in composite images and individual images that can be printed being set and stored as print candidate images. By displaying, in a list; stored candidate images on a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030747 - Printing apparatus and printing method: The invention provides a printing apparatus that includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a file containing RAW image data, which is obtained by digitizing an image signal of a subject that is picked up by an image pickup device; an extraction unit that extracts, from the acquired file, a obtained... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080030746 - Verification system for variable printing products: A verification system includes at least one printing device utilizing paper having an electronic data storage device attached thereto. Each electronic data storage device has identification information stored therein. A quality control reader device senses the identification information stored in the electronic data storage devices. The identification information of each... Agent: Clifford P. Kelly Alix, Yale & Ristals, LLP

20080030759 - Electronic file conversion program, electronic file conversion apparatus, electronic file conversion system, computer data signal, and electronic conversion method: An electronic file conversion program that causes a computer to perform a function including: converting a description format of an electronic file stored in a memory; detecting, from the memory, an electronic file of which description format is to be converted; and controlling to store in the memory, the electronic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080030760 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and recording medium: Disclosed herein is an image forming apparatus, including: a language analysis unit for analyzing print data and generating data having an intermediate format between the print data and bitmap data generated based on the print data; an image processing unit for rasterizing the generated data having the intermediate format for... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080030756 - Print job eligibility based on named snapshots of printer settings: Systems and methods are provided to permit printing systems to determine flexible job eligibility for print jobs based on named snapshots of printer settings. In one aspect hereof, the printing system provides at least one snapshot, each snapshot including at least one printer setting for operating a printer, and determines... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080030757 - System and method for change logging in a firmware over the air development environment: The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method for change logging in a firmware over the air (FOTA) development environment. In one example, the method may include creating a cumulative change log for an intermediate binary file that contains an extractable binary image. The cumulative change log may... Agent: Timothy F. Bliss

20080030758 - System and method for developing a print shop configuration: A print shop configuration system for obtaining a print shop configuration is provided. The system includes a print shop configuration manager for determining whether a selected relationship exists between (1), one or more sets of job requirements and at least one of a set of print processing related cells or... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080030762 - Data output control method, data output control server and data output system: A data output control method, where plural output apparatuses and an information processing terminal are connected via network, for outputting job data, from the information process terminal onto the output apparatuses, the method including the steps of: generating an output instruction at an information processing terminal for outputting job data... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080030761 - System and method for partial job interrupt of normal order of job queue of marking systems: A method and system is provided for partial job interrupt of an on-going first print job to cause a contemporaneous parallel printing of a second printjob. A plurality of marking engines associated with the storage device for receiving and storing a plurality of print jobs in queue, executes a first... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080030774 - Configurable document server: A configurable document server is described. In some embodiments, the configurable document server can enable administrators to set an option that prevents documents from being routed to users when the configurable document server experiences some types of errors. When the configurable document server determines that such an error condition exists,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080030770 - Data outputting system and output controlling server of the same: There is described a data outputting system and an output controlling server, in which operations for the job already introduced in the system, such as a changing operation of the output destination of the job, etc., can be achieved by a simple operation conducted by the user. The server includes... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080030769 - Host printing system, apparatus and method: Techniques for tracking printer usage are provided. For example, a host print page count of pages printed by a printer device is maintained for each of a plurality of host terminals based on print jobs from the host terminal over a predetermined period of time. When a print job communication... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080030772 - Information processing apparatus and print device control method: An information processing apparatus, which can be connected to a print device which has a function of saving a print job and combining a plurality of saved print jobs, spools an accepted print job. The apparatus adds first identification information indicating a print job to be combined to the print... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080030779 - Printer controlling device: A printer controlling device capable of operating in a collate mode includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit print data representing the entire document to be printed on printing sheets and a copy command representing only one copy of the entire document is made, and adjudging unit configured to judge... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080030765 - Printer dynamically tracking print jobs and method of tracking print jobs: A printer and method of managing print jobs in the printer. Print job locations are identified in the printer. Each print job being printed is always in at least one of the print job locations and the locations are monitored for entering and exiting jobs. The printer includes a job... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. - Infoprint

20080030773 - Printing apparatus which is capable of editing printing data, and a printing method for use with the printing apparatus: A printing apparatus, including a user input unit which receives a first user command to initiate a printing operation, a display unit which displays information relating to the printing operation, a printing unit which performs printing with respect to printing data, and a controller which controls the display unit to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080030764 - Server parallel aggregation: A parallel aggregation system implemented in a database programming language that utilizes servers that comprise a heterogeneous server farm. The system employs a central job coordinator that coordinates multiple jobs on many disparately sized server machines. The central job coordinator further assigns jobs to the server machines based on the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080030767 - System and method for developing a configuration for a combination of two of more printshops: A system is provided for forming a print shop configuration with a first set of equipment, the first set of equipment being derived from a second set of equipment from a first print shop and a third set of equipment from a second print shop. The system includes a print... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080030768 - System and method for developing a configuration for a combination of two or more printshops: A system is provided for forming a print shop configuration with a first set of equipment, the first set of equipment being derived from a second set of equipment from a first print shop and a third set of equipment from a second print shop. The system includes a manager... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080030766 - System and method for developing a print shop configuration: A system is provided for forming a print shop configuration with a first set of equipment, the first set of equipment being derived from a second set of equipment from a first print shop and a third set of equipment from a second print shop. The system includes a manager... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080030781 - Output control server and data output system: After receiving job data from an information processing terminal, job data wherein an output device is designated as an output destination, a server preserves therein the job data until the moment when an output processing for the job data becomes practicable on the device of the output destination, then, creates... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080030782 - Printing apparatus, print system, and program product therefor: A printing apparatus includes: a detecting portion that detects a connection with an external storage device that stores print data and print completed page information of the print data; a reading portion that reads the print data and the print completed page information from the external storage device; and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080030784 - Computer readable recording medium stored with control program for controlling image forming apparatus and its control method, as well as image forming apparatus: When a request for initiating setup for tab sheets is received, a system provides a user a tab sheet setup screen having a first tab sheet insertion setup section for setting up the insertion of a first tab sheet and a second tab sheet insertion setup section for setting up... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080030785 - Fantasy sport poster system: The present invention relates to a method and system of generating a poster on a website. A poster design website is accessed on which a personalized poster can be designed. A sport can be selected from a list of sports on a landing page. A poster template can be selected... Agent: Howard M Cohn Patent Attorney LLC

20080030748 - Image processing method and display system utilizing the same: An image processing method and a related image display system. A video signal with original data items of original dots is received, all the original dots constructing one line of an image. The original data items are processed to perform a zoom function and generate processed data items, which are... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080030749 - Image forming apparatus: In order to provide an image forming apparatus which controls unnecessary image formation without reducing productivity, at the time of automatic sheet selection, the number of image sheets M which can be present from the writing position of images using the image writing section to the transfer position of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080030750 - Image forming apparatus print processing method and charging control system: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image forming apparatus configured to perform printing when a reservation request including a count value for the printing is accepted by a management apparatus that performs charging management according to a print result, the image forming apparatus including: a transmission unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080030753 - Image compensating system, method and medium: An image compensation system, method and medium that can reduce the amount of computation required for image compensation. The system may include a storage unit to store information concerning overlapping components among color light components, a separating unit to separate the color light components of an original image by removing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080030751 - Method for defining a base line:

20080030752 - Method for selecting an image for insertion into a document: One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for selecting an image for insertion into a document. A color harmony is received. A document color data of the document is accessed. An image color data of each of a plurality of images is accessed. A harmony measure is determined... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080030786 - Mapping an input color value in an input color space to an output color value in an output color space: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for mapping an input color value in an input color space to an output color value in an output color space. A lookup table in a computer readable medium maps an input value having color components in an input color space... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080030788 - System and method for characterizing color separation misregistration: A system and method is provided for characterizing color separation misregistration associated with marking a substrate. The method includes providing an input image having a plurality of patches, each patch having a pattern using a first and second color; marking a substrate with a copy of the input image using... Agent: George Likourezos, Esq. Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080030789 - System and method for characterizing spatial variance of color separation misregistration: A method is provided for characterizing color separation misregistration of a printer device, the method including receiving from the printer device an output image having marked calibration patches having a variety of color separation configurations, each using a first and second color separation, and a marked measurement patch having a... Agent: George Likourezos, Esq. Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080030787 - System and method for high resolution characterization of spatial variance of color separation misregistration: A method is provided for characterizing color separation misregistration of a printer device using color separations of a color space for marking substrate. The method includes providing an input image including a pattern of patches including at least one measurement patch, each measurement patch having at least a first and... Agent: George Likourezos, Esq. Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080030763 - Image processing apparatus and its control method: In the case of providing a variable data print, it is an object to provide an image processing apparatus in which the user can take a countermeasure against an error more rapidly. When a variable data printing process is started, whether or not image data is inaccessible is discriminated to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030776 - Bookbinding system: There is provided a bookbinding system which can carry out a process from image formation to glued bookbinding in-line. The bookbinding system comprises a book content data input section 101 to which book content data regarding a content of a book is entered, a cover sheet data input section 101... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080030777 - Imaging apparatus having a programmable throughput rate: An imaging apparatus includes a print engine for printing on a print medium. A device is communicatively coupled with the print engine. The device is programmed to set a throughput rate for the print engine. A controller reads the device, and operates the print engine at the throughput rate designated... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080030778 - Imaging apparatus having a programmable throughput rate: An imaging apparatus includes a print engine for printing on a print medium. A device is communicatively coupled with the print engine. The device is programmed to set a throughput rate for the print engine. A controller reads the device, and operates the print engine at the throughput rate designated... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080030775 - Method and system for sending facsimile transmissions from mobile devices: A system and method for sending facsimile transmissions from mobile devices via web servers wherein a mobile device receives and displays a limited subset of available data on an installed display, a user decides to receive more information than is possible to display on the mobile device display, in hard... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080030771 - Xml printer system: An XML processing system for use in a barcode printer apparatus includes a computer system operatively coupled to the barcode printer apparatus. The computer system further includes an XML processor configured to receive, parse, and process an XML input data stream and obtain schema identified in the XML data stream... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080030783 - Laser print apparatus that generates pulse width value and justification value based on pixels in a multi-bit image: A laser print apparatus includes a memory for storing a multi-bit image including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel is represented by an N-bit value, wherein N is greater than one. A modulation code generator analyzes three adjacent pixels. The three adjacent pixels include a left pixel, a center pixel,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/marvell

20080030780 - Portable terminal apparatus, and printing system and method: A portable terminal apparatus confirms whether it conforms to an image data sending and receiving method to which an image forming apparatus for printing image data can be adapted, and receives data of the printable image format from the image forming apparatus. The portable terminal apparatus displays image identification data... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080030755 - Erasing a stored information pattern on a storage medium with progress indication: According to an embodiment, a method is presented of erasing, in a document data processing device, a stored information pattern on a rewritable data carrier that is accessible by a data processing facility of said device, the document data processing device having primary processes for processing document data, wherein data... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080030754 - Printing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium: A print apparatus which receives image data from a digital camera, PC card, or PC to print an image on a storage medium outputs print data based on image data from the PC to a printer engine via a USB hub, and prints an image. The apparatus has a DSP... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030790 - Method and apparatus for detecting banding: A method of determining presence of variations in interline spacing in a first image comprising a first plurality of parallel lines of pixels comprising: providing a second image comprising a second plurality of parallel lines; orienting the images so that the lines in the first and second pluralities are superimposed... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080030791 - Apparatus for presentation: The present invention relates to a presentation apparatus. The presentation apparatus according to the present invention includes a display unit including a first display disposed at one side of the cover, a second display disposed at one side of the main body, and a display controller that controls the first... Agent: Hyun Jong Park

20080030792 - Image search system, image search server, and control method therefor: Even if there are many printed images similar to a query image, this invention can effectively use a display window with a limited size and support to specify the print request source of each similar image by classifying and displaying the images according to additional information containing information indicating the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030793 - Fax accounts: A fax account is described and creates an association between users and documents that are faxed. A fax account allows a user to secure their taxed documents and organize and streamline fax communication via different transports. In at least some embodiments, security is enhanced through the use of an authentication... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080030794 - Fax accounts: A fax account is described and creates an association between users and documents that are faxed. A fax account allows a user to secure their faxed documents and organize and streamline fax communication via different transports. In at least some embodiments, security is enhanced through the use of an authentication... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080030795 - Method of calibrating a test chart and a scanning device: A method of calibrating a test chart is provided. First, a reference scanning device scans a reference test chart to obtain a plurality of reference optical density (OD) values. The reference test chart includes a plurality of reference blocks. Then, the reference scanning device scans a test chart to obtain... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080030796 - Apparatus and method of stacking sheets and image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus of the invention has: a supplying portion on which sheet-like information recording media each having a wireless tag are to be stacked, and from which the information recording media are sequentially sent out from a top; a reading portion which reads information stored in the wireless... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080030797 - Automated content capture and processing: Content from a lecture or other event can be automatically captured by an agent and forwarded to a back office system for post-processing. The agent generates an instruction file that specifies for the back office system what post-processing to perform and how to do it. For example, encoding or compression... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080030798 - Method and apparatus for comparing document features using texture analysis: Systems and methods for assisting in the determination of the authenticity of security documents based on known characteristics of similar but authentic security documents. The system and methods use digital processing to capture a digital image of the document being examined and they use a feature localization or detection technique... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080030800 - Electronic document management system: Provided is an electronic document management system which sorts out and stores electronic documents automatically. The electronic document management system displays the management names on a console panel of an image scanner, which are associated with document management information and pre-stored in an electronic document management server. When a user... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080030801 - Image reading system and image reading program: An object of this invention is to provide an image reading apparatus which can reselect a film type after prescanning, and after confirming the result on the monitor, perform actual scanning. To achieve this object, a film scanner selects from a color table storage a color table corresponding to the... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080030799 - Scanning circuit structure: A scanning circuit having rearranged circuit modules at each end of a flat cable. After the rearrangement, the flat cable carries scanning control signals produced by a conventional IC communication interface instead of timing signals and carries digital image data instead of easily distorted and interfered analog image signals.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20080030802 - Contact image sensor module: A contact image sensor module for scanning the image of a planar object comprises a white organic electroluminescent device, a plurality of cylindrical lenses, a color filter, and a contact image-sensing element. The white organic electroluminescent device emits white light which illuminates the planar object to result in reflected light.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080030803 - Image sensor for improving image quality and image sensing method using the same: Provided are an image sensor for improving image quality and an image sensing method using the same, which can improve the quality of a sensed image without changing resolution of a color filter array and a photoelectric conversion semiconductor device for sensing an image. The image sensor for improving image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080030804 - Optical beam scanning apparatus, image forming apparatus: An optical beam scanning apparatus and an image forming apparatus equipped with the optical beam scanning apparatus of the present invention include: an attaching plate attached to a main body housing of the optical beam scanning apparatus; a holder attached to the attaching plate; and a laser drive board screwed... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080030805 - Optical beam scanning apparatus, image forming apparatus: In an optical beam scanning apparatus and an image forming apparatus equipped with the optical beam scanning apparatus of the present invention, plural optical members that irradiate scanning lines by laser beams (beams) emitted from plural light sources individually onto corresponding photoconductive drums are disposed within an optical unit housing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080030806 - Digital scanning control method and system: Signals from a color (multi-row) full width array sensor are used to detect and correct for motion quality issues in a constant velocity transport or platen document scanner. This capitalizes on the geometry of the full width array sensor, in which three or four rows of photo sites are arranged... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080030807 - Scanning device and method for calibration using single-point data: A scanning device for calibration using single-point data includes a light source module, a scanning module, a non-volatile memory and a processor. The light source module provides a linear illumination extending along an X-axis to illuminate an original and a calibration sheet. The scanning module scans lines of the original... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080030811 - Sheet conveying apparatus, sheet conveying method, and image forming apparatus: A sheet conveying apparatus includes a skew amount detecting unit configured to detect an amount of skew of a sheet, two rollers configured to convey the sheet in a predetermined conveyance direction when rotating in a same direction and to rotate the sheet around a predetermined point when rotating in... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080030809 - Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus: A sheet conveyance device according to an aspect of the invention includes a conveyance roller pair which is rotated to convey a sheet by receiving a driving force from a motor conveying a sheet; a conveyance guide which guides the sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller pair; and sheet detection... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030810 - Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus: A sheet conveyance device according to an aspect of the invention includes a sheet conveyance path formed by a guide member having a curved surface. The curved surface is curved in a sheet conveyance direction. In the sheet conveyance device, a flexible sheet scanner is provided along the curved surface... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030808 - Sheet conveyance device, image forming apparatus and image reading apparatus: A sheet conveyance device according to an aspect of the invention includes a guide member and a flexible guide assist member. The guide member constitutes a conveyance path for guiding a conveyed sheet. The guide assist member is provided in the guide member, the guide assist member is brought into... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080030812 - Method, device and computer program for processing input data concerning generation of electronic files: The image processing device is provided with an area process portion for generating objects indicating specific areas included in original image data of an scanned original and for discriminating whether each of the objects is a character object or a non-character object, an integration process portion for performing a process... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080030813 - Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image reading apparatus equipped with an illuminating device having little tint variation. A lamp unit illuminates an original with light, and includes a plurality of white LEDs, and a plurality of auxiliary LEDs that emit lights of different colors and arranged in a manner associated with the white LEDs.... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080030814 - Image determining apparatus, image determining method, image enhancing apparatus, and image enhancing method: An image determining apparatus according to the present invention includes: (A) a histogram data generation section that, based on data of pixels constituting an image to be determined, generates data of histograms for each color, the histograms representing a distribution of the number of pixels with respect to density values... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080030815 - Display for a digital photo album: A display for an associated digital photo album includes a frame member including a front face and a rear face, a socket located in the frame member for removably receiving the associated digital photo album, and a retaining lip disposed about the socket of the frame member. The retaining lip... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080030816 - Image converting method and apparatus, and image forming apparatus having the same: A method of converting a color image into a monochromatic image, includes converting the color image into a color space representing brightness values and attribute values of pixels constituting the color image, converting the color image into the monochromatic image based on the brightness values of the pixels, and modifying... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080030817 - Data managing device, data managing program embodied on a computer readable medium and data managing method for managing data stored in apparatus to be controlled: A PC includes: a data acquiring portion to acquire from an MFP connected to a network at least part of the data stored therein as editing data; a data editing portion to edit the editing data; a detecting portion to detect edited part different between a pre-editing version of the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080030818 - Image processing apparatus, computer program product, and preview image displaying method: An image processing apparatus includes a preview creating unit, an image storing unit, a display unit, and a system control unit. The preview creating unit creates a preview image indicating a result of processing an image based on setting specified for the image. The image storing unit stores therein the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C