Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 03/08

20080074699 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: a determining section to determine a target picture element and a partner picture element thereof in a subject image to be processed; a smoothing coefficient calculating section to obtain change amounts of picture element values in the target and partner picture elements by... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080074702 - Image information output apparatus, image information output method, recording medium, computer data signal, and image information output system: An image information output apparatus includes: an image processing section that performs image processing on image information; an image information output section that outputs the image information subjected to image processing by the image processing section; a falsification detecting section that detects that the image information has been falsified in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080074703 - Engraving cylinder having an end assembly: There is described an end assembly for an engraving cylinder for use in a printing medium imaging apparatus, the engraving cylinder having opposite ends and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, the end assembly comprising: mounting means for mounting said end assembly to one end of the engraving cylinder; engagement means... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20080074690 - Print-order receiving apparatus, printing apparatus, print-order receiving method, and computer program thereof: A print-order receiving apparatus includes a first memory unit for storing an administrator password used to determine whether or not to allow access to administrative information, a second memory unit for storing an order-confirmation password used to determine whether or not to perform printing, a first data-reading unit for reading... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080068621 - Folding system: A method selects a folding program for a job to be carried out on a folding system, the job being provided with a job specification. The method includes calculating a fold program and an associated fold configuration based on the job specification, resulting in a set of configuration properties. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080068632 - Double-side recording apparatus and recording method: A double-side recording apparatus includes a recording section that performs recording by ejecting liquid to a sheet-shaped medium; a reversing section that reverses the medium after recording on one side of the medium; a capping section of the recording section; a moving section that moves the recording section to a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080068635 - Information processing apparatus, method, system, program product, and recording medium: A disclosed information processing apparatus is capable of acquiring, from a device connected to the information processing apparatus, configuration information concerning the device for a setup corresponding to the device according to the configuration information. The information processing apparatus includes a function file storage configured to hold a function file... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080068633 - Java 2 platform enterprise edition (j2ee) based web publishing: A web publishing method using J2EE based controller. User submits an image from a workstation and chooses “Print to Website” option as the media type. The image is converted into an image format (e.g. JPEG) that can be display in a browser. These images can then be transmitted through a... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20080068639 - Apparatus and method for managing image: An image forming apparatus includes a failure prediction unit, an image identification unit, a simulated-image generating unit, and an output unit. The failure prediction unit prepares an index value indicating a condition of the image forming apparatus based on multidimensional signal, obtained by monitoring the image forming apparatus, and compares... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068640 - Data-processing device, data-processing method, and computer program: When an error occurs while a job flow including a plurality of steps is executed, an electronic signature is added to image data processed at a step that has already been performed, and the image data to which the electronic signature is added is stored. At that time, an electronic... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080068638 - Information processing device, image forming apparatus, and process control system: An information processing device includes a communication unit that sends entry-sheet-definition data to an image forming apparatus such that a collation-information entry sheet for entering collation information is displayed on the image forming apparatus. After the image forming process is complete, the communication unit receives from the image forming apparatus... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080068637 - System and method for enabling transactions by means of print media that incorporate electronic recording and transmission means: A system and method for enabling automatic electronic, telephonic, and Internet transactions through print media, as well as providing value that flows to a supplier for the service of enabling such transactions. The transactions can utilize print media that can include electronic recording media and counterfeit protection, where the electronic... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080068644 - Client apparatus, method of communicating and computer program: A client apparatus connected to a network and including a communication device configured to receive a program, including a driver for controlling a communicable apparatus connected to the network and a communication module for communicating to the communicable apparatus, and a communicable apparatus information including port information and IP address... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068645 - Device management method and device management system: In a device management system, a printer is connected to a host computer via a network, and the host computer manages a status of the printer. When the host computer acquires information from the printer, the host computer acquires information whether the printer is in an energy-saving mode in advance.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068641 - Document processing system: A document processing method includes identifying a document which has been selected for printing that includes at least one image. For at least the one image of the identified document, assigning an image class to the image based on at least one feature extracted from the image. The document is... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080068643 - Image forming apparatus client/server type information processing system and information processing method: There is described an image forming apparatus that serves as a client in the client/server type information processing system. The apparatus includes a communicating section to communicate with the server; a device information acquiring section to acquire device information for specifying the device; an information storing section to store server... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080068647 - Image processing system, image managing device, method, storage medium and image processing device: An authentication server receives user information from an MFP, and acquires information on a service available for the user. The authentication server creates information on a menu screen having a selection function of selecting the service available for the user based on the acquired service information. The MFP receives the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080068650 - Job management apparatus, job management system, and job management method: A job management system includes a print server and an image forming apparatus. The print server publishes, on a network, a print-job information list in an RSS format. The image forming apparatus spontaneously obtains and reads the print-job information list, and, based on the print-job information list, requests the print... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080068649 - Path detecting server, client apparatus, path detecting system, path detecting method, and computer program product: A client transmits a request, which requests a print processing path, to a path detecting server, and in response receives path information indicating a print processing path from the path detecting server. The client transmits the path information and PDL data to an apparatus subsequent to the client on the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080068646 - Printing system, information processing apparatus, mail processing method, and storage medium: A printing system includes an information processing apparatus to receive mail information transmittable to a mail receiving apparatus, and a printer communicating with the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a unit to store transfer target printer information obtained from the mail receiving apparatus, a unit to determine... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080068655 - Data processing apparatus and recording medium: The present invention discloses a data processing apparatus for generating data that can be processed by a printing apparatus. The data processing apparatus includes a data storing part for storing function setting data related to a function of the printing apparatus, a data structure allocating part for obtaining the function... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080068657 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer-readable recording medium storing image forming program: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes plural image output units, plural output image data converting units disposed for the corresponding image output units for converting image data of a predetermined format into image data of a format for the corresponding image output units, a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068656 - Printing apparatus and print control method: A printing apparatus includes a built-in hard disk drive configured to operate as a mass storage device. The printing apparatus includes an HDD control unit configured to store print image data into the hard disk drive; a secondary storage unit configured to store the print image data; an HDD state... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080068658 - Image processing method and image printing apparatus: An image processing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a specified digital image and a designated text/graph are retrieved. Then, the specified digital image is processed to obtain image information associated with a right-side-up image of the specified digital image. Afterwards, the designated text/graph is automatically adjusted and attached on... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080068622 - Methods and apparatus to identify images in print advertisements: Methods and apparatus to methods and apparatus to identify images in print advertisements are disclosed. An example method comprises computing a first image feature vector for a first presented image, comparing the first image feature vector to a second image feature vector, and when the first image feature vector matches... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080068626 - Color image gamut enhancement preserving spatial variation: An image characterized by an original image gamut is received in an imaging device characterized by a device gamut. The original image gamut is enhanced to a first set of modified color values that occupy a greater fraction of the device gamut than the original image gamut. The modified color... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080068625 - Image control system and method incorporating a graininess correction: A color image control system and method are provided for improving the image control of printing systems, including digital front-end processors, color printers and post-finishing system. This color image control system incorporate a graininess correction including measurement and calibration using measurements of a graininess magnitude.... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20080068628 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a color table and a black and white (monochrome) table stored in a table storage unit. Image data is inputted to a data input unit. A table processing unit replaces a density value in at least a part of the three primary colors of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080068627 - Method and apparatus for determining and saving a location of a section of an item of content: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for determining and saving a location of a section of an item of content. During operation, the system receives a section of a content map associated with the item of content from an input device, wherein the content map is located... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080068660 - Sharpening a halftoned image: Images that include halftone structures are sharpened. A copy of received halftone image data is blurred, thereby reducing a detectability of edges of the halftone structures. Edges remaining in the blurred image data are detected. An edge enhancement image is generated based on the detected edges. The original received halftone... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080068661 - Method for dithering image data: A method for dithering image data is provided. The method is suitable for representing A-bit grayscale values with a B-bit resolution, where A and B are positive integers and A>B. The main steps of the method include calculating 2A target grayscale values with decimals within an interval from 0 to... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080068663 - Color conversion method and system: The present invention relates to a method of preparing print ready data. The method is adapted for converting first device specific print data for printing a multicoloured print job calorimetrically adapted to a first printing device or set of colorants, e.g. inks or toners, to print data calorimetrically adapted for... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080068662 - Color image processing apparatus: A color image processing apparatus capable of performing effective trapping process is provided. The apparatus processes color image data expressed by plural colors and comprises a drift information storing portion storing color drift information with respect to each of the plurality of colors; a boundary detecting portion detecting a boundary... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080068634 - Data output apparatus, data output method, computer program and recording medium: A data output apparatus can suitably be used for an automatic printing service apparatus for printing an image such as a photograph from the image data input from a recording medium. The data output apparatus computes the operating ratio of the automatic printing service apparatus and, when the computed operating... Agent: William S. Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080068636 - Information processing device, printing condition setting method, and computer product: The CPU of a personal computer displays a list of one-click icons, each representing one or a plurality of printing functions, in the icon display area, and selects one one-click icon from the list of the one-click icons displayed in the icon display area, to automatically set a plurality of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080068654 - Connection apparatus, connecting method, and storage medium for storing computer-readable program having connecting functions: A connection apparatus is disclosed which includes a connection source and a connection destination. The connection source includes information about a predetermined connection destination; and a connecting element for making a connection request to the predetermined connection destination based on the information about the connection destination and, given a permission,... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080068648 - Method for saving and retrieving print data in a network: In a method for administration and processing of file structures in a computer network by program modules generated from an object-oriented programming language, a plurality of file administration program modules are provided respectively administering a data region. The file administration program modules respectively cooperate with a uniform interface program module... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080068653 - Methods and apparatus for determining toner level in electro-photographic print engines: The toner in the toner cartridge is determined by taking each of the rasterized images output by the RIP and evaluating the pixel levels over the surface thereof. The average value is determined as a percentage of the maximum toner that can be applied to the page. This is then... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20080068651 - Methods and apparatuses for publication of unconsciously captured documents: Methods and apparatuses for searching unconsciously captured documents and publishing the results are disclosed. Documents processed by one or more networked devices are saved to a storage device coupled to the network. The documents can be searched to retrieve desired documents. In one embodiment, the desired documents are published in... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080068652 - Multiple integrated machine system: A multiple integrated machine system (hereafter referred to as “MIMS”) capable of performing as at least two or more digital machines. The MIMS comprises two or more digital machine elements controlled by the same operating system software. Each of the digital machine elements includes hardware portions and software portions and... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080068642 - Output system, network device, device using apparatus, output control program and output request program, and output method: A host terminal transmits print request information including an IP address to a network printer and provides the network printer with print data in storage in response to an acquisition request. When the print request information is received, the network printer saves the received print request information in storage. When... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080068623 - Dynamic image composition apparatus and method: The movement of an image component is determined using the plot information, such as the position, size of the image component, etc., at each time. The complex movement of each image component can be easily generated by providing a plurality of plot information generating units for each image component and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080068624 - Head unit, droplet discharging apparatus, droplet discharging system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, status information notifying method, status information updating method, faulty position detecting method, and programs: The present invention provides a droplet discharging apparatus including a discharge head for deflectively discharging droplets through one discharge port at a plurality of pixel areas in adaptive fashion. The discharge head is controlled to discharge droplets at an object. A storage unit stores status information about the discharge head.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080068630 - Image processing apparatus and its method, and control method: An ICC profile includes brief gloss information indicating glossy/matte attribute as attribute information, however, gloss matching cannot be performed with the 2 options. In a case where embedding of glossiness information into the ICC profile is designated, glossiness information is obtained from a color chart placed on an original plate... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080068631 - Image processing module for a pen-shaped printer: Provided is an image processing module for a pen-shaped page-width printer which prints business card-sized media. The module has at least one connector, having a four wire serial bus to connect the module to additional modules of the pen-shaped printer; and an image processor. The processor is configured to dynamically... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080068629 - Print control apparatus and print control method: In a print control apparatus of the invention, it is assumed that preprocessing with regard to a print object image specified as an object of image processing is currently being performed by an advanced processing execution module, at an input timing of an image processing instruction in response to a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080068659 - Halftone apparatus that provides simultaneous, multiple lines per inch screens: A halftone threshold matrix includes a plurality of submatrices, wherein a first group of the plurality of submatrices has a line screen frequency different from a second group of the plurality of submatrices. The halftone method and apparatus removes the restriction that at most one pel is turned on per... Agent: David W. Lynch Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel

20080068666 - Data structure for personalized photo-book products: A data structure for a photo book kit includes a first data object, a second data object, and a third data object. The first data object includes first image data to define a first image, and a first image location to define the position of the first image on a... Agent: Xin Wen

20080068664 - Device and method for displaying images received from an in-vivo imaging device: A device and method for displaying images of the gastrointestinal tract, or other body lumens or cavities of a patient, captured by an imager of an in-vivo imaging device. Images taken using white light illumination may be compared with images taken using narrow band illumination by operating a display button.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080068665 - Manufacturing system for personalized photo-book products: A manufacturing system for manufacturing a personalized photo book kit includes a computer configured to receive image data from a user, a first printer configured to print a first image on a book page in response to the image data received from the user, a second printer configured to print... Agent: Xin Wen

20080068667 - Method, program product and apparatus for creating optimal test patterns for optical model calibration and for selecting suitable calibration test patterns from an arbitrary layout: A method of determining calibration test patterns to be utilized to calibrate a model for simulating the imaging performance of an optical imaging system. The method includes the steps of defining a model equation representing the imaging performance of the optical imaging system; transforming the model equation into a plurality... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080068668 - Method, program product and apparatus for translating geometrical design rules into boundary conditions in the imaging space so as to define test patterns for use in optical model calibration: A method of determining calibration test patterns to be utilized to calibrate a model for simulating the imaging performance of an optical imaging system. The method includes the steps of defining design rules associated with a given imaging process; defining a model equation representing the imaging performance of the optical... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080068669 - Design support method, design support apparatus, design support program, and storage medium: A design support method of verifying control on a device of an image forming apparatus registers, in a storage device, trigger information for specifying a content of control to be executed when a start condition for switching the control state of the device is satisfied (S1002). The apparatus then registers,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080068670 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, computer data signal, and recording medium: An image processing apparatus includes: an accepting unit that accepts image information about each of a plurality of image elements to be synthesized; a comparing unit that compares a threshold value with a mixing ratio used in an operation to synthesize the image information according to a given mixing ratio;... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080068671 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program product for executing the method: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus stores image data read by a document reading section and image data received from an external device. An image data synthesizing unit synthesizes first image data read by the document reading section and second image data read by the document... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080068672 - Image processing apparatus, information providing system, server apparatus, and program: An image processing apparatus that can provide image information such as advertisements and guides to people not limiting specific users. The image processing apparatus includes an image reading portion that optically reads an image of an original, an image information extracting portion that extracts image information from the image of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080068673 - Digital image information system and method for providing an image object in a digital image information system: In a method and system for provision of image objects in a digital image information system controlled by an electronic data management device, with a first long term data storage device for archiving of pixel portions of the image objects in a first data format and a second long term... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080068674 - Automated scanning of hard copy images: A device for automatically scanning multiple images. The device includes a template for forming a sheet for affixing one or more images to be scanned. The device further includes a scanner for sensing data on the sheet and converting the data into scanned image data, and a processor coupled to... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080068675 - Image display system: An image display system for reading and displaying an image includes an image display device and a scanner device that is connected to the image display device through a network. The image display device, when receiving instructions to read and display an image mounted on the scanner device from a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080068676 - Image scanning apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image scanning apparatus includes: a reflective document lamp that emits light to the surface of a reflective document; a carriage that has the reflective document lamp and an image sensor for detecting light and converting the detected light into an electric signal mounted thereon and reciprocates in a sub-scanning... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080068677 - Optical scanning apparatus: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical scanning apparatus including a light source, an optical unit, a first controller and a second controller. The light source emits a predetermined number of laser beams, the laser beams to be arranged in a sub-scanning direction on... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080068678 - Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning apparatus which includes: a light source unit which emits a light beam; a deflection scanning device which deflects the light beam emitted from the light source unit; an optical scanning unit having a scanning imaging lens and which scans a surface to be scanned; and a light... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080068679 - Scanning device: A scanning device may include a first structural member and a second structural member, a movable body that is configured to reciprocate between the first structural member and the second structural member, and a cable of which a first end is fixed to one of the first and second structural... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080068680 - Image formation device and support body: An image formation device is provided with an image formation section which forms an image on a recording medium, a frame which accommodates the image formation section and is supported at a base surface, an image acquisition section which is disposed at an upper side relative to the image formation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080068681 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus which is capable of performing a stable reading operation and matching a sub-scanning magnification with which an original image is scanned, between the front side of an original and the reverse side of the same. A CCD line sensor reads the front side of an original,... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080068682 - Image reading apparatus and image reading method: An image reading apparatus which is capable of preventing images read from a double-sided original from suffering an in-surface color irregularity on each of images read from the respective opposite sides of a double-sided original and a color difference between the front and reverse. A CCD line sensor reads a... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080068683 - Read signal processor, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A read signal processor includes an output unit that serializes a plurality of bits of digital data for each of the colors to obtain a plurality of serial signals, converts the serial signals to a plurality of low-amplitude differential signals, and outputs the serial low-amplitude differential signals.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080062445 - Method of printing photos from a printer: A method of printing photos from a printer is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (i) identifying a plurality of photo images files contained in a memory associated with the printer, each photo image file having an associated time and date of image capture; (ii) receiving an instruction to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080062446 - Method of printing photos using a photo-viewing device with integral inkjet printer: A method of printing photos from a photo-viewing device is provided. The photo-viewing device comprises a photo display screen, an internal memory and an integral inkjet printer. The method comprises the steps of: (i) displaying photos stored in the internal memory as a slideshow on the display screen; (ii) receiving... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080062450 - Image forming apparatus and input/output control method: A storage unit temporarily stores first image data input from an input device and second image data to be output to an output device. An image-data input/output processing unit performs processes of inputting the first image data from the input device and outputting the second image data to the output... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080062449 - Multi-function printer and control method for multi-function printer: The invention provides a multi-function printer not requiring exclusive components (principally electrical components) for reading the print settings and thus being free from a cost increase, and a control method therefor. For print settings such as a paper size and a print quality in a copying or a direct printing,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080062447 - System and method for replacing binary level masks in a page description: A system and method for rendering an image file for outputting a copy of an image represented by the image file. In some embodiments, rendering the image includes generating an output file, such as an output bitmap based on a predetermined halftone. In one embodiment, the system comprises an input... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080062453 - Automated shredding of expired printer documents: A system and method for an imaging device adaptable to network communications for receiving an imaging job, and alerting a user when the imaging job is completed, is provided. The imaging device includes a secure storage area for storing the imaged job and an access code validator connectable to an... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20080062458 - Image processing apparatus, job processing method, storing medium, and program: An image processing apparatus executes an image process by using a sheet feeding unit or a sheet discharging unit selected from a plurality of sheet feeding units and sheet discharging units. The image processing apparatus stores attribute information for specifying one of the sheet feeding units or one of the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080062455 - Method for transmitting real time image data of wireless communication system: The communication system comprises an image module and a host. The host initializes and controls the image module by sending control commands thereto and each control command comprises a plurality of sub-commands. The sub-commands are transmitted to the image module in sequence. Then, the image module processes the sub-command and... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080062452 - Pictbridge printer with photo-sized display screen: A PictBridge printer is provided. The printer comprises: a printer housing; an inkjet printer contained in the housing; a PictBridge interface for communication with a PictBridge-enabled digital camera; a photo display screen associated with the housing; and a processor contained in the housing for communicating with the display screen, the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080062461 - Print apparatus monitoring method, print apparatus monitoring system, and program therefor: A print apparatus monitoring system is provided that the operation state of a plurality of print apparatuses selected and used by a user can be known by resident display. In the method, prints are made by a plurality of print apparatuses connected through a network according to a print instruction... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080062456 - Print management device, storage medium for print management program, print analysis system, print system, document issuance system, print management method, and computer data signal: A print management device includes a sending unit that sends to a print location a composite electronic document, in which an original electronic document requested to be printed and identification information for identifying the requested print are combined; a print electronic document acquisition unit that acquires a print electronic document,... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080062454 - Secure printer management and output options: A system and method for an imaging device adaptable to network communications for receiving an imaging job, and alerting a user when the imaging job is completed is provided. The imaging device includes a secure storage area for storing the imaged job and an access code validator connectable to an... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20080062463 - Image forming apparatus capable of setting specific process every storage area and information processing method: The invention provides an image forming apparatus and an information processing method, in which when a process for information which is put to each storage area is executed, a loop process which repeats a same specific process while moving the information between the storage areas is limited. When the input... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080062464 - Image processing device and image processing method: An image processing device is disclosed that is able to simplify function customization or function expansion. The image processing device includes one or more input filters each of which controls an input process for inputting image data for image processing; one or more output filters each of which controls an... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080062465 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section which forms an image based on image information; an HDD which stores the image information; a control section which measures continuos operation time in which the HDD operates continuously, and calculates residual lifetime of the HDD based on the continuos operation... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080062438 - Document resizer: A method of resizing documents comprises obtaining a first bitmap document file corresponding to a first size document and identifying, in a single dimensional orientation, at least one whitespace portion between adjacent non-white portions in the first bitmap document file. A size of the at least one whitespace portion in... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080062439 - Floral print process: A method of creating an ornamental representation of a natural flower or foliage, by digitally scanning one or more surfaces of one or more pieces of a natural flower or foliage and directly printing the scanned images on respective one or more surfaces of a medium. The printed pieces are... Agent: Robert Nick

20080062437 - Intelligent text driven document sizing: A method for automatically magnifying a copy job to result in a copied text that is not smaller than a user specified minimum size. An original document is automatically scanned and an analysis performed to determine, the smallest text size within the original document. A magnification for rendering the document... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20080062444 - Angle adjustment device and image forming apparatus: An angle adjustment device includes a main body, an operation panel supported for up-down rotation with respect to the main body, a block mechanism to block rotation of the operation panel with respect to the main body, a release-hold mechanism to release the rotation of the operation panel by the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080062443 - Apparatus and methods for selective color editing of color profiles: Apparatus and methods are provided for editing color profiles. In particular, an output color including a first hue, a first lightness and a first chroma is received, and a first range of lightness values and a first range of chroma values for all output color values in the color profile... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20080062441 - Dynamic adjustment of raster image processing performance based on colors seen within several runs: The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to methods and systems for improving the performance of an image processor color to color tile transformation by caching color tiles most recently calculated. A page of a print job is received. One or more color tiles based on colors found in a previous... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080062442 - Methods and apparatus for color profile editing: Apparatus and methods are provided for editing color profiles. In particular, input data (such as reference image data) are received, and then are converted to first output data using a first color profile and to second output data using a second color profile, wherein the second color profile is an... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20080062467 - Data exchange in an exchange infrastructure: An exchange infrastructure (XI) system provides for the receipt, storage and transmission of limited data to uniform user interfaces to provide an improved exchange of data thereacross. In operation with corresponding processing systems, there is a reduced amount of data received by the XI system as well as a reduced... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080062468 - Network apparatus, method for performing setting via network apparatus, program, and storage medium: A network apparatus configured to perform data communication using an address includes a value input unit configured to input a value describing at least one part of the address, a first mark input unit configured to input a mark for separating a plurality of values describing the address in a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080062448 - Image reading and recording apparatus: An image reading and recording apparatus which can prevent a reading unit from unexpectedly being opened even when an operation of a reducing unit such as a damper for reducing an opening/closing force of the reading unit is added to an interlocking motion caused by a force adapted to open... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080062451 - Copy machine with copy control function, scanner and facsimile, and piece of paper and film each installed with semiconductor device: According to one feature of the invention, a device provided with a mechanism for performing copying, replicating, scanning, transmitting, or the like of a manuscript comprises a semiconductor device mounted on the manuscript and a reader capable of communicating; and a control portion for controlling whether copying, replicating, scanning, transmitting,... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080062462 - Head unit, droplet discharging apparatus, droplet discharging system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, status information notifying method, status information updating method, faulty position detecting: The present invention provides a droplet discharging apparatus including a discharge head for deflectively discharging droplets through one discharge port at a plurality of pixel areas in adaptive fashion. The discharge head is controlled to discharge droplets at an object. A storage unit stores status information about the discharge head.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080062457 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus and control program for image processing apparatus: In an image processing apparatus having an image reading unit 1 together with an image recording unit, an order sheet A having disposed thereon the thumb-nail image of an image capable of being record-outputted, and an order sheet B having disposed thereon a mark sheet section for designating image data... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080062459 - Method and apparatus for determining how to process incoming print jobs: The present invention efficiently directs the flow of print jobs and efficiently controls the spooling and printing of print jobs. The multiplexer system analyzes jobs received from client systems through print channels. The multiplexer determines the attributes of the incoming job and the attributes associated with the print channel. If... Agent: David W. Lynch Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel

20080062460 - Print control device, print control method and program: A print control device for controlling a printing device is provided with a print control unit which controls the printing device to print an image corresponding to print target data on a sheet when the print target data is specified; and a time information acquiring unit which acquires information on... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080062466 - Method and system dynamic flowing data to an arbitrary path defined by a page description language: Improvements to a method for flowing variable data, such as text data, image data, bar code data, and the like, into a path of a template defined by a PDL specification in a high-speed printing operation.... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080062440 - Rotary-printing system: A starting image is printed on a flat generally circular substrate by first converting Cartesian coordinates of the pixels of the starting image into polar coordinates to create a first intermediate image in polar form. Then, from the first intermediate image, a second intermediate image is made in Cartesian form... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080062469 - Digital photo frame with integral printer: A digital photo frame is provided. The frame comprises: a photo-sized display screen; an internal memory for storing photo image files; an interface for communication with an external memory device; an integral inkjet printer for printing photos displayed on the display screen; and a processor communicating with the display screen,... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080062470 - Image forming apparatus, printing method and printing apparatus: To provide new image forming apparatus and a printing method that can obtain information on image forming by using terahertz waves. An image forming apparatus includes a stock unit for stocking a media stack made of a plurality of media with images formed on; an electromagnetic wave generation unit for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080062471 - Usability-improved image processing apparatus, image processing system, and program: An MFP makes an inquiry about a subfolder of a destination folder by referring to the destination folder of image data registered in an address book of the MFP. A PC transmits a subfolder list to the MFP. The MFP determines whether or not the transmitted subfolder is already registered... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080062472 - Document handling: Methods of processing incoming documents. The methods may comprise receiving a plurality of documents in electronic form and classifying each of the plurality of documents into at least one of a plurality of document classifications. The methods may also comprise extracting metadata from the plurality of documents. In addition, the... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080062473 - Image processing device and method thereof: An image processing device is provided which comprises an input unit and an analog front end circuit with DC inputs. According to the invention, no capacitor is installed in the input unit and no clamper is installed in the AFE circuit with DC inputs. By appropriately selecting a comparing voltage... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080062474 - Scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: A scanning apparatus to indicate a scanning progress status includes a main body having a platen on which a document is set, a scanning module to move inside the main body and to scan the document, and an indicating light disposed integrally with the scanning module to indicate a current... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080062475 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus including a light source for illuminating an original, a plurality of mirrors for reflecting a light beam from the original illuminated by the light source, a reading device, an imaging optical system for imaging a light beam reflected by the mirrors, upon the reading device, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080062476 - Image forming device capable of controlling scanning unit and method to control scanning unit thereof: An image forming device capable of controlling a scanning unit and a method to control the scanning unit, the image forming device including a rate error calculator to calculate a rate error from a difference between a practical rotation rate and a target rate of a motor that drives the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080062477 - Automatic document feeder and image forming apparatus having the same: An automatic document feeder of an image forming apparatus capable of improving a duplex scanning or printing (copying) efficiency includes a single scan path having a document admission passage to admit a document to a document scanning part and a document discharge passage to discharge the scanned document, a duplex... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080062478 - Original-document illumination apparatus, image reading apparatus, color-original-document reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: An original-document illumination apparatus includes an illuminated face on which an original-document is placed. The original-document illumination apparatus also includes a light-source unit having a plurality of light-emitting elements which are arranged along the main-scanning direction of the original-document and which illuminate the original-document. The light source unit is movable... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080062479 - Heterogeneity-projection hard-decision interpolation method for color reproduction: The present invention discloses a heterogeneity-projection hard-decision interpolation method for color reproduction, which utilizes a heterogeneity-projection method to determine the optimal edge direction and then utilizes a hard-decision rule to determine the optimal interpolation direction and obtain the information of the green color elements. The high-frequency information of the plane... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080062480 - Image processing system and image processing method: A printer divides an input image into a plurality of blocks and extracts a block image corresponding to each of the blocks. The colors of the block image are reduced to, for example, four colors. Index numbers are given to pixels of the color-reduced image, and the four colors are... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080062481 - Printing device, printing method, and computer program product: A printing device comprising: a data acquiring unit configured to acquire image data; an image processing unit configured to generate display image data and printing image data based on the image data by with pixel value of a pixel at a first position in an image of the printing image... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080062482 - Color processing apparatus, color processing method, and computer readable medium: A color processing apparatus includes a storage section, a normalizing section and a tone correction section. The storage section stores tone correction information used in tone correction for a color signal to be corrected. The normalizing section reads the tone correction information from the storage section and normalizes the read... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080062483 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, manuscript reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and recording medium: An ACS processor judges whether or not a pixel has a chromatic color, in accordance with a pixel value of a manuscript image and also counts the number of the chromatic color pixels. When the counted chromatic color pixel number is smaller than a first chromatic color pixel threshold and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080062484 - Image processing device and image processing method: An image processing device connected to a display device and a printing device, the image processing device includes an image data acquiring module that acquires image data; a setting module that sets a print image quality adjustment condition that is a condition for adjusting image quality for a print image;... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080055611 - Laser power compensation in a scanning electrophotographic device: Methods are provided for an EP device such as a laser printer or copier, to compensate for variations in scanning rate. At intervals during a scanning process, actual scanning rate is measured and compared to a basal scanning rate of the EP device. Adjustments in the laser light source intensity... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080055612 - Printer and control method therefor: A printer includes: a carriage mounting a print head; a stepping motor for causing the carriage to reciprocate with respect to a recording medium; a print timing correction information storage unit for storing print timing correction information indicating a degree of correction of print timing; an additional step count acquisition... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080055610 - System and method for marking print media: Systems and methods for marking media are provided. The method may include preparing an image for printing on print media, the image including an indication of a first and a second event. The method may further include printing a first portion of the image on the print media, evaluating data... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080055624 - Image processing apparatus that performs automatic control method setting: An image processing apparatus that can be controlled according to multiple control methods for multiple types of control. The image processing apparatus includes a user identifier obtaining unit that obtains a user identifier; a specification input receiving unit that receives the input of one type of control specified from among... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080055622 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for modifying attributes of a cancelled print job: A method for executing a print process on a printing apparatus that is provided with a print engine, a local user interface unit and a control unit includes receiving a cancel instruction via the local user interface unit and cancelling an active print process of a print job executed according... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080055621 - Methods and systems for improved printing system sheet side dispatch in a clustered printer controller: Methods, systems, and apparatus for improved dispatching of sheetsides in a high-speed (e.g., continuous form) printing environment using multiple, clustered processors in a print controller. Features and aspects hereof generate, update, and utilize a mathematical model of multiple processors (compute nodes) each adapted to RIP (rasterize) raw sheetside data provided... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080055623 - Techniques for image segment accumulation in document rendering: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for image processing. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing an analysis corresponding to a sequence of drawing commands that create a bit-map when executed and generating a set of image segments based on the analysis corresponding to the sequence of drawing commands.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080055627 - Broadcast secure printing system: A secure printing method includes providing a user terminal with a user interface. The user terminal and interface enable a user to select a secure printing mode for printing a document. In the secure printing mode, a secure print job stored in the user terminal is released through execution of... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080055626 - Use of marking sets to recover from an interrupted print job: In a system and method for facilitating recovery from an interrupted print job, marking sets are inserted into the print job to determine where such interruption occurred. The marking sets identify a location within the print job, and by providing such marking sets to a reading device, a print job... Agent: David A. Novais Eastman Kodak Company

20080055628 - Apparatus for and method of print resuming following a print interruption event: The invention is directed to resuming printing on a printer following a print interruption event. An apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a scanner configurable to communicate with a printer and a printing application, wherein the scanner is configured to scan a printing at the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20080055640 - Communication system and printer therefor: A communication system includes a first network, a printer connected with the first network, a host device, connected with the first network, which are configured to use the printer as a network printer with a printer driver being installed therein, a second network connected with the first network via a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080055633 - Computer readable medium, computer data signal, instruction apparatus, image processing method and image processing system: A computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process for creating a job. The process includes: accepting document data created by application software; converting the document data into image processing data in a format which is interpretable when image processing is executed for the document... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080055629 - Image archiver: An archiver system for tracking the exchange of personally identifiable information in document production systems includes a document production device and a media writer. When a document processing job is initiated, a digital image of the document is prepared, the document digital image is encrypted with a session key, and... Agent: Clifford P. Kelly Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20080055635 - Image forming system and printing-medium feeding device: Provided is an image forming system that suppresses an increase in number of signal lines between an image forming apparatus and optional units, curtails communication time period and alleviates communication load. To accomplish this, an image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and one or more optional units removably... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080055634 - Image input/output system, control method of image input/output system, and program for implementing the method: An image input/output system which makes it possible to reduce a load on a server in the case of using a network scan function in a server based computing environment. An image input/output system comprises a multifunction peripheral, a server, and a computer which are communicably connected to one another... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080055638 - Information communication system, sending device, receiving device, recording medium storing transmission control program, recording medium storing reception control program, data signal embodied in carrier wave, sending method, and receiving method: An information communication system having a sending device that sends electronic information via a communication section, a receiving device that receives the electronic information sent from the sending device via the communication section, the sending device which includes a ratio information maintaining section that maintains ratio information regarding an amount... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080055632 - Information processing apparatus, communication system, and recording medium storing information processing apparatus program, and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave: An information processing apparatus, which includes: a device search section that searches a device connected through a communication section; a radio field intensity acquisition section that acquires from the device searched by the device search section a radio field intensity of the device for wireless communication with the communication section;... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080055642 - Information processing system and server: It is the object of the present invention to enable various information processing by combining an image processing apparatus with peripheral devices without equipping the apparatus with device drivers or application software for each of the peripheral devices. By connecting a plurality of image processing apparatuses (digital multi-function peripherals), peripheral... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080055637 - Printing system and control method therefor: A display unit is caused to display a device configuration window that associates information representing a configuration of the printing system with information for indicating presence of a job processed by the printing system. An operator is prompted to select a job in execution by the printing system via the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080055639 - Printing system, print apparatus, and job processing method thereof: This invention relates to a printing system configured to output printing media having undergone print processing by a print apparatus to a plurality of destinations including a specific destination which has a structure allowing an operator to take out the printing media. In the system, output of printing media to... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080055636 - Printing system, printing apparatus, and job control method: A printing system adapted to be able to successively process a plurality of jobs by a printing apparatus has a designation unit adapted to designate, from the plurality of jobs, a job that processing by the printing apparatus is to be suspended; and a controller adapted to control the printing... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080055630 - System and method for monitoring print jobs: A method for monitoring print jobs is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: capturing print jobs submitted by client computers; checking the print jobs captured according to predetermined printing tactics that specifies requirements of a valid print job, in order to determine valid print jobs; recording information of all... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080055641 - Terminal device, image forming apparatus, hold print job informing method, image forming system, application program, and recording medium: In a terminal device connected through a network to an image forming apparatus including a hold print function, the presence of an unprinted hold print job is certainly informed to a user that should print a hold print job. The terminal device includes a hold print job processing unit having... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080055631 - Wireless communication device, computer readable medium storing wireless communication program, wireless communication system, image formation device, and computer readable medium storing control program for image formation device: A wireless communication device comprises a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication; a connector that enables exchange of a signal with an information processing device; an acquisition unit that acquires setting information when an information processing device connected to the connector uses the wireless communication unit based on the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080055645 - Computer readable medium, instructing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, and computer data signal: A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for creating a historical image, the process including: determining whether a processing unit, which performs an image processing to data including document data, can create a historical image representing a history of image processing performed on... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080055644 - Validating stored copies of data images to load into memory: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for validating stored copies of data images to load into memory. An image of data is maintained in a memory, wherein the image in the memory includes a generation number. The image in the memory is written to at least two... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080055646 - Workflow construction apparatus, workflow construction method and recording medium: A workflow construction apparatus, comprising: a memory; a unit process register to store and register settings of unit processes that are workflow components classified by functions, in said memory; a constructer to construct a workflow by combining indications that each specifies one of said registered settings of unit processes; and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080055648 - Image processing apparatus: A multifunction printer provided with an image scanning process unit and a facsimile sending process unit for executing an image process that does not use consumables, an image forming process unit for executing an image process that uses consumables, a consumables usage judgment unit for making a judgment as to... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080055613 - Method for printing content from a web page: A method for printing content from a web page viewed with a browser operating on a computer, the web page being delivered to the computer from a server, the content including text content and image content, and the browser accessing a print standard in performing the printing includes configuring computer... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080055616 - Color correction method: A method and apparatus for adjusting a color in an image to a desired color value is described, wherein the method includes identifying at least a first portion of the image including the color to be adjusted; analyzing the first portion to determine a representative color value; determining a color... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080055614 - Converting image data in an input color space to an output color space in a transform domain: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for converting image data in an input color space to an output color space in a transform domain. An input block of coefficients in an input color space is generated, wherein the input block includes a first type coefficient and a... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080055615 - Determining whether to convert image data in an input color space to an output color space in a transform domain or real domain: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for determining whether to convert image data in an input color space to an output color space in a transform domain or real domain. An input block of coefficients in an input color space is generated, wherein the input block includes... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080055620 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, program, and recording medium: An image forming apparatus, an image forming method, a program, and a recording medium that succeed in reducing recording agent consumption without causing image quality degradation are provided. A modification region processing section detects, out of image data, A locations where a region identification signal provided from a region separation... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080055618 - Interpolation table with logarithmically distributed entries: A system and method for correcting pixel intensities for output on a video display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the operation of generating an interpolation table having a plurality of interpolation segment endpoints spaced over a transfer function correction curve. The plurality of interpolation segment end points... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080055619 - Method and device for reconstructing missing color component of pixel: Missing color data of a specified pixel of a Bayer pattern is reconstructed with a plurality of interpolation algorithms. A vertical color data difference index Cv and a horizontal color data difference index Ch are first measured according to color data of a first group of pixels included in a... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080055617 - Page coloring with color inheritance for memory pages: Apparatuses, methods, and media for page coloring with color inheritance for memory pages are disclosed. Some embodiments may include an interface to access a memory and a paging unit including translation logic, inheritance logic, and comparison logic. The translation logic translates a first address to a second address based on... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Intellevate

20080055649 - Color error diffusion with error signal offsets: A method for multi-toning an input digital image having input pixels with two or more color channels to form an output digital image having modified output levels. The method includes producing shifted error signals for each color channel, weighting the shifted error signals to determine weighted error signals for nearby... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080055650 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and halftoning correction method thereof: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus and a halftoning correction method thereof are provided. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus according to the example embodiments of the present invention, comprises a storage unit storing a plurality of dot patterns representing print characteristics of a print engine, a data area dividing unit dividing... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080055651 - High-pass dither generator and method: A method and circuit for generating an M-bit digital dither signal with a substantially uniform probability density function and high-pass spectrum are disclosed. The circuit includes a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) with N storage elements where N>M, and a high-pass filter. The method involves sampling at least M storage... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080055652 - Image forming device having a function for suppressing a document background and method thereof: An image forming device that has a function for suppressing a document background and performs binary coding of scan data using a dithering matrix, including a dithering matrix construction unit to divide the scan data into areas, set a threshold for each of the areas, and reconstruct a default dithering... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080055653 - Image signal processing apparatus and method thereof: An image signal processing apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed. The image signal processing apparatus includes a random producing unit which produces seed values to a plurality of frames input for a predetermined period by using a linear feedback shift register (LFSR), and a dithering processing unit which carries... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080055654 - Image processing apparatus and its method: An unnatural color change which occurs when combining trapping and spatial filter processing is suppressed. When image data is input, it is determined whether to perform trapping at the position of the pixel of interest of the input image data, and trapping is performed for the input image data. In... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080055655 - Data input device, data input system, data input method, printing device, and printed matter: A data input device which inputs data to a navigation device includes: an image input unit capturing an image displayed on an image display carrier for displaying an image; a code extraction unit extracting a code hidden in the image; and a transmission unit transmitting the code to the navigation... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080055656 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is supplied capable of, with respect to a manuscript in which watermark information 25 are buried, limiting an ease copy of manuscript whose watermark information can not be analyzed through stopping the copy of the manuscript according to the degradation state of the watermark information. In... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080055657 - Stamping system and method using a portable communication device: A stamping system using a portable communication device is provided. In a preferred form, the stamping system has a server and a portable communication device, the server has a computer program for generating a file code and a log file, the portable communication device has a central processor, a communication... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080055625 - Image forming apparatus and methods used in the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus in which applications can be installed is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes an application information obtaining part for obtaining application information that is used for determining whether an application is installable in the image forming apparatus.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080055643 - Program distribution from a program distribution source to an image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus receives, from a server connected to a network, a notification that a module operating units composing the apparatus can be added. The apparatus requests distribution of a program including the module to the server. Further, when a function of the module can be realized from information... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080055647 - Image formation system, image formation control method and program: An image formation system, which is provided with a first storage configured to store initial setting containing information, includes at least one setting item, necessary for an image formation, a second storage configured to store a lock setting which locks modification of the at least one setting item of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080055660 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion on which an external memory device is mountable, a detecting unit that detects mounting or non-mounting of the external memory device to the mounting portion, a printing unit that prints data acquired from the external memory device, a memory unit that stores... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080055659 - Image transmission apparatus: A transmission-side MFP receives a user name, checks whether the user name is registered in a destination user list, and if so, transmits image data to a reception-side MFP. If an ACK is received, the transmission-side MFP displays that transmission was successful. When a NACK is received or a time... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080055658 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: An information processing apparatus includes: a retrieval portion that retrieves feature information, which is identical to feature information obtained from a target recording medium to be processed, from a storage apparatus that stores feature information being optically readable from and being unique to each of recording media read in past... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080055661 - Image forming apparatus, data processing method, and storage medium: An image forming apparatus executes functional processing according to specific functional processing information stored in a storage unit. The image forming apparatus determines whether any data remains in the storage unit when new functional processing information is set. The image forming apparatus prevents the specific functional processing information stored in... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080055662 - Computer readable medium, information processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, and information processing system: A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for performing an information processing, the process including: determining, in a case where the computer performs a processing on information related to identification information of an external apparatus, whether an external apparatus corresponding to identification information... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080055663 - Calibration method of an image-capture apparatus: The present invention provides a calibration method used in an image-capture apparatus. The method comprises providing a calibration chart not built in the image-capture apparatus. Users can select any kind of calibration chart by themselves. The calibration chart consists of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, which can prevent dark... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20080055664 - Communication device having timer-transmission function: A communication device is configured to transmit subject data to be transmitted. A desired destination is designated by designating a desired abbreviated number contained in a facsimile number list which contains abbreviated numbers and respectively corresponding facsimile numbers. A predetermined operation is applied to a facsimile number corresponding to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080055667 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium: An image processing apparatus to which a plug-in can be added is disclosed. The plug-in has at least one filter corresponding to a process constituting a job for conducting an image processing operation. The image processing apparatus includes a plug-in managing part for managing the plug-in and a plug-in registration... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080055666 - Imaging device and calibration method therefor: An imaging device and calibration method therefore forms a plurality of hard images upon media using user-defined image data. An optical characteristic of at least a portion of the hard images is sensed at a plurality of different spatial locations of the hard images. The sensed optical characteristic is compared... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080055665 - Tools to facilitate access to cross-referenced media: Apparatus are provided which include a media content presenter, a media content cross-reference scanner, and a media content cross-reference presentation generator. The media content presenter presents media content. The media content cross-reference scanner scans media content presented by the media content presenter to gather, from the media content, cross-reference identifiers... Agent: Miele Law Group PC

20080055668 - Image reading apparatus, image reading method, and program: An image reading apparatus includes an image reading sensor reading an image from a document, a light source turned on at a time when the image is read from the document by the image reading sensor, a data acquisition unit acquiring white reference data and black reference data which are... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080055669 - Method for automated image indexing and retrieval: A method of indexing images contained in scanned documents, wherein said scanned documents are stored in a repository, includes: for each document to be stored in the repository, dividing the document into a plurality of sections; scanning the plurality of sections; segmenting each scanned segment according to a predetermined coding... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080055670 - Recording head, led head, and image forming apparatus: A recording head is supplied capable of generating a plurality of concentration dots on the same line without providing a complicated circuit. The recording head has a recording device array in which a plurality of recording devices are arranged, and comprises a first input terminal which inputs a first driving... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080055671 - Image processing device, inspection device, image processing method, inspection method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: An image processing device comprises: an obtaining unit that obtains a first image data set expressing a first face of a sheet-type material in which one or more objects to be tested is embedded, and a second image data set expressing a second face opposite to the first face; and... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080055673 - Method and device for document scanning with line camera: A method and a device for the optical scanning of a document by means of a line camera in which the document may be scanned at variable speed. Since on the one hand a line frequency by which the individual lines are scanned is based on the speed of movement,... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080055672 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: A two-dimensional array include N light-emitting arrays each formed of M light-emitting units arranged equally spaced along a direction T tilting from a main scanning direction at an angle α toward a sub-scanning direction. The light-emitting arrays are equally spaced in the sub-scanning direction. A space ds2 between light-emitting arrays... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080055674 - Document illuminator with surface lens: A scanning apparatus includes an illuminator for illuminating a portion of a document to be scanned. The illuminator includes an array of discrete light sources and an optical element. The optical element includes a light-transmissive material and defines a focusing portion and an angular modification portion. The angular modification portion... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080055675 - Image processing apparatus with card reader setting table: A scanner section, a printing section, and an operation section having an input section for receiving operational information and a display section are provided. A setting table section is provided and is formed from non-contact type and contact type IC card reader use sections, in which the non-contact type and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080055676 - Image reading apparatus, control method therefor, and program: An object of this invention is to suppress a decrease in reading efficiency while preventing image degradation. To achieve this object, an image reading apparatus includes a light source which illuminates an object, a sensor which photoelectrically converts light reflected by the object and reads information on the object, a... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080055677 - Image color determining device and image color determining method: An image determining device according to the present invention includes a block determining section, a block counting section, and an image determining section. The block determining section determines a color indicated by each of a plurality of blocks obtained by dividing a target image from a predetermined plurality of determining... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080055678 - Image processing device, image output device, terminal device, and image forming system and computer readable medium storing program thereof: An image processing device includes a separation unit that separates image information including a first image having plural color components and a second image having a specific color component and to be overlaid at least in part on the first image into a specific color component image of the same... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080055680 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, computer program, and recording medium: An image processing method is applied for recording an image on a recording medium using a plurality of color materials including a chromatic material and an achromatic material. A total amount of recording of the chromatic material is smaller than a total amount of recording of the achromatic material, and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080055679 - Tone setting for monochrome image: A color tone setting window 100 that includes an ink color circle 110 is displayed in order to set a color tone of a monochrome image. By specifying a point Pcc in the ink color circle 110, intensities of color components representing three chromatic primary color inks are specified. The... Agent: Peter B Martine Martine Penilla & Gencarella

20080055682 - Apparatus and method for deciding image color: An image color decision apparatus according to the present invention includes a ground color decision unit and a target image decision unit. The ground color decision unit decides the presence or absence of a ground color in a target image based on image data concerning the target image, and the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080055681 - Method for adjusting saturation and contrast of an area of an image and apparatus thereof: A method for adjusting saturation of an area of an image is disclosed. The method includes calculating a deviation level of a pixel in the area of the image and calculating a modified saturation value of the pixel in the area of the image according to the deviation level of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080055683 - Image generation system, method and medium: Provided is an image generation system and method, more particularly, an image generation system and method which can generate a high dynamic range image from a plurality of images acquired in a single short exposure. The image generation system To includes an image generation system having an image acquisition unit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080055684 - Method and device for controlling inner cavity color of medical imaging system: This invention proposes a method and a control device for controlling a medical imaging system's inner cavity color. The control device comprises a colored light source for lighting up the inner cavity of a medical imaging system so as to control its color tone. This colored light source is a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department