Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 06/08

20080151272 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a corona discharger including: a stylus electrode; and a cleaning member capable of slidably moving along a longitudinal direction of the stylus electrode in the state that the stylus electrode is sandwiched in the cleaning member, wherein the cleaning member includes: a movable body attached... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20080151283 - Method and system to automatically update in real-time a printer driver configuration: The present invention is directed to a method and system for automatically and continuously updating a printer driver configuration. A first computer program residing on a controller, which acts to monitor the printer configuration, is activated. The printer configuration is read from the controller configuration and updates the DEVMODE data.... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080151299 - Data processor: A data processor can includes a memory connection portion communicably connected to a removable memory, a connection portion communicably connected to a memorizing portion, an acquiring portion capable of acquiring data, a storing portion capable of storing the data acquired by the acquiring portion in the memorizing portion, and a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080151287 - Device for producing a printed image at at least one printed image location: A printed image is produced at least one printed image location using a printing machine with at least one illuminating device that produces at least one printed image at a number of printed image locations. These respective printed images belong to the same page of a printed product to be... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.c.

20080151288 - Document processing system, document processing instruction apparatus, computer readable recording medium storing document processing program, and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave: A document processing system, which includes: a document processing instruction apparatus that instructs on processing of a document; a management apparatus that manages, corresponding to the document, a processing condition for the document; and one or plural printing apparatuses that prints the document; in which the document processing instruction apparatus... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080151285 - Enhanced job programming for pad printing: A system and method of job programming in a computer system for programming print jobs for pad printing. Parameters are programmed by a user for printing a pad, and the programming involves one or more of the following programming steps: programming a slip sheet parameter, programming insert sheet parameters, and... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080151296 - Image communication apparatus and method for controlling image communication apparatus: An image communication apparatus is capable of communicating with external apparatuses. The image communication apparatus receives image data from a first external apparatus and stores the received image data in a storage unit. Upon receiving a request from a second external apparatus, the image communication apparatus identifies the image data... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151297 - Image communication apparatus and method for controlling image communication apparatus: An image communication apparatus capable of communicating with external apparatuses determines whether image data received from the external apparatuses is a first type of image data that was to be transmitted to the image communication apparatus or a second type of image data that was to be transmitted to other... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151300 - Image forming apparatus and program for print review: When conducting both-side printing, a page of one page image to be formed on the front surface of a paper is identified, and a print preview image is displayed on display unit, in which a turned-over image g1 indicating a part of the uppermost paper of the stacked papers is... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080151301 - Image forming apparatus associating with other apparatuses through network: In an image forming apparatus, screen information for displaying a plurality of function options available for a predetermined process is generated. A screen generating program and option information showing the plurality of function options is transmitted in response to an request from an apparatus that is connected through a network... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080151291 - Imaging device, information processing device, information processing system, recording control method thereof, and program for causing a computer to execute the method: An information processing system includes: an imaging device including a first recording medium recording a content file, and a management information storage unit storing management information for managing the content file in the first recording medium; an information processing device including a second recording medium recording a predetermined content file;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080151293 - Information processing apparatus including print job retrieval function, information processing method, program, and recording medium: An information processing apparatus includes a designation input unit configured to designate a storage area of a print job to be retrieved from among a plurality of types of storage areas that store print jobs, a retrieval condition input unit configured to input a retrieval condition, a retrieval unit configured... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151294 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and storage medium: An information processing apparatus performs layout processing on print data, performs a preview based on layout-processed print data, and stores the print data used in the preview into a print queue when actual print processing is performed, thus preventing the same print processing from being repeatedly performed.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151286 - Information processing device, control method for information processing device, output processing system, and program recording medium: A print server (10) stores job data received from a client device (20), stores permission information describing whether or not output of the job data is permitted with respect to a user that owns the job data and a representative of the user. Then, when identification information identifying at least... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080151290 - Installation location management system and installation location management method: There is provided an installation location management system includes a management device (MD) and an information processing device (IPD). A MD includes a map information memory storing map information associating coordinate information with character string information, a map image information output unit outputting the information to the IPD, a coordinate... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080151295 - Method of setting up port of network printing device automatically and network printing device thereof: A method of setting up a port of a network printing device automatically including determining whether a user inputs an internet protocol (IP) address of a host, and transmitting an IP address of the network printing device to the IP address of the host if the IP address of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080151298 - Print managing apparatus, print managing method, and computer program: A print processing result can be more certainly obtained while reducing a processing load of a printer. A print server forms a job tracing ID for a print job whose processing result is to be confirmed and transmits to a network printer. Thereafter, when the print job is formed in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151289 - Print system and print job processing method: In a print job processing method, even if a user does not designate whether or not to perform a pause print in each print request, it is possible to at least automatically perform a print in an appropriate print mode. To do so, if a print apparatus for executing a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151292 - Printing system: A printing system includes a data processing apparatus and a printing apparatus. When a user issues an instruction for performing a print job to the printing apparatus via the data processing apparatus to perform the print job with the printing apparatus, if it is determined that an installation location of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151284 - Ps to pdf conversion with embedded job ticketing preservation: A system and method for converting a first print file having embedded job ticket data generated in a first format into a second print file of a second format while preserving the embedded job-ticket data. A computer system and a computer program are configured to convert the first print file... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080151302 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus capable of shortening a printing time and providing convenience to a user and a method of controlling the same. The method includes scanning identification information of a document which identifies the document, determining whether the scanned identification information of the document is stored in a memory... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080151304 - Information- processing apparatus, method, program and storage medium of processing jobs: Monitoring of a large number (for example, hundreds) of printing devices in parallel makes a processing load very heavy. Or, the monitoring extremely increases the cost of a monitoring computer. A connection-managing unit sequentially monitors the states of printing devices within the number of connections less than the number of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151303 - Method implemented in a management information system for automatic computation of an imposing scheme: In order to simplify the determination of a new imposing scheme it is suggested that a possible division of the sheet is initially selected, based on the one hand, on a sheet format of the sheet, and, on the other hand, on net formats of the pages (7) from a... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, Llc

20080151305 - Preview display for multiple-sided printing: Displaying of document information to be printed in a printing apparatus capable of inserting, during printing on print sheets fed from a predetermined sheet feed unit, a plurality of types of sheets from sheet feed units different from the predetermined sheet feed unit, is controlled by setting information on an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151273 - Printing system and printing method: A printing system having: an order management terminal for instructing to create a printed matter, the order management terminal including; a communication interface section which obtains a list of destinations including a plurality of destination information and a distribution image information; and a printing instruction section which forms a printing... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080151274 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: There is provided an image processing apparatus configured to generate code information represented by a dot array and attach the code information on an image. The image processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine one pattern from among a plurality of patterns wherein locations to attach the code... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151275 - Construction of colorimetric measurements from device profile of spectral measurements: A device model object which numerically constructs colorimetric measurements based on access to a spectrally-based device profile. In situations where a color management module issues a request for spectral measurements, then the device model object provides spectral measurements directly from the spectrally-based device profile. However, in situations where the color... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151277 - Image forming control apparatus and control method thereof: A control method of an image forming control apparatus includes displaying a plurality of setting items about image forming, changing at least one setting value of the plurality of setting items and storing the plurality of setting items, and emphatically displaying a setting item, of which the setting value is... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080151278 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof: An image processing apparatus comprising an image processing unit configured to execute image processing by selectively using a plurality of image processing patterns, a selecting unit configured to select one of the plurality of image processing patterns according to a user's operation, a determination unit configured to determine whether or... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080151281 - Method and apparatus for providing a color-balanced multiple print engine: A method and apparatus is disclosed for color balancing page data, from a variety of input sources having non-consistent device color profiles, among a plurality of individually accessible print engines arranged in a system for color printing multiple copies of multiple page documents. Input page data is converted to a... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20080151280 - Method and system for obtaining parameter for simulation in invisible code printing support system: An image of a sample print printed to obtain parameters is picked up by using “a parameter obtaining device” that meets the standards of an instrument for the invention of “the electronic scrap system.” Then, the picked-up image is captured by a DTP system, and color data of a needed... Agent: Law Office Of Ido Tuchman (yor)

20080151276 - Method of generating combined look-up table, and image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: An information processing apparatus generates a combined LUT that performs color matching and color separation in an integrated manner, based on an LUT for color matching and an LUT for color separation. Input points of the combined LUT are set such that output corresponding to the input points of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151282 - Print control apparatus and method: This invention is targeted to realize preview displaying by using a system spooler. In the print system according to this invention, when an application program designates printing of a document, document data is spooled into EMF spool file 4. At the same time, previewer 3 is started to transmit a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151279 - Print control device and recording medium containing program for controlling printing device: A print control device capable of controlling a printer to execute a printing operation is provided with a data converting module configured to convert job data output by an application and print setting data set by the control device into print data, a search condition defining module configured to define... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080151306 - Image processing apparatus capable of identifying large dot region and small dot region: An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify a large dot region, in which large dots consecutively exist, and a small dot region, in which small dots consecutively exist, in a read image obtained by reading an image on a sheet, a determination unit configured to determine... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151307 - Print processing device and print processing method: A print processing device comprises: a storage to store an input print job including image data of plural pages; a print processor to perform printing to plural papers based on the image data of the plural pages; an image reader to acquire the image data for each page of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151309 - Camera shake determination device, printing apparatus and camera shake determination method: The device employs a plurality of coefficients recorded in image data to detect whether edges are included per block, and determines as the blur level the proportion of edges, among the detected edges, in which the edge width is over a certain threshold. The device also determines, per block, coordinates... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080151308 - Method and device for interpolation and correction of an image: In a method or device for interpolation and correction of a digital image, the source image is mapped to a target image with a FIR filter that comprises a plurality of filter coefficients, the filter coefficients comprising both information for interpolation and information for correction of the image. Both the... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080151312 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, program, and storage medium: In order to determine the image quality of an encoded image in consideration of the printing characteristic of an output apparatus (e.g., a copying machine and a printer), the image forming apparatus has an intermediate formation unit for forming dots that are based on dot data making up an encoded... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151311 - Method for coherent watermark insertion and detection in color halftone images: A method for generating an authenticable color image, the color image including a plurality of color separations, wherein an authentication image inserted in the multicolor image is not readily visually perceptible, includes halftoning image data corresponding to a first color separation using a single halftone screen, wherein the halftone screen... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080151310 - Tactile security feature for document and signature authentication: A system and method create an authentication mark on a recording medium by depositing marking material on a medium in an image area to create a marking material image and to create a marking material authentication image. A predetermined amount of additional marking material is further deposited upon the medium... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080151313 - Image monitoring system for preventing confidential information outflow, image monitoring method, and computer image monitoring program stored on a computer readable medium: In order to prevent a sheet of paper on which confidential information is formed as an image from being taken out, an MFP has a print data accepting portion to accept print data, an image-forming portion to form an image based on the print data onto a sheet of paper... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080151314 - Electronic blackboard: A copy button is pushed to output an image data to an external storage medium, such as a USB memory. Then, a process for writing the image data in the USB memory is executed, and an image corresponding to the image data is printed. When the printed image is light,... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080151315 - Updating old media with configurable entities: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can provide configurable entities in connection with electronic archival of print-based media. In accordance therewith, print-based media can be archived electronically (e.g., by imaging or scanning the print-based media) in a remastered form that provides for displaying the original work with... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080151316 - Communication apparatus and data-transferring method: If data to be transferred is received, a transferring condition for the received data is acquired based on specifying information for specifying an apparatus to which the transferring condition has been registered, and the transferring of the received data is controlled based on the acquired transferring condition. Thus, it is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151318 - Apparatus for transmitting image: An image transmitting apparatus transmits an image of a document in which an information disclosure level is set. A transmission operation to a specified destination is performed when an information disclosure level set in the specified destination is higher than the information disclosure level set in a document to be... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080151317 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program product, and storage medium: Moving image data that includes a plurality of frames is input, and a frame is selected from the plurality of frames included in the input moving image data. The selected frame is extracted as still image data, and location information is added to the extracted still image data as attribute... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151319 - Method for removing defects in scanned images: A method for removing show-through defects in scanned document images is provided by adjusting the scanner's image sensor calibration gain in the area of a drive roll gap. The method will also compensate for drive roll contamination. The invention uses a modified calibration scheme in conjunction with a document transmission... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20080151320 - Delivery expert system and method: An automated rule-based system for facilitating delivery of a fax document from a source to a destination over a network where an initial delivery attempt has been unsuccessful. Actions to be taken are based upon a time-variable set of input conditions which may be determined from one or more of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080151321 - Image scanner and peak detecting processing method of image scanner: A sheet image scanner of the present invention has plural image sensors to output electric signals by detecting optical image data that are obtained by applying a light from a light source to documents, amplifiers to amplify outputs from the plural image sensors, and a peak detection processing unit to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080151322 - Imposition enhancements for automatic document printing: A method of automatically placing N-up images for imposition on media sheet for printing in which, for a user selected value of N, the co-ordinates of the sheet cells are determined and stored; and, the co-ordinates of the media, trim and bleed boxes of each of the images is determined... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080151323 - Digital imaging chip using an analog clock signal as a provisional clock signal: A method of operating an imaging system, the imaging system including a plurality of subsets of imaging elements, such as photosensors, light emitters, or ink-jet ejectors. The imaging elements use a regular clock signal for operation. A provisional clock signal, such as an analog sinusoidal signal, is generated. A subset... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080151325 - Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and methods therefor: There is provided an image processing apparatus includes a spectral reflectance calculation unit that calculates spectral reflectances respectively in plural wavelength ranges, based on intensity of reflected light from an object to be imaged and irradiation intensity of light that the object to be imaged is irradiated with; a determination... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080151326 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: An optical scanning device and an image forming apparatus having the same include a light source, a deflecting system, an imaging optical system with at least one imaging optical element for imaging a light beam deflected by the deflecting system on a surface to be scanned, and at least one... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151324 - Surface-reading apparatus, subject verification apparatus and storage medium storing subject verification program: The present invention provides a surface-reading apparatus that includes a subject-flexing mechanism and a surface-reading component. The subject-flexing mechanism causes a subject to flex in one of a convex form and a concave form. The surface-reading component reads a characteristic of a surface condition of the subject that has been... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080151327 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus that detects failure in the white LEDs constituting a white LED array. Failure in the white LEDs is detected by comparison between a prescribed current threshold and the current running in the LED array detected by an image reading apparatus controller when the white LED array... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151329 - Imaging optical system and image reading apparatus using the same: An imaging optical system for imaging imagewise information provided on a surface of an original, upon a surface of an image pickup device such that the imagewise information is read based on signals from the image pickup device, the imaging optical system including four off-axial reflection surfaces which are asymmetric... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080151328 - Optical scanner with floating load cell frame: An optical scanner with a floating load cell frame. The optical scanner includes a plurality of planar load cells and a frame for tying the planar load cells together.... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20080151330 - Image scanning device: An image scanning device can include an input portion capable of inputting a setting value of a setting item related to a scan condition, a scanning portion capable of scanning a document on the basis of the setting value to obtain image data; and a control portion capable of creating... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080151331 - Image reading apparatus: One aspect of the invention provides an image reading apparatus including: a document placement portion on which a document is allowed to be placed; a display portion, at least a part of which is transmissive of light; an image reading unit movable along a first direction below the document placement... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080151332 - Universal inkjet printer device and methods: A signal converter that may perform functions to enable a thermally based technology to be used with a piezo-electric printhead. The signal converter and piezo-electric printhead may optionally be used in conjunction with a chassis assembly having an adjustable vertical member for sizing the chassis assembly to a printer. Methods... Agent: Fish & Associates, Pc Robert D. Fish

20080151333 - System and method for color calibration incorporating gray-component replacement: Disclosed are systems and methods for color calibration incorporating gray-component replacement, and more particularly, controlling gray component replacement in a color output device by applying a pre-defined transformation to a plurality of non-black channels to obtain at least one intermediate variable, and determining at least one output black (K) value... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080151334 - Scanning optical apparatus, image forming apparatus and image clock correction method: A scanning optical apparatus includes, for example, a determination unit, a correction unit, a creating unit, and a drive control unit. The determination unit determines an amount of correction of an image clock for controlling an output timing of a beam for each pixel constituting one line in a main... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080151335 - Image output apparatus, image output method,computer program and recording medium: An image output apparatus supplies output image data including color components of color materials to an image forming apparatus that prints an image represented by input image data using chromatic color material and/or achromatic color material. In a monochrome mode in which an amount of the chromatic color material is... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080151336 - Method of visualizing a large still picture on a small-size display: The present invention relates to a method of visualizing a large still picture on a display having a size smaller than the large still picture, said method comprising the steps of dividing the large still picture into a set of pieces, said pieces having a size substantially equal to the... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080144062 - Document processing method and document processing apparatus: An apparatus includes a character extraction unit configured to extract a character string from a document including layout information, a character width acquisition unit configured to acquire space character width information, and a spacing amount determination unit configured to determine a spacing amount of each inter-character space based on the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080144063 - Apparatus and methods for improved printing in a tandem led printhead engine: Apparatus and methods for adjusting a skew angle of an LED array in the second of dual/tandem print engine systems to compensate for shrinkage of the printable medium exiting the first print engine. Features and aspects hereof provide for manually and/or automatically measuring the shrinkage of the printable medium as... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080144064 - Device for controlling position-marking by finger print: A device for controlling position-marking by finger print is disclosed. The device comprises a housing having an image-accessing window on the surface thereof used as a sensing area, an IC control and a finger print sensor at the corresponding position of the imaging-accessing window for obtaining finger print pixel of... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080144067 - Automatic image-content based adjustment of printer printing procedures: The disclosure proposes the automatic use of the job or image content information of a print job. This information is used to automatically adjust the general printing procedure for a print engine. The job's image content information is analyzed in the context of the constraints of the print engine to... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080144066 - Composition print method using translators: A method and apparatus is disclosed for receiving, combining, and processing multiple input jobs of multiple formats that may or may not be native to a MFP into a single composed output job in a format native to or compatible with the MFP, which is then outputted. A plurality of... Agent: Kirton & Mcconkie

20080144070 - Display control method and electronic device: checking for a disconnection, with respect to an image forming apparatus including electrical loads and voltage generating circuits that generate voltages that are applied to the electrical loads, by determining if the voltage generating circuits and electrodes that are electrically connected to the electrical loads are normally connected.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080144065 - Finishing compatibility evaluation: A solution for evaluating a compatibility of a selected finishing with printed data of a document is provided. A page model is obtained for a page of the document, and its compatibility with a model of the selected finishing is evaluated. Each model can comprise a representation of a page/finishing... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080144069 - Method and multi-function machine having capability of generating and printing thumbnails corresponding to scanned documents: A method and a multi-function machine are provided for generating and arranging thumbnails corresponding to scanned documents. The thumbnails are printed on a sheet in accordance with a particular arrangement for enabling an operator to view and easily discern any scanning problems, or incorrect scanning settings. In particular, the multi-function... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20080144068 - Printer with image categorization capability: A printer includes an acquisition component which acquires image data comprising a set of digital images generated by a digital image generation device, such as a camera. The acquired set of images is stored in memory. A user input device enables a user to select an image category from a... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080144071 - Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus comprising, a detector unit configured to detect an event that a user logged in to the image processing apparatus logs out, an query unit configured to be operable when said detector unit detects the event, to query the user whether or not to change a setting... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080144077 - Access to networked peripheral device for impaired users: A method for controlling a peripheral device includes receiving input from a user at a workstation adapted to the user, determining whether the received input can be valid, generating a job ticket from the valid input, sending the job ticket to the peripheral device and receiving an identifier representing the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080144083 - Apparatus and method for evaluating rfid programming: The present disclosure relates to a printing system or method for evaluating the programming of an identifier, such as an RFID tag. The method may be implemented in a printing device which is capable of programming an identifier and reading data from the identifier and comparing such information to evaluate... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080144098 - Data acquisition apparatus, data acquisition system and computer-readable storage medium: A data acquisition apparatus is connectable via a network to a data management apparatus, and acquires data requested from the data management apparatus. The data acquisition apparatus has a storage to store the acquired data, and a control unit to send the acquired data that is stored in the storage... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20080144089 - Data output device adn data output method: A data output device according to the present invention comprises: an output device capable of outputting an image and/or a sound; a memory which stores a plurality of types of output data for outputting the image and/or the sound; a receiver for receiving, from a slot machine, a trigger signal... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080144090 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus: A system which includes an image forming apparatus configured to perform a process according to instruction information that describes processing of document information. The system comprising, an receiving unit configured to receive document information and instruction information that describes processing of the document information, a registration unit configured to register... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080144092 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling same: Processing efficiency is improved without executing needless processing when a plurality of processes for implementing functions relating to image formation are executed continuously. To accomplish this, whether processed data that has been generated in a workflow is to be saved or not is determined in accordance with data that has... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080144099 - Image forming restriction control system, image forming restriction control method, and recording medium storing computer program for controlling restriction of image forming: An image forming restriction control system includes an image forming apparatus; and a use restriction device configured to restrict use of the image forming apparatus; wherein the image forming apparatus and the use restriction device are connected to a network, and the use restriction device includes a user information storage... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20080144097 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes plural image outputting filters disposed corresponding to plural image outputting devices, a preview image filter which forms a preview image of an image to be output from each of the plural image outputting filters, a setting interface section which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080144087 - Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and computer program: An operation window including the first display area having a plurality of types of print setting items, and a second display area which displays log data representing the log of setting operations to the print setting items in the first display area is displayed. The second print setting item, which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080144088 - Information processing apparatus, control method, control program, and storage medium: An information processing apparatus which creates print data includes a common setting unit which accepts change of a print setting to the entire print data via a print setting window for making a print setting, and stores the print setting, a display control unit which, when change of a print... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080144093 - Information processing apparatus, method of controlling same, image forming apparatus and computer program: An information processing apparatus outputs image data of a second image in such a manner that the second image is printed on a print medium by an image forming apparatus upon appending the second image to supplement a first image that is a print target, the second image being information... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080144086 - Management apparatus, management method, program and storage medium: A management apparatus which manages plural information processors, manages information indicating at least one of the information processors, belonging to a first group and at least one of the information processors, belonging to a second group; stores first and second schedule information respectively corresponding to the first and second groups,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080144082 - Method and system for communicating in a network: A method and system (102) for communicating in a network (100) is provided. The method comprises receiving (204) at least one identifier associated with a communication target. The at least one identifier is received at a first communication device (102). Further, the method comprises acquiring (206) one or more images... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080144073 - Method for generating a reference signal for use in an imaging apparatus: A method for generating a reference signal for use in an imaging apparatus having an encoder system that supplies an original encoder signal includes selecting one of a plurality of encoder signal conditioning algorithms corresponding to a plurality of desired functions, each encoder signal conditioning algorithm of the plurality of... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080144084 - Method for managing one or more print processing queues: A method of ordering print jobs in a print queue is provided. The method includes storing one set of print jobs in the print queue, and processing the one set of print jobs with a cell (having one or more print processing devices) and a first print job sequencing rule... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080144085 - Method of transmitting/receiving facsimile data through internet and system thereof: A method of transmitting/receiving fax data through internet and the system thereof are provided. The method of transmitting/receiving fax data through internet of the present invention comprises: receiving request for authentication from the first fax system, generating authentication information in response to the request, transmitting the generated authentication information to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080144096 - Method, system, and apparatus for composite printing, and computer usable medium therefor: There is provided a method to print a composite image, by using a data processing apparatus, capable of generating first data, and an image forming apparatus, capable of generating second data and forming the composite image. The method includes providing one of a print instruction and a composition instruction to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080144091 - Mixed jobs generation method and apparatus thereof: Input data in which fixed data and variable data are mixed is processed in a system in which a plate offset press for processing fixed data and a plateless digital press capable of processing variable data are connected. A number of pages of fixed data to be printed in succession... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080144095 - Network system and information processing device: A network system includes a first device, a second device connectable to the first device via an IP network and an external device detachably connectable to each of the first device and the second device. The first device stores setting information. A first device control unit is provided to control... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080144075 - Point of sale printers providing secure network tunneling: A processor implemented method and data processing system are provided for providing secure network tunneling. A request is received at a printer to transmit data to a network server. A secure network tunnel is established between the printer and the network server. The data is transmitted from the printer to... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.c.

20080144101 - Printer incorporating a gravity-fed print media path: The present invention relates to a printer with a gravity-fed print media path. The printer includes a print media supply station for storing print media. A print engine station includes a pair of print engines, and is arranged to receive print media from the print media supply so that duplex... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080144100 - Printing control device and printing control method: A printing system and a printing control method for a printing system that enables automatically resumption of printing after recovering from a printing interrupt event without adding any changes to the conventional page printer, serial printer, line printer, or other type of printer and without needing to monitor which page... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080144080 - Printing system and method of operating same: Disclosed herein is a method of operating a printing system including determining a time of a print problem, accessing a database containing a timeline of print-related attribute changes, modifying one or more print-related attributes, and resubmitting print jobs. In another embodiment, a method of operating a printing system involves storing... Agent: Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20080144094 - Server for combining images, and method of controlling same: It is so arranged that a mount image suited to a user photo image can be selected. To accomplish this, a creator accesses a scrapbook server using a computer and executes a simulation for creating a scrapbook by affixing part images such as photographic images and decorative images to an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080144079 - System and method for data compression: A method of processing data from a file includes obtaining a first portion of the file, creating a first compression unit by compressing at least the first portion of the file, obtaining a second portion of the file, creating a second compression unit by compressing at least the second portion... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080144078 - System and method for easy photo print ordering from internet server: A user enters shipping and billing information only once to an Internet photo server. Subsequently, the user can select locally stored photos for printing or photos stored at the Internet server. In the case of locally stored photos, the Internet server automatically uploads the photos transparently to the user. In... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080144081 - System and method for improved print job scheduling: There is provided a system for scheduling two or more print job suites for shipment to two or more different physical destinations. The system includes a print job processing estimator for estimating a time required to process a first one of the two or more print job suites. The system... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080144076 - Systems and methods for serving documents from a multifunction peripheral: A document serving system includes at least one client interaction module and a multifunction peripheral with an integrated server (or document processor & server) for processing, storing, receiving and sending image and data files. The document serving system receives an original image or document file and stores the original file... Agent: Ricoh/fenwick

20080144072 - Validation system and method therefor: A system to record the status of an item comprising: a registry to store information in a register, the information including unique identifying means and unique owner identification means for the item; communication means such as a telephone network link to establish a communication link between the registry and electronic... Agent: Trask Britt

20080144074 - Workflow processing system: Methods and systems for performing multi-objective optimization for scheduling a plurality of jobs are disclosed. A plurality of jobs, each requiring the performance of one or more operations, may be received. A plurality of feasible routes, each including one or more resources, may be determined for each job. Each resource... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080144104 - Image forming device having direct printing operation and direct printing method thereof: An image forming device having a direct printing function and a direct printing method thereof are provided. An interface unit is connected to a movable storage medium in which a file is stored, and a user manipulation unit sets print options required to print. A control unit stores the print... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080144103 - Image processing apparatus and control method: An image processing apparatus is configured to receive a processing flow, which is to be performed by the image processing apparatus, that includes processing for storing data in a storage unit to which an access control has been set, and instructs the processing according to the received processing flow. The... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080144105 - Printing apparatus and control method thereof: In a case that it is detected that an external memory is attached to a printing apparatus and that neither the access to the external memory nor a user operation occurs within a predetermined time period, an alert is issued to the effect that the external memory is left in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080144102 - Scanned document cover sheet: The embodiments herein provide a method for maintaining information about scanned documents that keeps such information with the physical documents. With embodiments herein this information is maintained in both physical (printed cover sheets) and electronic formats (magnetic media, optical media, electronic storage, etc.). The embodiments herein scan a physical document... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, Llc

20080144106 - Automated processing of paper forms using remotely-stored form content: A computer-implemented method for processing paper forms includes capturing at a computer system an image of a paper form in which information has been filled-in. A location identifier is extracted from the image. The location identifier indicates an address in a storage location external to the computer system, at which... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman Ibm Corporation

20080144107 - Method for arranging a collection of visual content: A method for constructing a collage of visual content, to include images, videos, or application widgets. The content can be comprised of various sizes and aspect ratios. A priority order may be provided. The method will then efficiently arrange the content into a given display area. The display area can... Agent: Adam Lieb

20080144108 - System and method for processing variable print documents: Processing of a variable print document corresponding to a plurality of elements, each element having a type, a coverage area and a z-axis value, may be improved by creating a composite elements to replace groups of elements when element types are compatible and when creating composite elements is desirable based... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080144051 - Display device output adjustment system and method: A display device output adjustment system comprises an electronic device having a visual adjustment module configured to automatically adjust a size of visual content displayed on a display device coupled to the electronic device based on a comparison between at least one characteristic of the display device and a desired... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080144052 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus receives an image of a print medium including additional information embedded therein and separates a block including the additional information from the received image. The image processing apparatus calculates a determination amount to be used in a determination of contents involved in the additional information, and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080144053 - Handheld printer and method of operation: A handheld portable printer includes a top member, a front member, a bottom member and a handle that are joined together to form a generally O-shaped device. The top member defines a hole through which a scroll dial protrudes and is adapted to support a retractable display on its top... Agent: Ricoh/fenwick

20080144056 - Color metric for halo artifacts: A method of evaluating halo artifacts is described herein. The method utilizes a pattern of color patches, a color space and color difference metrics to analyze color changes which correlate to the amount of halo. The pattern of color patches is utilized in the CIE L*a*b* color space to determine... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080144054 - Color rendering control system: A color rendering system and method is disclosed. The color rendering system comprising a color rendering strip generation system configured to generate a group of one or more sets of comparison patches. Each set of comparison patches associated with a particular color and including different color space representations of the... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20080144058 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes: a data receiving part that receives printing information and image data from a storage medium that stores the printing information and the image data; a printing part that prints the image data; and a controller that controls the printing part to print an information image... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080144061 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof that outputs an image of currency wherein a portion of the image of the currency is replaced with another image such that the counterfeiting of currency is prevented, the method including: determining whether a printing object is currency; selecting an alternate... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080144059 - Image processing apparatus and method thereof: A first shifted image is generated by shifting an image to be printed in a predetermined direction based on a first control value. A second shifted image is generated by shifting the image to be printed or the first shifted image in the predetermined direction based on a second control... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080144057 - Super cell super-resolution encoding: A method is employed that represents patterns using a super resolution encoding method that distributes the code value among adjacent pixels. One or more blocks are created, wherein each block is comprised of a plurality of bits, the height of the block is equal to the width of the block.... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080144055 - System and methods for comparing documents: A method includes scanning a page of a paper document to generate a first digital page image. The method further includes obtaining a second digital page image which corresponds to a second page. The method also includes comparing the first digital page image pixel-by-pixel with the second digital page image... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080144060 - Tone correction table generation method and apparatus: There is provided a method of generating a tone correction table used to correct tone characteristics of image data of each component color in a color image forming apparatus, comprising the steps of outputting color patch images of each component color for respective tone levels corresponding to a plurality of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080144109 - Data processing system and method thereof: The present invention discloses a data processing system. The data processing system includes a data processing module and a printing module. The data processing module is utilized for receiving an input image data, and utilizing at least a scaling parameter to adjust a data corresponding to at least a specific... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080144110 - Retrieving system and retrieving method: A retrieving system includes a requesting device and a plurality of storage devices. The requesting device includes an input unit configured to input image data, an extracting unit configured to extract a retrieval key from the image data input by the input unit, a selecting unit configured to select at... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080144112 - Apparatus and method for driving self-emission display panel: Provided are an apparatus and a method for driving a self-emission display panel. A sustain pulse (STP) controller calculates an automatic power control (APC) level of image data having an input grayscale and outputs a STP corresponding to the calculated APC level. A sub-field (SF) controller which applies a dithering... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080144111 - Generating random and density controllable dot patterns method: A method to generate random and density controllable dot patterns includes steps of dividing a 2D domain into multiple cell units; determining dot density in each cell; creating at random initial location of dots in each cell; solving the force operation cut radius of the dot; setting up a residual... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080144113 - Dithering method and apparatus for image data: A dithering method and apparatus are disclosed for image data. At least two different weighting numbers are provided, and the sequence characteristic of the current frame is determined. One of the weighting numbers is then selected as the effective weighting number according to the sequence characteristic. After comparing at least... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080144114 - Method and system for dynamic printer profiling: This presently described embodiment deals with this problem by dynamically constructing color management device profiles that are optimized for accurate reproduction of a particular document. This apparatus utilizes three components. Device characterization data describes the relationship between device drive values (e.g., CMYK in the case of a 4 color printer)... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080144117 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof: When an image including a specific image is created and stored, it is determined whether or not the height/width ratio of the specific image has been changed by a user in the image that includes the specific image. Whether or not to store the image including the specific image is... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080144115 - Method and apparatus for controlling image processing for extraction assured embedding, and recording medium storing program product: An image processing method includes acquiring an original image, acquiring original information, generating overlay information, determining where to embed the overlay information, evaluating whether the overlay information is embeddable in the original image, and controlling image processing according to a result of the evaluation. The image processing apparatus includes an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080144116 - Method and system for applying an image-dependent dynamic watermark to postal indicia: Apparatus and method of creating and printing a postal indicium incorporating a dynamic, image-dependent watermark including receiving and storing a transformed image and metadata from an electronic device, inserting a watermark or portions of a watermark into the transformed image at one or more watermarking zones specified in the metadata,... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080144118 - Networked computer system with wireless pen interface: A networked computer system includes a printer configured to print media bearing visible graphic data and invisible coded data tags and receive transmitted sensed data associated with the data tags. A pen-type device includes an image sensor configured to sense the data tags and wirelessly transmit associated sensed data to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080144119 - Display apparatus, print control method, and program: A display apparatus displays an identification information element corresponding to an image currently displayed on a display unit in accordance with a first instruction from a user. In accordance with a second instruction from the user, the display apparatus causes a printing apparatus to perform printing based on an image... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080144120 - Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus which makes it possible to further simplify operations for designating a removable storage medium as a transmission destination of image data. A scanner section reads an image from an original. A controller unit transmits image data of the image input by the scanner section. A USB... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080144121 - Modular document sorting apparatus and method: Methods using a modular document sorting apparatus are disclosed. A plurality of modules are functionally connected to one another to enable them to scan documents for information and sort the documents according to the scanned information. Each module performs at least one function. Functions can include, feeding documents into the... Agent: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP

20080144122 - Optical scanning apparatus and optical scanning method: A memory read control unit (606) reads out image data of one pixel from a memory (603) in synchronism with a clock signal. On the basis of the image data of one pixel, a converting unit (604) converts the density of a corresponding pixel into digital data of a plurality... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080144123 - Control method for image reading system: In a control method for an image reading system comprising an image scanning apparatus selectively reading an original as a reflective or transmissive original, an image processing apparatus receiving image data read by the image scanning apparatus and executing image processing of the image data, an operating unit, and a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080144124 - Auxiliary information for reconstructing digital images processed through print-scan channels: Systems and methods of generating and using auxiliary information for reconstructing digital images that have processed through print-scan channels are described. Auxiliary information, including values of reference pixels, is extracted from an input image. Output image data containing a representation of the input image is generated. The auxiliary information is... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080144125 - Image processing apparatus: When a specific image is detected in inputted image data, specific image judgment is performed in consideration of the importance degree of this specific image, and thereby, the accuracy of the specific image judgment is improved, and misjudgment is prevented. There are provided a detection section 70 for detecting a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080144126 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and storage medium: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image processing apparatus configured to store moving image data including a plurality of continuously existing frames including at least a first frame and a second frame. The image processing apparatus detects a degree of clearness of an image included in the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080144130 - Document output processing: The invention relates to printing and other output of documents using data processors, and particularly to methods, apparatus, and computer programming useful for controlling output processes. In various aspects the invention provides systems, methods, and computer programming useful for minimizing the number of command inputs required from a user to... Agent: Torys LLP

20080144131 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus includes a scan unit, a handwriting determining unit, a corresponding image detection unit, a storage unit, a print unit and a controller. In an extraction copy mode, the image formation apparatus scans an original document and detects handwriting marks of a user, extracts original document images... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080144128 - Increasing buffer locality during multiple table access operations: Disclosed are a method, information processing system, and computer readable medium for managing table scan processes. The method includes monitoring a plurality of storage medium table scan processes. Each storage medium table scan process in the plurality of storage medium table scan processes is placed into a plurality of scan... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080144129 - Method of registering a scanning grid of a scanner with a printing grid of a printer: A method of registering a scanning grid of a scanner with a printing grid of a printer that includes placing a predetermined motif in a digital image to create a modified image, printing the modified image using the printer to create a printed modified image, scanning the printed modified image... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080144127 - Secure scanning device: A scanning device includes a mechanism and/or process for scanning a document and generating scan data that reflects the document. The scanning device is configured with a secure scanning mode of operation that allows scan data to be securely transmitted to one or more recipients and also controls physical access... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080144132 - Optical scanning apparatus: An optical scanning apparatus controls an output of a light source for forming an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier. The optical scanning apparatus includes a correction amount control unit configured to variably control a light quantity correction amount of the light source according to a scanning position on... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080144133 - Imaging scanning without directly detecting all color channel color space values for each image line: A scanning device includes a scanning mechanism and logic to control the scanning mechanism. A digital color representation of a hardcopy image is generated that has color channel color space values for each of a number of logical lines of the image, without all the color channel color space values... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080144135 - Method of making an animated flipbook: The present invention is directed towards method of making an animated flipbook by printing individual images captured from video footage on sheets of paper, with more than one image printed on each sheet of paper in a predetermined order. The sheets of paper are cut into rows of images, stacked... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20080144134 - Supplemental sensory input/output for accessibility: A method for a user to control a peripheral device includes soliciting input from a user through assistive technology, receiving input from the user in response to soliciting, and executing a job generated from the input.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080144136 - Method for generating a tonal response curve for a scanner: A method for generating a tonal response curve for a scanner includes (a) directing light from the scanner to a calibration target having a single uniform neutral tone; (b) measuring with the scanner an amount of incident light reflected from the calibration target to obtain a simulated optical density value... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080144137 - Image capture device: Embodiments of a method performed by an image capture device are provided. The method includes performing a calibration operation on a photosensor array of the image capture device using a background surface with a substantially uniform grey color and performing a scan operation to capture a scanned image from a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080144138 - Transparency template: Various method and apparatus are disclosed for scanning a transparency with a template... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080144139 - Scanning display apparatus and method for controlling output time of light sources: An aspect of the present invention provides a scanning display apparatus capable of adjusting an output time of a light source. The apparatus can comprise a light modulator configured to modulate incident light in accordance with a driving signal and output modulated light corresponding to a one-dimensional linear image; a... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080144140 - Time multiplexed image data decompression circuit: A circuit which uses a compressor to divide each separation image into 8-line strips, and to independently compress each strip, a single decompressor to decompress two or more color image separations, strip by strip, by interleaving them, and to apply them to two or more print heads, one for each... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080144141 - Color print enhancement system: A system and method for enhancing a print using a color imaging system are provided. The automatic color enhancement system results in digital prints that have a photographic “look and feel” by using special profiles and adjustments that capture the traditional photographic image process of photo-like color and tone scale... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080144144 - Confirming a state of a device: A method and apparatus for confirming, to a walk-up user of a device, that the device may be trusted is provided. The walk-up user may confirm that the device is still operating in the same state (“the prior state”) in which the device was previously operating. The prior state of... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080144143 - Method for color characterization and related systems: A method of characterizing object color includes acquiring a color data set from a plurality of objects that may be treated with a personal care or beauty product or to which the personal care or beauty product may be applied, the color data set representing color measurements of the plurality... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080144142 - Systems and methods for storage management in a data processing device: Methods and systems for storage management in a data processing device. The data processing device may be connected to a host computer and it can be in one of two states: disk mode (e.g., docked) or device mode (e.g., undocked). According to an embodiment, a mass storage device associated with... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080137120 - Automated variable information regression testing: A method automatically performs regression testing of output of an altered variable information print job (program). In one embodiment, the method begins by supplying test data to a variable information (VI) print job to produce first sample data. Next, the method applies a numeric generation application to the sample data... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb I.p. Law Firm, Llc

20080137122 - Image-displaying sheet, image forming apparatus, display control method of image-displaying sheet, and display control program: An image-displaying sheet, comprising: a display that displays an image thereon; a switch part that switches ON and OFF the mode to display an image on the display; a copy detector that detects a copy operation performed on an image displayed on the display; and a controller that makes the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080137123 - Method and server for managing printer: The present invention realizes resource saving and energy saving by grasping and managing a usage efficiency of an image forming apparatus. To accomplish this, a method in accordance with the present invention is an information processing method of managing usage information on a job which is issued from an information... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080137121 - System and method for securely accessing downloaded print job resources: A system and method are provided for securely accessing imaging job resources in a printing device. The method initially downloads a restricted software resource to a printing device. That is, the resource is restricted to use by a user group. As differentiated from factory installed software, or field upgrades, the... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc. C/o Law Office Of Gerald Maliszewski

20080137127 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus and a method to control the same. The image forming apparatus determines whether the object to be printed is real money. If the object is real money, the image forming apparatus prints a variety of counterfeit money discrimination information (e.g., the counterfeit money preventing pattern, the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080137126 - Image forming system: An image forming system includes an image information processing apparatus that outputs image data, at least one format converting apparatus that converts the image data into ready-to-print data, and an image forming apparatus that prints out the ready-to-print image data. These apparatuses are connected to a network such that they... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080137128 - Image recording apparatus and method: An image recording apparatus records image files on a recording medium. The image recording apparatus automatically selects disused files and automatically deletes them at the appropriate timing. A storage device acquires an image file from, e.g., an imaging component or an external terminal and records the image file together with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080137124 - Memory for diagnosing imaging component failure: Test image data is introduced into the image processing path of a marking device, at various points prior to the marking engine. Comparison of output of the marking engine from various sources of image data is made to diagnose imaging path component failure. Imaging data at various points in the... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080137125 - Monitoring apparatus, image forming apparatus, monitoring system, method of changing network setting, and program: To quickly repair a communication breakdown, a monitoring apparatus receives a notification of change of a network setting from an image forming apparatus. After receiving the notification of the change of the network setting, the monitoring apparatus determines whether a notification of completion of the change of the network setting... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080137131 - Host-assisted document printing from mobile devices: A method for performing host-assisted document printing from a mobile device in an imaging system having a printer communicatively coupled to a host includes establishing a direct communication link from the mobile device to the printer; transferring a native document file from the mobile device to the printer; sending the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080137138 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system: An image forming apparatus which can prohibit any users but a user who has made a deposit from operating the image forming apparatus for a chargeable process. A communication controller of the image forming apparatus obtains pieces of proper information of cell-phones. An ID management section issues IDs for the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080137140 - Image printing apparatus: This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which prints an original image as image information on a recording sheet and performs postprocessing on the recording sheet after printing operation. According to the image printing apparatus of the invention, image printing conditions include conditions concerning postprocessing to be executed... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080137137 - Image processing system configured to perform image processing with a plurality of devices operating in cooperation with each other: An image processing apparatus includes a connecting unit configured to connect the image processing apparatus to a network via which a plurality of image output devices can be connected to the image processing apparatus, an input unit configured to input image data, a specifying unit configured to specify an image... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080137132 - Integration of content-based relevant information into print jobs and applications using same: In a printing method, summarizing information is extracted from a print job. Additional content is generated based on the summarizing information. The additional content is integrated into the print job to produce an augmented print job including the additional content. The augmented print job is printed. In an illustrative advertising... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080137133 - Method and system for printing via application servers and corresponding computer program and corresponding computer-readable storage medium: Print support is provided in client-server architectures which include application servers (10), wherein an application server (1) is controlled from at least one client terminal (6) via at least one terminal server (4), and wherein a print order initiated by a user of the at least one client terminal (6)... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080137136 - Method to control printer driver and network print system employing the same: A method to control a printer driver and a network print system employing the same. Print options of a printer driver, which have been set to suit a server device connected to a printer, and data files linked to the print options are transmitted to each client device connected to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080137129 - Methods and systems for digital image data tracking: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for notification handling in a processing server and an imaging device.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080137135 - Print control apparatus and control method thereof and device driver: A job controller allocates a resource to a plurality of PDL analyzers and, in a case where an out-of-resource condition occurs in any of the PDL analyzers while the PDL analyzers are performing PDL data analysis in parallel, causes a PDL analyzer to interrupt the processing being performed in parallel... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080137139 - Print control apparatus, print control method, printer, and recording medium: A print control apparatus includes an input unit that acquires print job definition data by acquiring print data including print job definition data and content data and interpreting the acquired print data, a plurality of printer setting converters that convert the print job definition data acquired by the input unit... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080137134 - Printing apparatus, printing method, recording medium storing printing program, and data signal embodied in carrier wave: A printing apparatus, including: an identification information storing section that stores identification information for other printing apparatus; a restriction information storing section that groups the stored identification information, and stores restriction information that gives a restriction for using a function provided by a printing apparatus belonging to the same group;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080137130 - Systems and methods for preparing a usage report with counter information: A method for preparing a usage report with counter information relating to a device is described. A counter request is sent to a device. A determination is made if the device responds to the counter request. Cached counter information associated with the device is retrieved if the device does not... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080137141 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for forming image: An image reading unit reads an image as a first image represented in a first color space. A color converting unit converts the first image into a second image represented in a second color space. A storing unit stores therein the first image and the second image. A printing unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080137142 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and media for computer program thereof: An image processing apparatus including an extracting portion to extract a print object from print data based on a selection from list information included in the print data, an image processing portion to perform an image processing operation to output the print object and a controller to control the image... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080137107 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus for reading an image on an original document by irradiating it with light and photoelectrically converting reflected light from it by an image pickup unit, including: an original document guide member positionable opposite to the image pickup unit, with a conveyance position of the original document... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080137108 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method using the same, and recording medium for computer program thereof: An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing part that performs an image processing operation for print data having at least one field; and a controller that controls the image processing part to output the print data with a print form corresponding to a condition if the field of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080137115 - Apparatus to control printing density in image forming device and method thereof: An apparatus to control a printing density in an image forming device and a method thereof, capable of controlling the printing density of a printed matter according to an amount of pages for a single page and a print rate. The apparatus and method solve a problem wherein the printing... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080137111 - Data binding in multiple marking engine printing systems: A printing system capable of binding a modified image data to an individual print engine in a multiple print engine system. The system includes an image processor such as a digital front end, a set of transformations, and a configuration of printers. The system can also include a scanner that... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080137117 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus to selectively perform an auto color registration operation, the apparatus including: a printing unit, which forms single-color images, based on printing data, and transfers the images to a printing medium to form a printed image; and a controller which prevents the printing unit from performing the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080137116 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method thereof: Disclosed are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method thereof. The image forming method includes: selecting at least one among plural scanning profiles needed for color management at a scanning operation of a document and plural printing profiles needed for the color management at a printing operation of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080137114 - Image processing apparatus and printing method for printing images according to variable information about environment light condition: An image processing apparatus for performing printing by replacing objects in a master template with data stored in a database and executing a process according to a record in the database includes a unit configured to specify a predetermined field and other fields in the database, and a unit configured... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080137113 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method multicolor image forming apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer data signal: An image processing apparatus, has: a conversion unit that converts input image information including a first color component and a second color component into output image information in which, with regard to each of the color components, the number of gray levels per pixel is smaller than the number of... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080137118 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes: (i) a capturing device for capturing an original image of a source document; (ii) a moving device for moving one of the capturing device and the source document relative to the other; (iii) a first region processor for causing the moving device to position the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080137110 - Method and system for identifying optimal media for calibration and control: Disclosed herein are optimal or near optimal algorithms implemented as software tools that will allow the user/machine to identify optimal media out of the job set automatically. There are at least two main process steps to the exemplary embodiment. The first step involves the off-line characterization of the printing/image rendering... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080137112 - Method of finding look-up table structures in color device sampling data: A method and apparatus for determining a grid structure for a set of values in a device color space is provided. A multi-step process applies heuristics to a collection of color sample data in order to determine the structure of a look-up table that best fits the samples. A first... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080137119 - Optmization techniques during processing of print jobs: Methods for processing print jobs in rendering devices include constructing display list objects for to-be-printed objects and determining if two or more sequential objects are combinable. If so, a masked indexed image replaces the objects and has dimensions matching the overall bounding box size of the combinable objects. Indexed image... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080137109 - Printer with coordinated print data buffers: A printer includes a print controller that operates in accordance with a software product stored in a memory device of the printer. The software product includes instructions for the print controller to store a first page of print data in a first data buffer while printing a page according to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080137143 - Systems and methods for compensating for streaks in images: Defects in an image forming system may give rise to visible streaks, or one-dimensional defects in an image that run parallel to the process direction. One known method for compensating for streaks introduces a separate tone reproduction curve for each pixel column in the process direction. A compensation pattern according... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc.

20080137146 - Image data generating apparatus, image printing apparatus, and image data generating method: The generation of dot data of planes depending on a plurality of scannings and ink colors in an ink jet printing apparatus is performed based on the error diffusion processing for each plane without causing a problem of grain. Specifically, in a binarization processing, C divided data D8c/2 is subjected... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080137145 - Image processing apparatus, printing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus, a printing apparatus and an image processing method are provided which can perform quantization processing on image data at high speed based on an error diffusion method while at the same time avoiding degradations in a quality of printed images. When the error value represented by... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080137144 - Method of reconstructing an image: A method of reconstructing an original image from a printed and scanned image includes determining a plurality of transformation parameters including a rotation a of the scanning grid relative to the printing grid and a plurality of translation parameters which give a position of a node on the printing grid... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080137147 - Image processing method, program, storage medium, image processing device, and image forming apparatus: A disclosed image forming apparatus is capable of forming an image using a black recording liquid and at least one color recording liquid and generating image data on an image to be output. When an input image is black, the image data is generated for forming the image with the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080137148 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing method which changes a color image into a gray image, the image processing method including determining a plurality of representative colors, assigning gray values to the representative colors so that range variations between the gray values within a predetermined range are less than a predetermined value, and... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080137149 - Watermarking: Extended colorant sets are used to hide data or provide a watermark in printed images. Extended set colorants are colorants other than, and in addition to, the standard or common subtractive primary colorants: cyan, magenta, yellow and/or black. Where the extended colorant set supports a plurality of colorant recipes for... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080137150 - Optimal test patch selection for multi-media printing systems using low rank approximation: The exemplary embodiment disclosed herein comprises several aspects of defining and using optimal color test patches for calibrating a printing system for various purposes (e.g., multi-media, gamut extension, drifting correction, etc.). One aspect is the creation and use of color patches where the color patches are selected optimally to result... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080137151 - Document transmission and routing with recipient control, such as facsimile document transmission and routing: Techniques for transmitting information to a recipient under their control are described. In some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with a fax delivery system to, as part of a connection established to perform a fax transmission, provide a variety of functionalities to a human recipient that is participating... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080137152 - Image processing apparatus: There is disclosed an image processing apparatus including (a) a reading portion which reads an image to obtain image data of the image, (b) a transmission-information display portion which presents, in a single screen, a preview image indicative of a content of the image data obtained by the reading portion,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080137153 - Image processing apparatus and method: The invention provides an image processing apparatus capable of registering a paper fingerprint at a position that considers matching accuracy and security and a method therefor. The image forming apparatus executes: a paper fingerprint information acquisition step of reading a paper fingerprint; a paper fingerprint registration determination step of determining... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080137154 - Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and methods therefor: An image processing apparatus comprises: a first calculation section that calculates a plurality of spectral reflectances at a plurality of wavelengths based on intensities of light irradiating an object and reflected from the object, the light having a certain spectral energy distribution; a second calculation section that calculates color descriptor... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080137155 - Image scanning device and image forming apparatus: A disclosed image scanning device includes a scanning unit configured to scan a document, and a white standard plate facing the scanning unit and configured to provide a white standard at the time of scanning the original. The white standard plate includes a guide plate having a plate-like shape fabricated... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080137156 - Image-scanning system, method of controlling image-scanning system, and computer readable medium therefor: An image-processing system and a method for controlling the same, including an image-scanning device obtaining image data by scanning data written on a document, an image-processing device processing the image-data item and outputting as an output-image data, and a user interface including setting conditions of the scanning and the image... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080137158 - Box for image reading apparatus, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: A box for an image reading apparatus, the box comprising a box body and a reinforcing member, the box body comprising a rectangular frame and a base plate fixed to the rectangular frame, and the reinforcing member being attached to the box body. The reinforcing member has a downwardly drawn... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080137157 - Image processing apparatus and method of controlling same: Provided is a technique that makes it possible to extract the image of a document area from a read image with better accuracy. An image processing apparatus capable of achieving this includes a reading unit for reading a document, which has been placed on a contact glass, as read image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080137159 - Image forming apparatus and image quality improving method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a color converting part to convert an RGB color data of each pixel in a predetermined size block including an object pixel to a luminance information and a color difference information to be output, a color object detecting part to determine whether the object pixel... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080130019 - Information terminal device having drawing printing function, drawing printing method, and printed matter: An information terminal device having a drawing printing function to print a drawing such as a map or a route map is enabled to print the drawing without any reduction on rolled printing paper having a limited width. The information terminal device 30 includes printing data making means 37 for... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080130020 - Operating method and changer for optical module/printer module system: A method of operating an optical module/printer module system through a changer such that either the optical module or the printer module is driven. A first module and a second module is defined such that if the first module is an optical module, the second module is a printer module... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080130033 - Image forming apparatus, content display method, and computer program product: An operation display unit displays an operation screen for receiving input. A first storage unit stores therein a file that contains a definition of a screen described in a markup language, and a compound content that contains a still image and a moving image. A browser unit displays a markup... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080130032 - Line position calculating method, correction value obtaining method, and storage medium having program stored thereon: A line position calculating method according to the present invention includes obtaining pixel data of pixel rows each constituted by a plurality of pixels lined up in a first direction, from image data of an image constituted by a plurality of pixels lined up in a matrix form in the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080130042 - Access control apparatus, access control method, and printing system: In a multi-domain environment, an access control apparatus belonging to a first domain obtains access control information for controlling usage of a function of an image forming apparatus corresponding to a user belonging to the first domain. When the user belonging to the first domain instructs usage of a function... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080130051 - Client side rendering of printable documents in a network: In a network facilitating print functions, a means for rendering a print job intended for a remote printer on a client computer using stored administrative settings is provided. Transparently to the client's applications, the client computer keeps the stored remote printer's administrative settings synchronized with those stored on the print... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080130034 - Color laser printer for printing prismatic duo-tone copy-resistant backgrounds: An improved printing apparatus and method for its use is provided for printing copy-resistant prismatic, duo-tone patterns as a background on print media. A user or systems administrator can create a copy-resistant background design and store it as a background data file for later use, either on his or her... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080130044 - Communication system: A communication system includes: at least one user terminal; a printer; a storage device; a registering unit; and a list transmitting unit. The printer includes a print controlling unit that prints an image on a recording sheet based on target print data received from a user terminal, and that prints... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080130038 - Image forming device and image forming method: An image forming device is provided which is capable of printing paper fingerprint data encoded into code data on a paper sheet without inducing significant degradation of printing performance due to the slowing of the printing speed. In order to halt paper sheet transport until the processing of sending composite... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080130039 - Image processing system, image forming system, information processing method, image processing method, information processing method and computer readable medium: An image processing system includes: a receiving section that receives print information including at least a first printing control command embedded in a print document and a second printing control command relating to a setting condition for the first printing control command; a control command extracting section that extracts the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080130041 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: It is set for one or more processes executable by a multi-function peripheral apparatus (101) whether or not permitting the multi-function peripheral apparatus (101) to perform, of the processes, a process, execution of which is requested by a multi-function peripheral apparatus (102) or client PC (103). Information about a process... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080130048 - 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

20080130049 - 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

20080130040 - Methods and apparatus for facsimile transmissions to electronic storage destinations including tracking data: A method for a computer includes determining a call-in fax telephone number called by a facsimile transmission device, receiving the facsimile transmission from a facsimile transmission device including a digitized representation of a transmission page including an optical representation of data associated with an e-mail address, determining the data optically,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080130043 - Methods and apparatus for generating composite images: Various embodiments include an apparatus comprising a first image database, the first image database to store at least one first image file, wherein the at least one first image file includes a product image file including a digital photograph of a physical product and a header including a size and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.a.

20080130045 - Multi-function apparatus: A multi-function apparatus, including: a plurality of processing and outputting sections which have respective functions and each of which sequentially conducts a plurality of jobs in each of which a processing related to image data provides an output, according to a corresponding one of the functions, wherein the plurality of... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080130050 - Print system: In a print system including a server holding an application program connected to a network. In a client computer, when a print request for data obtained by the application program is received, client information and a request to make print data for the data are requested to the server. In... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080130037 - Printer testing system that conserves paper and toner: A method for processing print data to a printer, comprising processing data through an optimized tester, which transforms the data by simplifying each page image while preserving information to enable recognizing identity of each page; and sending the transformed print data to a printer. The invention results in conservation of... Agent: Kyocera Technology Development Intellectual Property Administration

20080130047 - Printing system, printing apparatus, terminal apparatus, print setting method and print setting program: a printing system comprising a terminal apparatus and a printing apparatus interconnected via a network, and said printing apparatus comprising: an identifier that identifies a user making access; an information acquirer that acquires information of a terminal apparatus used by the user who is identified by said identifier; and a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080130035 - System and method for mitigating printer clutching: Systems and methods are presented for assessing whether a print job is likely to result in print system clutching by actual or modeled processing of a portion of the print job according to assessed processing rate information and to the print rate of a print engine, and selectively refraining from... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080130036 - Variable data printing within a print driver: The present invention provides for variable data printing by a print driver. Static print data is received, wherein the static print data is in a page description language. Variable print data is also received, wherein the variable print data comprises one or more sets of variable data. In addition, mapping... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080130046 - Wireless communication print server: An object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication print server 25 that makes a printer 20 connected the wireless communication print server 25 unavailable if a parameter 50 is in the initial state. When the wireless communication print server 25 receives a print request, determines whether... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080130052 - Image processing device: An image processing device is capable of executing a job that outputs image information to a destination. The image processing device includes a display, a first memory, a second memory, and a first display control unit. The first memory stores, as an uncompleted job, a job before execution. The second... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080130053 - Information management apparatus and method, image forming system apparatus and method, and computer readable medium and computer data signal therefor: An information management apparatus comprises: an assignment unit that uniquely assigns a region on an imaginary plane for a page of a document that is output by an image forming apparatus; a receiving unit that receives a request for assignment by the assignment unit, and identification information that identifies the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080130021 - Image forming apparatus, control device, computer readable medium and computer data signal: An image forming apparatus includes a light emission element, a lighting signal generation section, a storage section, a communication line, a control section and an electromagnetic noise generation source. The storage section stores data used when the lighting signal generation section generates a lighting signal. The lighting signal generation section... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080130031 - Apparatus and method for shift invariant differential (sid) image data interpolation in fully populated shift invariant matrix: An image processing system for interpolating image data is comprised of a shift invariant point determining device, an illumination averager, a second order differentiator, and color data calculator. The shift invariant point determining device ascertains shift invariant points within the mosaic color element array pattern. The illumination averager determines average... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20080130030 - Color image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus performs image stabilization after a printed page count exceeds a first threshold, if either an end of a job or a mode switch from monochrome mode to color mode has been detected. Even if neither the end of the job nor the mode switch from monochrome... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080130023 - Color reproduction on translucent or transparent media: A method of generating a device color profile for printing, with a printing device, on a translucent or transparent media. It includes: printing a profiling target on the media; measuring color values produced by the profiling target, when illuminated in transmission and when illuminated in reflection, in a device-independent color... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080130022 - Fine tuning color dictionaries: A spot color dictionary is fine tuned or updated. Localized color production models are determined for spot colors of interest to be produced by an associated document processing system or printer. Measurements are made of colors of produced spot colors. Optionally, measurements are made of colors of test patches that... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080130024 - High quality halftone process: The invention provides printing method of printing on a printing medium. The method includes: generating dot data representing a status of dot formation on each of print pixels of a print image to be formed on the print medium, by performing a halftone process on image data representing a input... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080130029 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus: Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of enhancing ease of operation for setting information on a print process. The image forming apparatus scans a paper document, compares and collates a paper fingerprint with image data by using the paper fingerprint as a search key, and thereby outputs a printed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080130025 - Image reading apparatus, control method thereof, and image reading method: An image reading apparatus is provided that includes a reading unit for reading images from both sides of an original, an adjusting unit that adjusts image data of the front surface and image data of the rear surface of the original, a determination unit that performs determination processing for paper... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080130026 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and print control system: An information processing apparatus which performs a process on the basis of an access control information, or ACT, for control of a use of a function of a peripheral device for each user acquires setting information about the use of the function of the peripheral device specified by the user,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080130028 - Method, computer program and printing system for trapping of print data: In a method, a printing system and a computer program for trapping of print data with a plurality of objects, the print data are generated, prepared and/or transferred together with trapping instructions in a print data stream for execution of the trapping. The print data stream references resource data that... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080130027 - Printing system and printing apparatus: A printing system includes a processing device, a printing device and a display device. The processing device processes image data in accordance with a set image quality parameter. The printing device performs a printing process of an image represented by the image data processed by the processing device. The display... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080130054 - N-color printing with hexagonal rosettes: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for moiré-free enhanced color halftone printing of color image separations for an arbitrary number of colorants. The method and apparatus utilizes a plurality of halftone screens, >4, to produce outputs that are moiré free and form hexagonal periodic rosettes. The relatively large number... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080130057 - Method of page expansion and printing with a pagewidth printer having low-speed and high-speed firing modes: This invention provides for a method of page expansion and printing of image data received from a computer. The method includes the steps of receiving a page description from the computer, the page having a bi-level black layer compressed in an EDRL (Edge Delta and Runlength) format and a continuous... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080130055 - Moire-free color halftone configuration employing common frequency vectors: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for moiré-free color halftone printing with up to four color image separations. The method and apparatus utilize a plurality of non-orthogonal halftone screens to produce outputs that are moiré free and form uniform periodic rosettes. The method and apparatus provide for defining a... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080130056 - Rosette printing with up to five colors: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for moiré-free color halftone printing with up to five color image separations. The method and apparatus utilize a plurality of non-orthogonal halftone screens to produce outputs that are moiré free and form rosettes. The method and apparatus provide for defining a first and... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080130059 - Image processing apparatus and control method: An apparatus is capable of processing luminance data and color-difference data of color image data. The apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate digital watermark image data based on the color-difference data of the color image data, and an output unit configured to output the luminance data and the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080130058 - Method of protecting digital data by utilizing an embedded watermark: A method of protecting digital data by embedding a watermark in the digital data is discloses. The watermark identifies a specific user who originally downloaded the digital data. The watermark comprises data that when read reveals a user's account information, a user identifier, a user's real name, a data identifier,... Agent: Sinorica, Llc

20080130060 - Facsimile machine: A facsimile machine according to the present invention is capable of accurately comprehending management information of a received document such as from which source to which destination a received document on a discharge tray has been sent, when and by whom a part or the whole has been taken away,... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080130061 - Image forming apparatus and line width correction method therefor: This invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of outputting, without using any special device, an image which is free from changes in density and tint even upon crisscross rotation and exhibits good proportion of a small character. To accomplish this, the pulse width of a laser emission signal is... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080130062 - Facsimile communication apparatus: A facsimile communication apparatus calls a telephone number and receives a called telephone number from a called station and includes a collation section which collates the called telephone number with the calling telephone number, a collation designation section which designates, for each telephone number, the necessity/lack of necessity of collation... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20080130063 - Method for map data output processing, apparatus for map data output processing, and recording medium having stored therein program for map data output processing: A computer-implemented method of map data output processing includes the operations of: extracting a plurality of map elements satisfying a predetermined condition from a map data storage unit storing map data including map elements; determining output frames of a minimum size each covering at least one of the extracted map... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080130067 - Apparatus and system, for scanning maintenance prediction: An apparatus for predicting when maintenance is required for a scanner comprises a tracking module configured to track a quality parameter history, a prediction module configured to predict when maintenance is required based on the quality parameter history, and a notification module configured to notify a user when maintenance is... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20080130066 - Carriage moving device: A carriage moving device includes a main guide member configured to guide movement of a carriage, a sub-guide member configured to guide the movement of the carriage and to regulate rotation of the carriage, and an engaging portion provided in the carriage and configured to slide relative to the main... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080130065 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes each write unit for each color, in which light emitting elements are arrayed in line in a main scanning direction to superimpose images based on image data of each color and to form a color image; a first write unit in which a resolution specification... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080130064 - Image reading apparatus and image processing method: Upon reading images of both sides of a document sheet, the color reproducibilities of identical background images read from the two faces of each document sheet over a large number of pages are adjusted. Hence, a first background color read by a first reader, and a second background color read... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080130068 - Imaging apparatus for fully automatic screen printer: An imaging apparatus for fully automatic screen printer including two stacked light sources, two stacked beamsplitters, two stacked optical reflectors, two stacked imaging lens and two stacked image sensors, wherein the two stacked optical reflectors and the two stacked light sources are correspondingly disposed on two different sides of the... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080130069 - Image capture device: A device and method for scanning an image of an object are disclosed. The device includes a controlled transparency film (5) and a set of light detectors (80). A backlight (50) may be used for scanning the object. The controlled transparency film is modulated to apply a series of filters... Agent: Attn: Kurt Luther Honeywell International Inc.

20080130070 - Scanner/imager: An apparatus and method for scanning documents such as ID cards and bank checks that includes hinged cover and base assemblies. The base includes motor driven drive rollers for conveying a document along a paper path defined between the cover and base. The cover includes a plurality of pinch rollers... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino, LLP

20080130071 - Image reading system, electronic paper used in the image reading system, and image reading method for handling the electronic paper in the image reading system: An image reading system, in which an image reading method is performed, includes a document feeder, a media determination unit, a transfer controller, an image reader, and a read controller. The document feeder feeds and transfers an original document consisting of at least one of a non-electronic medium and an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080130072 - Image forming apparatus: A clearing section includes a counter for measuring a period up to the reset of contents set by means of an operation panel to initial values. If a position discriminating section discriminates that the operation panel is at a first position, the clearing section starts measuring the period by means... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080130073 - Light sensitivity in image sensors: An image sensor is disclosed for capturing a color image, comprising a two-dimensional array of pixels having a plurality of minimal repeating unit wherein each repeating unit is composed of eight pixels having five panchromatic pixels and three pixels having different color responses.... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff