Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 04/08

20080094644 - Method and device for converting source image data into target image data: In a method or device for conversion of source image data into target image data, source image data are processed to generate a source image in at least one first color. The target image data is generated for generation of a target image in at least one second color differing... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080094649 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus. The apparatus includes an image processing unit to process printing data into image data capable of being outputted; and a controller to control the image processing unit to perform an edge emphasis processing of the font if a size of the font included in the printing... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080094650 - Print processing apparatus and method of controlling print processing apparatus: A print processing apparatus holds in advance information of media sizes and media types of media held in a plurality of feeding trays. Upon receiving print setting information for executing printing, the print processing apparatus checks whether a setting value of at least one of media size and media type... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080094652 - Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, display apparatus, and control method for display apparatus: An apparatus receives printing structured document data relating to data broadcasting, that has been described in a markup language. The received printing structured document data is parsed, and layout information for printing is extracted. The descriptions relating to printing that are included in the printing structured document data are changed... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080094651 - Print control apparatus, print control method, program, and storage medium: At the start of printing, it is determined whether binary rasterized data is available. If the binary rasterized data is available, execution of binary rasterization processing is designated. When generating print data based on binary data rasterized by binary rasterization processing, it is determined whether a printing apparatus can process... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080094653 - Image reading apparatus, image reading method and image forming apparatus: In the case where an exposure lamp goes off while original documents are read continuously, the abnormality is detected, an original reading operation is stopped, and an error display is performed, so that a black copy output is prevented.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080094656 - Data communication system, data processing apparatus, facsimile apparatus, data processing method, and storage medium: In a data communication system including a facsimile apparatus having a function of creating data based on a facsimile signal, and a data processing apparatus that is connected to the facsimile apparatus via a network and does not have the function, the following processing is executed so that the data... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080094662 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a memory that stores therein a control program, a central processing unit that executes the control program stored in the memory, a print engine controlled by the central processing unit, and a unit that is selected from a plurality of units. An identification signal generating... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080094648 - Raw data processing apparatus and raw data processing method: A raw data processing apparatus is provided. In the apparatus, it is determined whether monochrome processing has been performed on data (color information) of a plurality of data read out from image data included in thumbnail data, screen nail data, or a simultaneous record JPEG file when an instruction to... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080094663 - Engraving method for a laser engraver: In an engraving method for a laser engraver, an engraving apparatus of the laser engraver performs an engraving for data of a transversal engraving line and then engraves for data of a transversal engraving line in a jumping mode to improve a banding phenomenon and enhance the engraving quality, further... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20080094645 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion that synthetically prints image data and ID image data specific to a user on a recording paper, a paper discharge tray that discharges and accumulates the recording papers, and an ID image reading portion that reads the ID images of the... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080094654 - System and method for monitoring unauthorized dissemination of documents and portable media: A method for enforcing a distribution policy associated with an electronic document comprising the steps of: sending the document to an output device; determining said distribution policy associated with said document; instructing a marking module to embed a marking indicating at least the existence of said distribution policy on an... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080094657 - Image formation management system, image formation management method, and storage medium: A disclosed image formation management system includes image forming apparatuses and a local management apparatus connected via a network to the image forming apparatuses. Each of the image forming apparatuses includes a user information storing unit storing user information of users, a management information storing unit storing a current number... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080094658 - Image forming apparatus with controller for storing print data according to characteristic value: An image forming apparatus is provided with a storage device having storage areas divided corresponding to a characteristic value allocated for each print requesting person. Upon receiving print data and a characteristic value from an external device, the image forming apparatus stores the print data into a storage area which... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080094660 - Method and apparatus for linking designated portions of a received document image with an electronic address: A method and apparatus for receiving document images including portions linked to one or more electronic addresses. The linked portion of the document is identified using a predetermined visual attribute, such as bold-face text, or delimiters to mark the portion. The document image is then transmitted using, e.g., existing apparatus... Agent: Irving Tsai

20080094661 - Method for controlling error of internet fax data: Provided are a method for controlling errors of an Internet fax data according to the statue of a network by using a receiver report (RR) message in a real-time transport control protocol (RTCP) and a gateway to which the method is applied. Therefore, transmission errors are reduced and a transmission... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080094659 - Print setting means, print setting apparatus, and printing apparatus: A print setting means 50 has a first selection unit 52 that selects a first setting value out of a plurality of first setting value candidates related to printing and further has a second selection unit 62 that selects a second setting value out of listed second setting value candidates... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080094655 - Printing system and host apparatus: A host apparatus used in a printing system includes the host apparatus and an image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus receives print data and authentication information from the host apparatus so as to perform authentication operation referring to the authentication information. The host apparatus includes: an authentication information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080094647 - Image data correcting device for correcting image data to remove back projection without eliminating halftone image: An image data correcting device eliminates a back projection image without eliminating an image corresponding to a low-intensity halftone image. An intensity difference detection part detects an intensity difference between first image data corresponding to a part of a predetermined small area and second image data corresponding to the remaining... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080094646 - Method and apparatus for estimating ink strike-through in printing press: A method and an apparatus for estimating ink strike-through aims at estimating ink strike-through occurs on a print sheet or web both side of which undergo printing. An apparatus for estimating ink strike-through includes a picture data obtaining section for obtaining a first picture data of a first picture to... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080094664 - Handheld recording apparatus: A handheld recording apparatus. A casing includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite thereto. The second sidewall includes a recording through hole. A transparent positioning window is disposed in the first sidewall and corresponds to the recording through hole. A recording mechanism is movably disposed in the casing... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080094665 - Image processing apparatus: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including: an image reading section for reading a document image; a particular image determining section for determining whether or not a particular image is included in image data read by the image reading section; an image processing section for processing the image... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080094666 - Facsimile telecommunications system and method: A system and method for facilitating facsimile transmissions coupled to the switched telephone network in a manner supporting multiple communication channels, each of which allowing communication sessions with originating fax machines. The store and forward facilities include a computer for controlling operations and mass data storage equipment. The store and... Agent: Weatherly Kerven & Seigel LLC

20080094667 - Communication apparatus: A communication apparatus includes a specifying unit, a display unit, a communication control unit, and a communicating unit. The specifying unit specifies a communication destination. The display unit displays information on the communication destination on a check screen. The communication control unit issues an instruction to initiate communication with the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080094668 - Image reading device and image forming apparatus: The image reading device comprises a control unit that controls a document-size detection unit to perform the first document-size detection (S13) when a document retainer is detected to be in a predetermined position (S12) and to perform the second document-size detection (S16) when the amount of reflected light measured by... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080094669 - Printer control apparatus: There is provided a printer control apparatus that allows a user to easily and properly perform editing works, such as deletion of an undesired image, before printing out a web page or the like displayed by a browser, and thereby helps reduce the consumption of expendable supplies, such as inks,... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080094670 - Medium registration apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same: A medium registration apparatus for an image forming apparatus. The registration apparatus includes: a subassembly including a first guide plate that guides a medium along a medium transferring direction, and a side guide disposed adjacent to one side of the first guide plate, in parallel with the medium transferring direction... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080094671 - Image-data output system for a photosensor chip: A photosensor chip, such as used in a digital image scanner, includes a first contiguous subset of photosensors and a second contiguous subset of photosensors. Each subset of photosensors includes two interleaved (odd and even) groups of photosensors, outputting image data onto two multiplexed output channels. The image signals from... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080094672 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus processes an input color image, combines the input color image with the processed color image in a ratio that varies from picture element to picture element according to the hue of the picture element, and outputs the combined image. The output image can accordingly be selectively... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080088867 - Image processing system, image processing apparatus and program: An image processing system and a software program which simplify customizations when a program for operations in connection with image processing is installed in a plural number of image processing apparatuses. When a program for operations in connection with image processing is newly installed in a first MFP, the first... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080088866 - Information communication system: An information communication system is provided, which, through the use of a standard network technology, links a server terminal to an information apparatus, and allows the use of application software and data stored on another server terminal. A web server terminal includes a main program running in response to logging... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080088865 - Information processing device and printing setup method: An information processing device comprising a memory unit that stores a combination of set values (hereinafter referred to as “preset data”) relating to a plurality of printing setting items, and information of printing setting items (hereinafter referred to as “temporary setting items”) for which set values can be specified temporarily... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080088868 - Multifunction device and image saving method: A multifunction device, comprising a facsimile receiving unit that receives a color image, a converting unit that converts color image data received by the facsimile receiving unit into monochrome image data, a comparing unit that compares file sizes of the color image data received by the facsimile receiving unit and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080088872 - Communication system, communication method, and communication terminal device: A communication method performed between a transmission side device which cannot execute a communication function of an ITU-T recommendation V.34 communication mode and a reception side device which can execute the communication function of the ITU-T recommendation V.34 communication mode. The reception side device receives a calling signal indicating a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080088873 - Document administration system and document destruction apparatus: A document administration system includes a document administration apparatus and a document destruction apparatus. The document administration apparatus includes a document administration information storage section that stores administration information containing at least document identification information assigned to a document and a retention period of the document. The document destruction apparatus... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088875 - Image forming apparatus driver, operation setting device for image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet based on image data and performing post-processing with respect to the sheet having the image, includes a post-processing designator for designating a post-processing side of a sheet bundle, and a post-processing position with respect to the post-processing side. The... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080088871 - Image processing system, information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input identification information for identifying a user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire entry management information about an area for which a user identified based on the identification information has an entry authority, and a display unit configured to, in... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080088869 - Printing apparatus and method for controlling the same: A printing apparatus includes a CPU that determines whether or not to use operation information included in paper information received from another printing apparatus. If it is determined to use the operation information, the received paper information is registered as the paper information of Type 2. In addition, the CPU... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080088877 - System and method for updating reference to a data-source in a component-based application: A method is provided for automatically updating a component application that reflects a current data-source description document. The method comprises the following steps. Identifying one or more differences between the current data-source description document and a new data-source description document. Automatically updating components of the component application affected by the... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080088858 - System and method for processing images using predetermined tone reproduction curves: An automated RAW image processing method and system are disclosed. A RAW image and metadata related to the RAW image are obtained from a digital camera or other source. The RAW image and the related metadata are automatically processed using an Operating System service of a processing device to produce... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20080088857 - System and method for raw image processing: An automated RAW image processing method and system are disclosed. A RAW image and metadata related to the RAW image are obtained from a digital camera or other source. The RAW image and the related metadata are automatically processed using an Operating System service of a processing device to produce... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20080088859 - Value document comprising a serial number: The invention relates to a value document, especially a banknote, having an individualizing mark that is applied at least once each to the front and the reverse of the value document. Here, at least one of the individualizing identifiers applied to the front and reverse is applied to the value... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080088862 - Image forming apparatus, image processing method and image processing program: An image forming apparatus comprises: a reader to read image; an output part to output the image; an information giving part to give additional information to the image before the image is outputted by said output part; an output controller to make said output part output a plurality of test... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080088861 - Printing medium separation apparatus, printing medium separation program, storage medium storing the program, printing medium separation method, printing device, printing device control program, storage medium storing the program, and printing device cont: A printing medium separation apparatus, including: a density information extraction unit that extracts density information about a predetermined printing area of a printing medium for use to print an image; an area partition unit that partitions the printing area into a plurality of partition areas; a blank amount calculation unit... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080088874 - Electronically capturing information from a printed document: A system for electronically capturing information from a printed document, comprising: an interface surface provided on said document for conveying visual information to said user, and coded data disposed thereon indicative of an identity of the document and of coordinates of a plurality of locations of the interface surface; a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088870 - Facsimile apparatus, control method therefor, and computer-readable storage medium: In facsimile-communicating an original when the Internet selection state in an operation unit is set to “automatic selection”, the original is communicated by selecting the e-mail-based Internet for an A4 original size, and the session-based Internet for a B4 or A3 original size. At the same time, the original information... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080088876 - Image obtaining method, image pick-up device, image pick-up information transmitting system, image transmitter and print system: To provide a pull model which can remotely control an image pick-up device by connecting the image pick-up device to an image information receiver through a communication path and operating a general purpose file reading program by the image information receiver. The image pick-up device includes: a communicating unit capable... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080088860 - Print structure, printing method and reading method for medium surface with print-formed dot pattern: With the aim of realizing an easy and inexpensive method of realizing a “stealth” dot pattern, whose presence on a medium surface is not visually recognizable, merely through minor improvements in the existing printing technology, the present invention provides dots which form a dot pattern by printing these dots using... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080088863 - Image forming system: An image forming system includes a PDL job receiving unit for receiving a PDL job generated by use of a page description language, a print image forming unit for interpreting the PDL job and forming a print image, a compression unit for compressing the print image, a storage unit for... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080088864 - Print engine controller for expanding and printing images: A print engine controller for a pagewidth printer is provided. The controller is configured to control the printer by performing the step of receiving a JPEG-compressed contone CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow black) image into a memory buffer of the controller. The controller then performs the step of expanding the image... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088878 - Halftone dot conversion apparatus, halftone dot conversion program storage medium, and dot matrix: There are disclosed a halftone dot conversion apparatus capable of creating a halftone dot image that is small in an interference between periodical noises occurred at the time of output and a periodical structure of halftone dots, and contributing to avoiding the graininess and prevention of the disorder in geometry... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080088879 - Halftone dot conversion apparatus, halftone dot conversion program storage medium, and dot matrix: There are disclosed a halftone dot conversion apparatus capable of creating a halftone dot image that is small in an interference between periodical noises occurred at the time of output and a periodical structure of halftone dots, and contributing to avoiding the graininess and prevention of the disorder in geometry... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080088881 - Methods and apparatus for watermarking digitally printed documents: A form of stochastic random distribution is used to print an invisible watermark using a typical, e.g., 600 dpi, printer. The watermark contains such information as “Do Not Copy,” or other such information. Although the watermark is not visible on a first generation version of a document that is printed,... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20080088880 - System and method for decoding digital encoded images: A method is presented for decoding an encoded image produced from a primary image and at least one secondary image using at least one encoding parameter. The encoded image is formed so that when the encoded image is printed, the secondary image is not discernible to a viewer without an... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080088882 - Image writing system, writing apparatus, display medium, image writing method, computer readable medium for image writing and computer data signal for image writing: An image writing system includes: a display medium displaying an image rewritably recorded according to an external force and holding the image after the external force is removed, the display medium including a memory externally readably storing capability information on a capability of displaying an image on the display medium;... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088883 - Image forming apparatus and methods of setting transfer current and forming image: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transferer to apply a constant-current controlled bias to a transfer medium to form a transfer electric field, a constant-current source configured to apply an electrical current to the transferer, an electrical characteristic detector, an environment detector, a first corrector, a second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080088884 - Facsimile apparatus, its control method, program and storage medium: When facsimile data is transmitted by performing facsimile communication, a public line is seized. Then, when the public line is seized, it is a determined which of a dial tone signal or a voice signal for phone call a signal received from the public line is, it is controlled to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080088885 - Data printing system, data processing apparatus and printer apparatus: A data printing system. In a data processing apparatus, a transmission converting unit converts electronic data into print data, a data transmitting unit transmits converted print data to a printer apparatus, a transmission confirming unit detects alteration of printed electronic data, and an alarm providing unit provides predetermined alarm data... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080088886 - Method of providing search results to a user: A method of providing search results to a user via user interaction with a printed substrate, said substrate comprising user information and coded data enabling the user interaction, said method comprising: (a) a user performing the user interaction with the substrate using a sensing device, said sensing device reading at... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080088887 - Image reading apparatus and method for adjusting same: An image reading apparatus which approximates the MTF characteristics on the front and back surfaces of the original to each other, in reading a double-sided original, to thereby prevent a density difference and a color difference from being caused between the front and back surfaces of the original. A CCD... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080088888 - Device for conversion of a hard-copy document containing text or image data into the electronic document.: A device for obtaining graphical information from a single- or multi-page document printed on a hard media where reading out of the position of the document elements is performed by using a method of volumetric scanning of a document (even closed) is described. Processing of scanning results, comprises joining up... Agent: Abbyy Software Ltd. Attn. Sergey Platonov

20080088889 - Light scanning device, light scanning device production method, and color image forming apparatus: A light scanning device includes a semiconductor laser which emits a laser beam in response to an image forming signal, an optical deflector which scans the laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser in a main scanning direction, and a liquid crystal deflecting element which changes the scanning position of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080088890 - Scanner that scans to film: the sheet-fed scanner (300) being characterised in that the detection module (360) comprises a non-prismatic spectral shift device (305) for shifting each part of the luminous flux thus focussed, parallel to said rows (166, 168, 170), the shift being different for each row (166, 168, 170).... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20080088891 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor, as well as program for implementing the method and storage medium: An image forming apparatus which is capable of increasing printing efficiency by simplifying the calibration operation in time zones during which the frequency of use of the apparatus is high. An image forming apparatus has a plurality of calibration modes set in advance on a time zone-by-time zone basis for... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080088892 - System, medium, and method calibrating gray data: A system, medium, and method calibrating gray data. The system calibrating gray data includes a transformation unit to transform red, green, and blue (RGB) data of a source device into transformed color data of a different color space using a color appearance model, and a calibration unit to map a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080088893 - Optical scanning device, optical scanning method, computer program product for executing optical scanning method, recording medium with computer program recorded thereon, image forming apparatus, and color image forming apparatus using the same: An optical scanning device of the invention includes: n-odd (n≧2) light sources disposed at different positions at least in a sub scanning direction; a light source driving control part configured to control a light emitting state of the light source; and a sub-scanning pixel position detecting part configured to depict... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080088894 - System for image color correction and method thereof: The present invention relates to a system for image color correction and a method thereof. The system for image color correction includes at least a color correction module, which can correct color values to be corrected to ideal color values for giving corrected color values. In addition, the system according... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080084572 - System and method for encoded raster document generation: The subject application is directed to a system and method for encoded raster document generation. The electronic document is a suitable page description language document encoded in a page description language. Primary raster code is then generated in accordance with the received page description language. The primary raster code corresponding... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080084573 - System and method for relating unstructured data in portable document format to external structured data: A system and method for relating unstructured data in portable document format to external structured data. A software component layered on top of an existing PDF document to bridge static information in the document to dynamic information in an external IT system. A PDF document may be parsed and “hotspotted”... Agent: Sap_dlg

20080084574 - Automated printing: A computerized method and apparatus for automated printing based on a submitted print order from an internet storefront is presented. A user configures a pictorial workflow plan which can dynamically respond to a printing intent derived from the submitted print order. The workflow plan automatically generates a value for a... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080084579 - Image processing apparatus and program: An image processing apparatus wherein a plural number of optional ways of processing image data are stored in connection with each user, and one of the ways is designated as an initial setting for the user's way of processing image data. The image data are data sent from an exterior... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080084577 - Image processing system: An image processing system configured to perform image processing with a plurality of apparatuses operating in cooperation with one another includes a setting unit configured to set a cooperation destination apparatus in a cooperation wait state, a searching unit configured to search for the cooperation destination apparatus set to the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080084575 - System and method to remotely access multi-function peripheral (mfp) workflows: A system and method for remotely accessing a device having a scan capability are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises remotely connecting to the device via the embedded web server, traversing a remote control panel provided by the embedded web server, uploading an electronic document to the device via... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080084576 - System and method to remotely control the front panel of a multi-function peripheral from an embedded web server: A system and method for remotely controlling a MFP are disclosed. In one aspect, the system comprises a MFP having a front panel and an embedded web server. The system also comprises a remote user interface, which is remotely connected to the MFP by the embedded web server and permits... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080084582 - Complex machine and printing system: A complex machine includes: a scanning unit having a function of scanning an object put on a platen to thereby generate image data of the object; a printing unit that performs printing on a sheet; a control unit that, when designation-information-included printing data including region designation information that designates a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080084569 - Method and apparatus for photographing an object to produce still image while recording moving picture: Provided is a method and apparatus for photographing an object to produce a still image while recording a moving picture. If a request for recording a moving picture is input by a user, image resolution of preview image data is changed to pre-set image resolution of moving picture data, moving... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080084570 - Display system, control method of the same and control method of video source apparatus: A display system having a display part includes a user interface (UI) generator, and a controller which controls the UI generator to generate a profile adjusting window including a first menu for adjusting a display profile and a second menu for adjusting a printer profile if a control signal is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080084584 - Emphasizing image portions in an image: This invention relates to a method, a computer readable medium and apparatuses in the context of emphasizing image portions in an image. Image data representing an image is received, the image data is processed to identify specific image portions in the image, wherein the specific image portions are one of... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080084580 - Display control device for touch panel-type setting-operation unit, electronic apparatus and image forming apparatus: Disclosed is a display control device for a touch panel-type setting-operation unit, which is designed to display a plurality of manually operable keys on a display screen and to perform an input processing corresponding to the operation of one or more of the keys. The display control device is operable,... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080084578 - Quality of service methods and systems for mobile printing: Systems and methods for secure, remote printing includes a mobile device (e.g., cell phone or PDA) establishing a secure communication connection with a mobile printer and a server, such a connection using one or more encryption protocols (e.g., SSL, TLS, etc.). The server encrypts the requested data and transmits it... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080084581 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus (10) includes a bus (B1) and a bus (B2). A series of processes for creating YUV image data for HDTV is executed by means of a bus (B1) and an SDRAM (32). Furthermore, a series of processes for creating YUV image data for LCD monitor (66)... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080084571 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for forming a multicolor image by superposing single-color images of respective colors is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an image formation control unit configured to select and form a misalignment correction pattern used in a misalignment correction process for correcting misalignment between the single-color images.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080084583 - Page expansion and printing method incorporating halftoning and compositing: Provided is a page expansion and printing method for a pagewidth inkjet printer. The method features the step of receiving a page description having a bi-level black layer and a contone CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow black) layer from a host and storing said page description in a memory. The method... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080084585 - Image forming apparatus, image reading apparatus and program: The MFP 101 compresses the image data read by the scanner 102 using the JBIG format, and then stores the image data in the image-data storing unit 104. The converting unit 109 of the MFP 101 converts the stored image data into a specific file format and then outputs this... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080084586 - Image playback method, image playback apparatus, and image playback program: An image playback method is provided which allows the viewer to easily recognize how much time has elapsed and to evoke, with nostalgia, the memories from the time when the image was acquired. This image playback method includes the steps of determining a time elapsed from image acquisition based on... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080084587 - Image reading device: There is provided an image reading device directly connected to a printer and modifying an image data to print an image in a size and/or with a layout desired by a user, wherein, after the information for the modification has been obtained once, no acquisition of the information for the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080084588 - Optical device with movable optical module: An optical module with movable reflective mirrors is provided in the invention. The optical module, which is set in a scanner for the scanning of documents, comprises the following elements: a first carriage comprising a first reflective mirror, a lens and a photoelectric sensing device, wherein the first carriage moves... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080084589 - Acquiring three-dimensional structure using two-dimensional scanner: One embodiment relates to a method of acquiring three-dimensional structure of an object using a flatbed scanner. The object is placed with a surface to be scanned facing down on a scanner platen. At least three images are obtained under differing lighting directions. The images are processed to generate the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080084590 - Flag mounting brackets for motorcycles: Bracket assemblies are disclosed for securing one or more flags on a motorcycle. In one embodiment, the bracket assembly mounts to the backrest of a motorcycle and includes opposing plate members which fasten together, with the backrest sandwiched between the plate members. Rubber gaskets and spacers between the plate members... Agent: Robert M. Downey, P.a.

20080084591 - Imaging apparatus with moveable entrance guide: An imaging apparatus includes an exposure system having an output engagement point and operating at a first rate, and a processor having an input engagement point and operating at a second rate, which is at least equal to the first rate. A guide assembly includes an entrance guide which is... Agent: Carestream Health Inc,

20080079956 - Hand-held printer having an integrated digital camera scanner: A hand-held printer includes at least one print nozzle and a digital camera scanner. The digital camera scanner is operable to capture an image of an object, which is stored in a memory of the hand-held printer. The hand-held printer is then operable to print the captured image using the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080079957 - Multifunction peripheral: A multifunction peripheral in which a scanning unit and a printing unit can be driven by a single driving unit, including a printing unit which is movably installed in a main body of the multifunction peripheral to print a predetermined image onto a printing medium, a driving unit to drive... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080079958 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus is provided with a medium supporting unit configured to support a recording medium, a first recording head, a second recording head, a first head moving device configured to move the first recording head, a second head moving device configured to move the second recording head, in the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080079972 - Image-based document display: The present invention is directed to a method and system for continuously displaying image pages of digital content which are available over a network. More specifically, the method and system enables a user to view image pages in a continuous manner while a limited number of image pages are being... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080079973 - Automatic maintenance of page attribute information in a workflow system: A method for generating a print job ticket includes extracting page attribute information from an electronic document, embedding the page attribute information as an object within the document, processing the document to form a print job, automatically reading the object embedded in the processed document to retrieve embedded page attribute... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080079976 - Electronic format file content sensitive user interface: A method is provided for enabling adaptive print job content processing as a function of the electronic format and content of files, received by a digital print production environment providing access to a display in the form of a user interface able to select job content processing options. The method... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080079977 - Electronic format file content sensitive user interface: A method is provided for enabling adaptive print job content processing as a function of the electronic format and content of files, received by a digital print production environment providing access to a display in the form of a user interface able to select job content processing options. The method... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080079974 - Methods and systems for third-party control of remote imaging jobs: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for third-party control of remote imaging jobs.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080079978 - Stamp printing method, printer driver, and system: A printer driver enables printing a color loss determination stamp that accurately indicates whether color loss has occurred in every print mode available on a printer. The image data parameter and storage unit 42 of the printer driver 1 stores a plurality of color loss determination bitmap image data 20... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080079975 - Systems and methods for remotely managing and configuring driver settings: A method for managing printer settings is described. Physical printers in electronic communication with a network are discovered. Installed printers, configured with a printer driver, are discovered. The physical printers are associated with the installed printers. One or more default print settings are specified. The one or more default print... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080079980 - Method for printing mixed color and black and white documents and for recovering from interruptions: A method for recovering from an interruption while executing color split printing is described. The document is split into two sub-documents. N sets of the first sub-document are printed on a first printer, and N sets of the second sub-document are printed on a second printer while merging sheets of... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20080079979 - System and method for securing a document: A system is disclosed that provides for selectively securing an electronic document, the electronic document having the appearance of a paper-based form. The system has a display and a memory, the memory including program code for selectively securing an electronic document, wherein the electronic document has one or more portions.... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080079981 - System and method for voice help on a topic the user selects at the device, or to correct an error at a multi-function peripheral (mfp): A method of providing voice help at a multi-function peripheral (MFP) device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving, at an MFP device, a help request for a task, associated with the use of the MFP device, from a user and providing, at the MFP device, the user... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080079995 - Communication device, image processing device, and method of setting recipient: A communication device of the present invention includes an reception unit that receives a request of a data transmission to a single or plurality of recipients, which is at least one external device, from a client, a transmitting unit that transmits data to the single or plurality of recipients, a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080079984 - Digital image sharing: A digital image sharing system has a server, a receiving device configured to communicate with the server, and a sending device configured to communicate with the server and the receiving device. The sending device sends at least one digital image to the server, the digital image being stored on the... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20080079998 - Document administration apparatus, document administration method and recording medium: A document administration apparatus, comprising: a transmitter to transmit a document to a plurality of destinations; a memory to record status information of said transmitted document therein; and a changer to change status information of said document recorded in said memory, according to an operation by a destination user to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080079990 - Document processing device, document processing system, and storage medium storing a computer program: A document processing device is disclosed which includes: an acquiring unit acquiring restricting information that stipulates, per user, whether execution of processing relating to a document is permitted or restricted; a converting unit converting the restricting information acquired by the acquiring unit into an optically-readable restricting information image; and an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080079983 - Graphical user interface for job output retrieval: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for retrieving portions of a job output. A graphical representation of the job output is displayed in a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface contains a set of controls used to select a portion of the job output. The... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080079994 - Image forming apparatus and computer program product: An image forming apparatus includes a data processing unit that processes source data to generate image data, an image forming unit that forms an image, based on the image data generated by the data processing apparatus, on a recording medium equipped with a non-contact tag, and a data recording unit... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080079992 - Multi function peripheral apparatus and control method thereof: A multi function peripheral apparatus includes a plurality of modules which execute respectively works, a user input part, a display part, and a control part which controls the display part to display a list of at least one work mode in which a work file is executed by a corresponding... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080079997 - Print processing apparatus: A print processing apparatus for sending image data to a printer having a sheet storage section for storing a sheet and a printing section for printing on the sheet the image data received from an outside apparatus, the print processing apparatus including: a setting section of print copies for allowing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079993 - Printing system, print control method, and storage medium: A printing system comprises a processor that causes the printing system to perform processing including a plurality of jobs, the plurality of jobs including at least a first-type job of the first-type job and a second-type job, and a controller that causes the printing system to cancel printing processing of... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080079987 - System and method for improving print shop operation: There is provided a system for a print production facility, with print job processing departments, in which a wait time interval is determined for each recorded instance in which an output, from a set of multiple outputs, is delivered from a first one of the print job processing departments to... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080079988 - System and method for improving print shop operation: There is provided a system for a print production facility, with print job processing departments, in which a wait time interval is determined for each recorded instance in which an output, from a set of multiple outputs, is delivered from a first one of the print job processing departments to... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080079989 - Systems and method for monitoring consumable supply levels in one or more printers: A system for monitoring consumable supply levels in one or more printers includes a printer server for periodically polling the one or more printers for an indication of a supply level of one or more consumables in each printer. The printer server comprises a polling algorithm that dynamically adjusts a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080079986 - Systems and methods for detailed job accounting for thin client rendering: In an exemplary embodiment, a job request is received. The job request may include at least one accounting detail requirement. A determination may be made about whether the at least one accounting detail requirement is supported by a rendering device. If the at least one accounting detail requirement is supported... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080079985 - Systems and methods for facilitating direct scanning to network destinations by clients: In an exemplary embodiment, a scan destination profile request may be received. The scan destination profile request may include scanner-side settings. It may be determined whether the scanner-side settings are supported by a scanner. If it is determined that at least some of the scanner-side settings are not supported by... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080080002 - Method and apparatus for performing print spooling within a computer system: A method for performing print spooling within a computer is disclosed. The computer is coupled to a disk subsystem and a printer. After the receipt of a print command, the print command is separated into a set of print data and a set of control data. An unique index is... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20080080003 - Systems and methods for deferment of a print job when the paper supply is insufficient: A method for deferring a print job within a queue is disclosed. The print job is received. The print job is scheduled for despooling to a printing device. Print data and print settings associated with the print job are analyzed. Paper requirements of the print job are determined. Availability of... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080080005 - Image processing circuit and printing apparatus: Processed image data is generated from processing object image data indicative of a processing object image which, virtually has a plurality of cells each, of which includes a set of M×N pixels in which M pixels are arranged in the X direction and N pixels are arranged in Y direction,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080080004 - Image writing system: An image writing system includes a display recording medium and a writer. The display recording medium includes a storage unit that stores format information, which specifies an expression format, so that the format information is readable from an outside. The display recording medium allows the image to be written rewritably... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080080007 - Image forming apparatus and computer program product: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a controller that controls the image forming unit to form, on a recording medium, an image based on image data in accordance with a first print setting; and a data recording unit that records original data of the image data and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080080006 - Preparation of aggregate jobs for production: System and method for automated scheduling and creation of gangs of individual jobs for production. Individual jobs and related production parameters and order information are retained electronically in a database of pending jobs awaiting production. Based on production capacity at the production facility and the production parameters of the individual... Agent: Vista Print Usa, Inc. Attn: Patent Counsel

20080079959 - Image processing apparatus and method, and image forming apparatus and method: An image processing apparatus which converts multiple-value image data of an image into a plurality of dot patterns to form the image on a recording medium includes: a corrected recording element signal table storage device which stores a plurality of corrected recording element signal tables respectively for the graduated tone... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079960 - Image processing method and apparatus, and image forming method and apparatus: An image processing method coverts multiple-value image data of an image into a plurality of dot patterns to form the image on a recording medium, the multiple-value image data being constituted of a plurality of pixels each of which has a graduated tone value that is one of graduated tone... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080079962 - Background color conversion for toner-saving printing: A toner saving printing method and related computer program product is described. The program analyzes an input file to extract data that represents background, and if the background is a solid dark color, changes the background to a colorless a lighter color background. The colors of the foreground objects such... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20080079968 - Color adjustment circuit, digital color adjustment device and multimedia apparatus using the same: A digital color adjustment device for a multimedia apparatus is provided. The digital color adjustment device performs color adjustment on a received pixel color data and sends to a display unit of the multimedia apparatus for display. The digital color adjustment device includes a hue shift lookup table, a saturation... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080079967 - Color status detection in color binary domain: A method to determine the color status of a scanned original segments a binary halftone image into a predetermined number of local windows and converts each local window to a device-independent color space. The method then determines a color space parameter for each local window and compares the color space... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Xerox

20080079964 - Critical color tolerance guide for printers: A system and method for accurately communicating color requirements from a customer to a production printer is disclosed. The method and system include a customer end computer workstation including a monitor, a processor, input tools such as a mouse and a keyboard, and a printer; color selector software; and target... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080079961 - Method and apparatus for model driven testing: A method and apparatus for providing information about a model of a test for an application, using an application model, the method comprising the steps of: providing a pre configuration of the application or a part thereof; providing a transformation parameter; and providing an at least one post configuration of... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080079965 - Method, apparatus and technique for enabling individuals to create and use color: A person can create a desired color through use of a visual aid or tool. The aid or tool may include a plurality of color lines, provided on a medium, on which color can be blended. The plurality of color lines may include: (i) a primary set of color lines,... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20080079966 - Methods and systems for composite printer transforms: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for generating and applying composite color transforms.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080079963 - Print shop management method and apparatus for printing mixed color and black and white documents: A method is described for managing a print shop system in which a plurality of printers are connected to and managed by a server. To print a document having both color and black and white pages using N-up and/or duplex printing, the server determines whether to print the entire document... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20080079970 - Printing apparatus, printing method, and printing program: A printing method comprising determining whether to perform a correction process on image data to be printed, calculating a correction parameter of the image data when the correction process is determined to be performed, performing the correction process on the image data based on the correction parameter calculated by the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080080009 - Electronic watermark embedding apparatus and electronic watermark detection apparatus: An embedding area in which a background pattern can be embedded from the color document image is extracted. At least one of a color and a shape of a background pattern appropriate for the embedding area is determined depending on an area color of the embedding area. A background pattern... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080079982 - Image forming apparatus operating in a power saving mode as long as possible: An image forming apparatus operates in a power saving mode or in the normal printing mode. An image forming section forms an image in accordance with print data received from an external apparatus. A state detecting section detects a state of the image forming apparatus. A controller causes the image... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080079999 - Image forming apparatus: One aspect of the present invention can include an image forming apparatus including an external storage medium, a judging part configured to determine whether or not the storage medium contains non-printed file, an extracting part configured to extract the non-printed file as a print target from the storage medium if... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080080001 - Image forming apparatus: One aspect of the present invention can include an image forming apparatus having an access portion configured to access an external storage medium, a file specification portion configured to specify a file to be a printing object, from files stored in the storage medium, a printing portion configured to execute,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080079991 - Information processing apparatus device driver deletion method and storage medium storing control program for executing the method: An information processing apparatus having a storage unit configured to store a device driver and an operating system, and a deletion unit configured to delete the device driver, wherein the deletion unit issues a command before deleting the device driver to deactivate a software instance associated with a device corresponding... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080080000 - Print control device and program: A print control device, controlling a printing device (capable of color printing and monochrome printing) to make the printing device print an image corresponding to print target data, comprises: a main data color/monochrome judgment unit which judges whether main data (included in the print target data which is made up... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080079996 - Printing device: A printing device capable of layouting print image data according to layout definition data that defines printing layout and print an image based on the print image data, is configured to include a layout acquisition unit which obtains second layout definition data if first layout definition data is included in... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080080008 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a connector unit to which an external memory device is connected; a detecting unit configured to detect whether the external memory device is connected to the connector unit or not and output a detection result indicating that the connector unit is in a connected state... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080079971 - Enhancement of glossmark images at low and high densities with selective application of clear toner: The present invention relates to expanding the range of image densities over which the manipulation of differential gloss as may be inherent in halftoned images may be achieved. By selectively applying halftones with anisotropic structure characteristics which are significantly different in orientation while remaining identical in density, a gloss image... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080079969 - Image forming system: According to aspects of the invention, there is provided an image forming system which is configured such that a user is allowed to set color adjustment parameters, and information image data representing the contents of the color adjustment parameters set by the user is generated. Then, the information image data... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080080010 - Easy copying between electronic paper and display: A method and devices for copying an image (2) from an electronic display (1) to an electronic paper (3), wherein said electronic paper (3) is held against an area (6) of the electronic display (1) for performing a copy action and that said electronic display (1) comprises identification means for... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080080011 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit printing print job data on a print medium, a registering unit registering items of print characteristic information used for specifying a condition for printing the print job data on the print medium and items of print condition information associated with the print characteristic... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080080012 - Automated communication using image capture: A method (600) of communicating that can include, responsive to receiving an image (125), automatically processing the image to associate the image with a contact, and communicating the image to the contact. Receiving the image can include capturing the image with an image capture device (215). The method also can... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080080013 - Multiplied pulse generation device, multiplied pulse generation method, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus: In a multiplied pulse generation device, a detection signal is outputted every time a driven object is driven by a specific amount. An actual cycle indicating a time interval between the detection signal and a previous detection signal is measured. An estimated cycle is estimated based on at least past... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080080014 - Composite machine having facsimile function, method for holding facsimile data, and computer program product: A composite machine for printing facsimile data received by using facsimile communication, including: a first non-volatile storage device having a storage area of a predetermined capacity; a second non-volatile storage device that is capable of storing data at higher speed than the first storage device, and having a storage area... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080080015 - Facsimile sending system and facsimile device: A facsimile sending system is provided with facsimile devices and a server. Each facsimile device scans a document, is capable of inputting information concerning a destination, creates sending data including data of the scanned document and the input information, sends the sending data, receives sending data sent from the server,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080080016 - Image forming system, image forming apparatus and copying apparatus: An image forming system includes a first data compressing device, a data decompressing device, and an image forming device. The first data compressing device stores image data of a top line to be formed on a recording medium first and image data of a designated line other than the top... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080080018 - Image recognition device, copy apparatus and image recognition method: An image recognition device of the invention includes an image reading means for reading image information from a manuscript, discriminating a specific mark in which plural marks are arranged from image information. The image recognition device includes an extraction means for extracting marks included in the image information, a distance... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080080017 - System, apparatus and method for document management: An improved approach for managing a document having a plurality of versions is provided. For example, a scanned version of an edited hardcopy of the document is received from an image capture device and uploaded to an electronic database. The scanned version of the hardcopy of the document is linked... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080080019 - Image pickup apparatus and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same: An image pickup apparatus includes an element-including optical system, a detector, and a converter. The element-including optical system has an optical system and an optical wavefront modulation element which modulates an optical transfer function. The detector picks up an object image that passes through the optical system and the optical... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080080020 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof, and reading method in image reading system: In order to specify a region on an original on an original plate more accurately, an image processing apparatus, which reads an original placed on an original plate as digital image data using an image reading unit, includes a detection unit which detects a code image, that is recorded on... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080080021 - Video output apparatus and display apparatus: According to one embodiment, a display device for communicating with a video output device, comprising a control signal receiving portion that receives a list of screens from the video output device as a first control command, a displaying portion that displays the list of screens, a control signal transmitting portion... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080080022 - Systems, methods, and user-interfaces for secure document scanning: Systems, methods, and user-interfaces consistent with embodiments of the present invention provide for a method for secure document scanning in a non-private environment. In some methods for secure document scanning in a non-private environment, the presence of an accessible and writeable removable media device coupled to a scanning device may... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080080023 - Image reading device, copy apparatus, and image reading method: An image reading device of the present invention includes a reading means for reading a manuscript along a main-scanning direction as well as reading image information of the manuscript which relatively moves along a sub-scanning direction and a determination means for determining whether there is a specific image in the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080080024 - Image scanner and control method thereof: An aspect of the invention provides an image scanner which can continuously transfer image data of one surface to an external device (image forming apparatus) without performing control such as interruption and resumption of an original scanning operation. The image scanner includes a size detection unit which detects an original... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080080025 - Image processing apparatus and method for managing image processing apparatus: A method for managing an image processing apparatus is disclosed. The method includes receiving a signal of selecting a color image output mode, requesting an input of verification data, determining the validity of the verification data, and performing an image outputting procedure according to the validity of the verification data.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080080027 - Array based sensor to measure single separation or mixed color (or ioi) patches on the photoreceptor using mems based hyperspectral imaging technology: A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) based Fabry-Perot array may be used as a spectral filter to light sensing array, such as a CCD or CMOS photodetector. Applying different voltages to the electrodes of individual Fabry-Perot cells within the array allows a gradient in the Fabry-Perot air gap across the Fabry-Perot array.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080080026 - Mems fabry-perot inline color scanner for printing applications using stationary membranes: A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) based Fabry-Perot array may be used as a spectral filter to light sensing array, such as a CCD or CMOS photodetector. Applying different voltages to the electrodes of individual Fabry-Perot cells within the array allows a gradient in the Fabry-Perot air gap across the Fabry-Perot array.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080080028 - Imaging method, apparatus and system having extended depth of field: Various exemplary embodiments of the invention provide an extended depth of field. One embodiment provides an image restoration procedure, comprising determining sample point pixels from a pixel array based upon a distance of an object being imaged to the pixel array, and reading intensities of the sample point pixels into... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080080029 - Apparatus, method, and medium for interpolating multiple channels: An apparatus, method, and medium for interpolating multiple channels are provided. The apparatus includes a sensing module which detects a plurality of pixels that are adjacent to a predetermined pixel and comprise a to-be-interpolated channel for the predetermined pixel, and an interpolation module which interpolates the to-be-interpolated channel based on... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP