Facsimile and static presentation processing inventions 11/08

20080291482 - Color page printer: There is provided a color page printer including a print engine operable by a color mode for executing color printing and a monochrome mode for executing monochrome printing, and a control unit for controlling the print engine to generate a printed paper having a content corresponding to received print data.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080291481 - Facility for processing printed matter and method for processing printed matter: A facility for processing printed matter has at least one feed device for printed matter and at least one handling station. A system control unit is provided. At least one reading station is positioned in a transport path of the printed matter, wherein the at least one reading station supplies... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080291484 - Driver apparatus, setting content management method, setting content management program: A driver apparatus that causes an image processing apparatus to execute plural functions executable in the image processing apparatus on the basis of setting contents registered for the respective functions includes a selected-function determining unit that determines, on the basis of an operation input of a user, a function for... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080291485 - Driver apparatus, setting information management method, setting information management program: A driver apparatus that causes an image processing apparatus to execute plural functions executable in the image processing apparatus on the basis of setting information registered for the respective functions includes an identification-information acquiring unit that acquires identification information for identifying a user, a display-information acquiring unit that acquires information... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080291488 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes an electronic device, a network and a server. The electronic device has a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, and the transmitting unit provides at least one image data. The network is connected to the electronic device for transmitting the image data. The server is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080291494 - Image processing device and image processing server: An image processing device in which predetermined image processing is carried out on image data, and the image data that has been processed is saved as processing history information, is provided with: a format determination means that determines whether or not the image data is in a specified document format,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080291489 - Image processing system: After a print request is made from a personal computer to a multifunction peripheral, when a user who logs into the multifunction peripheral instructs an execution of the print request in the multifunction peripheral, the multifunction peripheral requests the personal computer to transmit image data. Then, the personal computer transmits... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080291486 - Intelligent document composition for mail processing: A data engine collects real-time information associated with the operations of hard copy mail processors. In the example, the data engine also aggregates data relating to one or more phases of electronic document generation, e.g. document composition and/or printstream processing (re-composition). Analysis of the data enables conditions, states or events... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080291490 - Method and system for print job processing: Print jobs received at a printer are assigned a reference which is incorporated as a representation of the reference in the printed print job. When the user recovers the printjob, the part of said print job incorporating said representation of said reference. is scanned back into the printer, which is... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080291491 - Method and system for print job processing: Print jobs received at a printer are assigned a reference which is incorporated as a visible representation of the reference in the printed print job. When the user recovers the print job, the reusable print job addendum. is fed back into the printer, for reuse in later print jobs.... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080291483 - Method for obtaining status, printer driver and information processing device: A method for obtaining a status is disclosed in which a server computer and a client computer connected to a network share a printer connected to the server computer, and the client computer enables two-way communication and obtains status information of the printer via the server computer without depending on... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080291487 - Pre-press proofing in digital printing: A method of variable data digital printing where certain record images are selected from a database and user designated variable data is entered into the selected record images creating personalized images. Data tags are inserted into the personalized images which are stored. The stored personalized images are scanned for specified... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080291495 - Printer driver filter and method of printing with the same: A computer device including: a loading unit configured to load an updatable stored print option from a predetermined storage unit; a display unit configured to display a user interface based on the loaded print option; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from an operator via the user interface,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080291492 - Printer driver program and image forming apparatus: A printer driver comprising: a layout determining section that acquires data of a document page (logical page) and determines a layout of one or more printing pages (physical pages) by allocating a content of the logical page; a re-layout determining section that makes determination whether the determined layout includes an... Agent: Edawards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080291493 - Threshold-based load balancing printing system: Disclosed is a system (700) for printing a page description comprising a set of instructions, conforming to an interface, to draw at least one object on a page. The system comprises a filter module (705) for simplifying the set of instructions to an output set of instructions that is a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080291496 - Image forming apparatus: The CPU performs the steps (a) to (c) in different respective tasks in parallel, and performs the steps (a) to (c) along the order of (a), (b), (c) for each of the intermediate code blocks in each of the bands while using the 1st to the 3rd bitmap data area... Agent: Von Simson & Chin

20080291497 - Printer: The present invention provides a printing apparatus which can prevent surrounding borders from becoming uneven and unnecessary borders from appearing, and which can optimally print object data even when the aspect ratio of the object data is maintained. The printing apparatus 200 includes: a print data analysis unit 203 having... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080291471 - Dynamic advertisement allocation: Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing one or more advertisements on a printout of a print job are provided. The advertisements are selected based on dynamic selection criteria.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080291473 - Image data generating method, printing method, image data generating apparatus, and printer: A head in a printer has an outlet row including a plurality of outlets arranged in a width direction perpendicular to a scan direction. A threshold matrix is stored in a main body control part, and sleep elements representing sleep of ejection of ink are arranged in the threshold matrix... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080291472 - Line head and image forming apparatus incorporating the same: In a line head, a plurality of element arrays arranged in a first direction. Each array includes a plurality of light emission elements arrayed in a second direction which is perpendicularly to the first direction, The light emission elements emit light for forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080291475 - Auto white balancing by modified grey world and geometric distortion measurement: A method, apparatus and computer program product for correcting white balance in a digital image are described. The method comprises determining a number of grey blocks in the digital image (s102), each block comprising a subset of pixels of the image, and if the number of grey blocks is less... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080291478 - Color conversion apparatus and color conversion method: A color conversion method including the steps of a) generating output values corresponding to a body-center of each cubic lattice block included in a three-dimensional input space, and interpolating between the output values generated in step a) and the LUT values. The cubic lattice block is divided into six quadrangular... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080291476 - Color signal conversion method and apparatus, and method and apparatus for generating mapping parameters: A color signal conversion apparatus for converting a color signal of an input gamut to a color signal of an output gamut is provided. First, a target gamut for gamut mapping carried out on the input gamut is set, after which an evaluation function is determined for evaluating the difference... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080291477 - Image forming apparatus: A matched ideal waveform is extracted from a plurality of ideal waveforms based on degree of coincidence with a light sensitive waveform obtained by a light receiving portion. The plurality of ideal waveforms differ from one another in phase. The displacement amount of an image to be formed of an... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080291480 - Image-based color printer fractal gamut extensions achieved with process set point adjustment: A color management system is provided for enabling imaging of selected colors called spot colors by dynamically adjusting the normal printer gamut to achieve a color gamut extension. Developed toner mass may be increased or decreased by changing ROS laser intensity. Such adjustment can occur on a pixel-by-pixel basis for... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080291474 - Print setting apparatus, print setting program, print setting method: A print setting apparatus that carries out print setting for an image processing apparatus, includes: a paper display unit configured to display predetermined paper information related to a paper that can be used, as a list; a printed matter display unit configured to display a printed matter, as a page... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080291479 - Spot color printing with non-standard gamuts achieved with process set point adjustment: A color management system is provided for enabling imaging of selected colors called spot colors that document dynamically adjusting the normal printer gamut to achieve extended colors. Developed mass may be increased or decreased by changing set points such as a photoreceptor roll charge, development bias or raster output scanner... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080291499 - Multi-bit-depth error diffusion for the reproduction of color or monochrome images: An image processing system including a lookup table having multi-bit printer output levels and an imaging input level. The imaging input level may be associated with a range of input pixel densities. The system further includes a processor configured to compare the imaging input level with one or more preconfigured... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP/sharp

20080291500 - Threshold matrix generating method, image data generating method, image data generating apparatus, image recording apparatus and recording medium: In a matrix area, a plurality of linear areas each of which extends in a tilt direction tilted relatively to row and column directions are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the tilt direction without spaces, and the plurality of linear areas are alternatively assigned to first and second element... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080291498 - Image processing method and image forming device: An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes: generating profiles for color reproduction, classified for each of recording papers, from at least one of particular characteristic data of the each recording paper, which is generated on the basis of factors that affect color reproduction and particular generation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080291501 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that includes an image reading part to read an image of an original, an image recording part to record the image read by the image reading part on a sheet, a sheet discharge part to discharge the sheet recorded by the image recording part from front... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080291502 - Document processing device and document processing method: A disclosed document processing device for processing image data includes a medium identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire medium identification information from an image of the medium identification information included in the image data; a process information acquiring unit configured to acquire, based on the medium identification information, process... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080291503 - Document edit device, program, and storage medium: A document edit device includes: a memory configured to store a plurality of data sets, each of which includes identifiers of at least two colors; a color information obtaining unit configured to obtain color information indicating at least one reference color as a color of an element among elements included... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080291504 - Image output system and image processing apparatus: A client apparatus specifies a particular region in an image to be transmitted and a processing method thereof, and generates processing information. A job is generated based on the image and the processing information, and transmitted to an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus transmits the image via facsimile.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080291505 - Method, apparatus for correcting image signal from image sensor, and imaging system with apparatus: A method of correcting an image signal generated by a charge coupled device (CCD) image sensor in an imaging system is provided. The imaging system stores a number of gamma correction curves, each of which includes a respective correction factor for increasing contrast in a dark portion of the image... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080291506 - Analog front-end circuit and electronic instrument: An analog front-end circuit includes an analog processing circuit, an A/D converter, a calculation circuit, and a target register in which a black level target value is set. The analog processing circuit includes a clamp circuit that performs a line clamp operation, and an offset adjustment circuit. The calculation circuit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080291507 - Exportation of scanner's internal image auto-segmentation: A method and system are disclosed for exporting metadata from an image capture device, for example a scanner, preferably using a standard application programming interface. The metadata may be associated with a pixel, a page, or a region/object of the image, and could be used by an application, for example,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20080291509 - Image signal processor and deferred vertical synchronous signal outputting method: A method of transferring a deferred vertical synchronous signal and an image signal processor executing the method thereof are disclosed. Once the vertical synchronous signal for a kth frame is inputted from an encoding unit after a capture command is inputted, the method transmits a defer control command for a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080291510 - Optical scanning device in image forming apparatus, and control method thereof: An optical scanning device which forms a plurality of scanning lines in parallel in a main scanning direction on a photosensitive member by a plurality of laser beams detects the curvature values in the sub-scanning direction of the scanning lines, and corrects a curvature value in the sub-scanning direction corresponding... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080291508 - Scan flow alignment: Among various embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for scan flow alignment are shown. A scan carriage can be aligned and used in a scan flow by selecting a scan starting location, determining a reference mark location, using the reference mark location as a coordinate system origin, moving... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080291511 - Automatic document feeder for use with office document: An automatic document feeder is used with an office machine including a scanning module and a transparent substrate. The automatic document feeder includes a main body, an arc-shaped plate and multiple elastic pressing members. The arc-shaped plate is fixed on the main body and includes multiple protrusions and multiple openings.... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080291512 - Double-side scan device with movable image scan module: A double-side scan device for performing a single-side scan operation or a double-side scan operation selectively includes a document conveyer, a first transparent device, a second transparent device, and an image scan module. The image scan module moves to one side of the first transparent device to capture an image... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080291513 - Stepping motor control device capable of reducing load on cpu: A stepping motor control device comprises a plurality of buffers for storing data for driving a stepping motor, a read unit for reading the data from the buffer, and a write unit for writing the data in the buffer. The write unit includes a first mode for writing the data... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080291514 - Light guide device and illumination module using the same: An illumination module is provided in the invention. The illumination module includes a light source having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a linear array and a light guide device. The light guide device receives light from the light source and generates uniform light which is transmitted onto... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080285063 - Paper handling system for utilization with a lazy-portrait formatting document printing system: A printed sheet handling system and method for use with lazy-portrait narrow-end to narrow-end (LPEE) formatted pages web printed pages to produce document sets includes: a printer to print LPEE formatted paired document pages on a continuous web; a slitter that divides the LPEE formatted printed web into two streams... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20080285064 - Document processing device, document processing method, and electronic mail processing device: A document processing apparatus is utilized as a mailer for sending and receiving e-mail. A document to be sent as e-mail describes logic that functions as a document modification part for modifying contents of the document itself. The logic described in the document is executed by a VC unit when... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285065 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which has a double-side copying function, including: at least either one of an original document detection section that detects a size of an original document, and an original document size setting section that sets a size of the original document as required; an original document top... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080285066 - Image processor and image processing method: An image processor is disclosed that includes an input part to which image data to be subjected to image processing are input; an input control part configured to control the inputting of the image data to the input part; an output part configured to output the result of the image... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20080285079 - Color image forming apparatus and image output method: A color image forming apparatus and an image output method capable of producing a PDL output without interfering with the execution of a calibration procedure is provided. A main controller rasterizes PDL data from a network on a DRAM as image data. The main controller determines whether or not a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080285070 - Electronic writing instrument, computer system, electronic writing method and computer readable medium: The electronic writing instrument is provided with: a writing unit that writes down on a medium where a code indicating identity information and location information of the medium is formed; an emitting unit that emits light to the medium; a photoelectric conversion unit that includes photoelectric conversion element receiving a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285071 - Image distribution system via e-mail: An system for distribution of images via e-mail constructed so that, when a text accompanied with pictographic characters is transmitted from a user terminal 1 and received by a communication processor 11 of a server 10, a registering station 12 and a image/text processor 15 read out user-registered images corresponding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080285076 - Image forming system: An image forming system which realizes reliable output of an original of a finished book, while maintaining security. A sheet-unique information-reading unit reads sheet-unique information unique to a sheet used for making a finished book based on image data. A memory section stores the sheet-unique information read by the sheet-unique... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080285069 - Image processing apparatus, controlling method of image processing apparatus, program and storage medium: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, a method of controlling the image processing apparatus, a program and a storage medium that can increase security strength of encoded data, printed on a recording medium. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image to be a document is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080285078 - Print control device, print control method and computer program: In the invention, there is disclosed a print control device for overlaying, for example, a form being a fixed element of a form sheet with data to be embedded in the form and sending resulting data to a printing device to print the form sheet, including: overlay means for generating... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080285072 - Printing apparatus and printing method: A printer includes a print document receiving unit 100 that receives document data, a document analysis unit 120 that generates output document data from the document data, a print mode determination unit 140 that selects a print mode to be executed by the document analysis unit 120, a layout processing... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080285077 - Server and system for printing photo sheet utilizing network for sales promotion of disposable baby commodities: A server for printing a photo sheet. The server is connected with a client terminal and a printing apparatus via a network. The server includes one or more receivers for receiving data related to customers and/or children of customers. One or more receiving periods are configured based on the information.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080285068 - System and method for assigning print jobs to autonomous cells in a transaction printing environment: Methods and systems for assigning a plurality of print jobs in a transaction printing environment are disclosed. A print job workflow management system receives a plurality of print jobs each having a job size and selects a first threshold based on at least the job sizes for the plurality of... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080285067 - System and method for improving throughput in a print production environment: Systems and methods for increasing throughput of print jobs in a print shop environment are disclosed. A system may include a plurality of resources, a print job workflow management system that coordinates a flow of print jobs with respect to the plurality of resources, and a processor-readable storage medium in... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080285074 - Systems, devices, and methods for variable data printing: s

20080285073 - Workflow execution system, workflow execution method, image processing apparatus and workflow proxy execution program: In a workflow execution system, work control information for executing a work assigned to one of a plurality of image processing apparatuses connected to a network; workflow execution information indicating which works of a workflow have been executed; and information indicating an image processing apparatus on the next tier, are... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080285075 - Workflow generating apparatus and workflow generating method: In generating a combined workflow, processing steps that are included in different workflows and that use the same function are integrated into a single step. At this time, if it is determined that there exists any difference among properties for the processing steps, a processing step for adjustment relating to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080285081 - Data processing apparatus and method, program, and storage medium: Disclosed herein is a data processing apparatus that sets identification information for identifying each of a plurality of contents based on metadata added to each of the contents. The apparatus includes: title information acquisition means for acquiring title information of each of the contents, the title information concerning a title... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080285080 - Image data management apparatus and method, image data search apparatus and method, and recording medium: An apparatus capable of managing image data includes a display unit configured to display image data whose predetermined date is known among image data stored in a storage unit, and a setting unit configured to set a date to another image data using the image data displayed on the display... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080285082 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: This invention allows the user to easily make an edit operation of a template even when the functions of a printing apparatus have changed. This invention is directed to an information processing apparatus, which is connected to a printer and edits a template that designates functions to be executed by... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080285061 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer readable information recording medium: An image forming apparatus transfers plot data stored in a first storing part of a side of a controller to a side of a writing engine. A second storing part temporarily stores the plot data from said first storing part. When data stored in the second storing part reaches a... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20080285062 - Method of printing a compressed image having a bi-level black layer and a contone layer: Provided is a method of printing a compressed image. The method includes the steps of receiving, with a printer controller, the image, having a bi-level black data layer compressed in an Edge Delta and Runlength (EDRL) compression format and a continuous tone (contone) CMYK data layer, from a computer. The... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080285083 - Image-processing device: An image-processing method includes: acquiring multi-level tone print data expressed in multilevel tones; determining whether the acquired multi-level tone print data includes line data indicative of a line having a tone; replacing, if the print data includes the line data, the line data with specific line data based on the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080285084 - 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 an error value represented by... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080285085 - Method for controlling the shapes of fm-am mixed dots on a multi-bit depth imaging apparatus: Disclosed is a method for controlling the shapes of FM-AM mixed halftone dots on the multi-bit depth imaging apparatus. In the prior art, since the reproduction of the shapes of the dots in various gradations is absolutely based on the theory of random error diffusion and is influenced by the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080285086 - System and method for an improved engraving of gravure cylinders: An engraver having a shoe sensor system for sensing a movement of the shoe and for adjusting an engraving signal in response thereto.... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080285087 - Configurable imaging system: An imaging system, comprising an image source and a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of an image, each microtile unit including a plurality of coupling mechanisms for connection to a plurality of other microtile units such that the microtile units may be arranged in multiple geometrical configurations,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080285088 - Techniques to manage facsimile communications: Techniques to manage facsimile communications are described. An apparatus may comprise a facsimile device having an assigned access number, and a call terminal having the assigned access number and a facsimile control module, the call terminal to establish a call connection in response to a call request with the access... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080285089 - Image forming apparatus and control method for the same: For a network printer function and a network scan function, a trial using mode whose use frequency is limited can be set. When the preset trial using mode is finished, the use of the tried function is permitted according to setting of an exclusive key.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080285091 - Mobile image capture and processing system: A mobile image capture and processing system including a digital image capture and processing instrument for capturing digital images of shipping documents associated with shipments to be delivered to an intended destination over a Web-based shipping, tracking, and delivery information network, and automatically processing such images to read a 1D... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080285090 - System and method for digitizing documents and encoding information relating to same for display by handheld computing devices: A system and method are provided for processing scanned documents by digitizing the scanned documents, converting the digitized documents to a JPEG2000 file, encoding content information corresponding to the digitized documents using spatial capabilities of JPEG2000's Region of Interest feature, and creating an image file having the digitized documents and... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20080285092 - Image quality monitoring and tagging at scan time: A method of processing a plurality of source documents into scanned images of the source documents includes evaluating the plurality of source documents to thereby assign one or more source document quality metrics indicative of source document image quality. The plurality of source documents are comprised by a project and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080285093 - Scanning device having a document pressing unit: A scanning device includes a transparent platen, a scanning module, a sheet-feeding mechanism, a section and a pressing unit. The scanning module is disposed at a scan position and acquires an image of a document through the transparent platen. The sheet-feeding mechanism transports the document in a transporting direction across... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080285094 - Uniform illumination for camera based scanning devices: A system for imaging a document including an imaging apparatus, which includes a camera positioned inside the imaging apparatus, the camera configured to acquire a plurality of images of a document in front of the camera. The document is place behind a glass window on a wall opposing the camera.... Agent: Cssn Inc. Card Scanning Solutions

20080285095 - Scanning optical device, image forming device and jitter correction method: A scanning optical device includes a rotating polygonal mirror having a plurality of reflecting faces. A first light source emits a first light beam from one section obtained by sectioning the scanning optical device with a plane passing through the rotation axis of the rotating polygonal mirror. A second light... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080285096 - Scanning system for generating an image: A scanning system for generating an image includes a scanning device configured to receive light reflected from a document and to output a signal corresponding to the received light to collect image data for use in generating an image. An automatic document feed system is configured to move the document... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080285097 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes pairs of rollers, each including a driving roller and a driven roller. The pairs of rollers are arranged along the rotation axis direction of the driving roller and constitute a first roller group and a second roller group for conveying a first medium and a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080285098 - Image sensor, image sensor unit, and image reader: In an image sensor, light sources corresponding to each of R, G, B colors illuminate multiple times in each line cycle so that each of line sensors acquires multiple R, G, B signals in each line cycle. A controlling unit generates multiple R, G, B data in each line cycle... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080278734 - Digital paper-enabled products and methods relating to same: A digital paper-enabled product includes digital paper with a digital pattern that spatially cooperates with one or more features or boundaries printed on the pattern. More specifically, a system cooperating with the product may include spatial information systems that manage the features or boundaries and communicates with a writing instrument... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080278739 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having: a replacement part that can be replaced; an operation and display section; an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet; a power supply section that supplies power to said image forming section; a storage section that stores a procedure of replacing said... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080278740 - Bulk communications process using multiple delivery media: A method (100), a system and, a computer program product for bulk communication of information to recipients via multiple delivery media are disclosed. The media include facsimile, email, surface mail, SMS messaging, and archiving (and is adapted for new media types in the future). A single interface is used to... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080278746 - Controller for mobile and pervasive output: Pervasive output capability is provided so that an information apparatus can pervasively output digital content to an output device regardless of the processing power, display screen size and memory space of the information apparatus. This allows small mobile devices with limited display, processing power, and memory to be able to... Agent: Ipsolon LLP

20080278753 - Display system, information distributing apparatus, electronic device, and portable terminal: A display system is provided that can perform suitable procedure display in accordance with the respective operation statuses of a plurality of electronic devices. The display system is formed by connecting an electronic device, a portable terminal, and an information distributing apparatus through a network, and the electronic device has... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080278749 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section to form images on sheets; a display section to display an operation screen; an operation section to receive input of a condition of image forming using the operation screen; a storage section to store setting information of image forming... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080278748 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system and screen display method: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus comprising: a control section; and a display section connected to a system bus, wherein the display section comprises: a display device; a screen data storage section to temporarily store screen data of an operation screen; and a display control section to display the operation... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080278752 - Image processing apparatus and image processing program: An image processing apparatus which generates intermediate codes by dividing a drawing image into prescribed bands extending in one direction, develops the intermediate codes into a bit image is provided with an expanded image judging unit which judges whether an image to be drawn is an expanded image of a... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080278754 - Image processing device, method and computer readable medium for transmitting management information: There is provided an image processing device communicatably connected to a network. The image processing device comprises a storage unit configured to store format information representing a format in which management information should be created; a condition obtaining unit configured to obtain condition information concerning conditions of the image processing... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080278751 - Method and system for communicating between a remote printer and a server: In order to enable downloading to a mobile printer data items from a server, a method comprising the steps of establishing communication connection end points (“sockets”), communicating with the server, where the communication includes sending a request for authentication to the server, receiving an authentication response, requesting print data portions... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080278745 - Multiple output devices with rules-based sub-job device selection: A system and method for sending different portions of a document to different output destinations where different portions of a document can be processed differently. The notion of a printer or output device is expanded to include multiple destinations with rules that define what content will be sent to each... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20080278744 - Print job aesthetics enhancements detection and modeling through combined user activity analysis and content matching: An automated method for processing a print job includes receiving a submitted print job, extracting features from the submitted print job for characterizing the print job, comparing the extracted features with a predictive model which is based on features extracted from prior print jobs and enhancement operations performed on the... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080278741 - Scope-based xps filter driver configuration to perform dynamic operations: A filter pipeline framework is provided for a printer driver including a plurality of filters. The framework includes a logical page filter configured to perform operations on logical pages within a first thread; a document level filter configured to perform document level operations within a second thread; a job level... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080278742 - System and method for customized routing of document data intercepted through port redirection: The subject application is directed to a system and method for customized routing of document data intercepted though port redirection. Output data is first received from at least one application via a virtual port and stored into an associated storage. Display data is generated on an associated display representing an... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080278750 - System and method for intelligent label printer control: Methods and systems for intelligently printing labels based on order data are described. One example method includes receiving order data at a receipt printer. The receipt printer may be communicatively connected to a POS terminal adapted to receive or generate the order data from an operator's entries. The order data... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080278743 - System and method for printing at least one digitized image to a digital multimedia presentation appliance: A digital multimedia presentation appliance is provided having a display for displaying at least one digitized image. The digital multimedia presentation appliance further includes a processor configured to communicate and receive commands, including a digital multimedia presentation appliance print job command, from an external processor capable of executing a software... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20080278747 - Thermal dye sublimation printer and ink ribbon cassette therefor: A thermal dye sublimation printer to which an ink ribbon cassette having a function of transmitting and receiving data via wireless communication with a printer main body is attached, is disclosed. The thermal dye sublimation printer includes: communication means that transmits and receives data via wireless communication with an ink... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080278755 - Dynamic ranking of service actions: Systems and methods for dynamically updating service ranks for a plurality of service actions for an electronic system are disclosed. A central computing system may receive a plurality of service actions prioritized in an order based on a service rank associated with each service action. Each service action may correspond... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080278756 - Automated folio references: Sets of electronic pages (120) are typically obtained for processing with a defined order, such as a reader order, and can be referenced by a page index (131) corresponding to the defined order of the page set (130). However, a page index (131) may not correspond to the folio values... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080278757 - Image adjustment control for image alignment: A printing system includes a control system which processes an input print job to place it in a form for printing on a print engine. A user interface, in communication with the control system, is configured for receiving, from a user, adjustments to at least one geometric parameter for images... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080278758 - Image processing system, computer program product, and image processing method: Upon receipt of a set of original data in different formats, data analysis information for the original data is generated. Based on the data analysis information, the formats of the original data is automatically adjusted to a uniform output format selected by a user. The original data are output in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080278735 - Registration method using sensed image marks and digital realignment: A method of registering a print between print stages in a printing system is provided. The method comprises: printing a first part of a digital image on a substrate with a first print engine, wherein the first part of the digital image includes a plurality of reference features; scanning image... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080278737 - Device for searching print target image adapted for printable area: The present invention provides an image searching device that searches a print target image adapted for a printable area only by setting a template for the printable area and a search condition necessary to search the print target image. The image searching device inputs shape information on the printable area.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080278736 - Image processing apparatus and method, image output apparatus, image processing system, recording medium in which image processing program is stored, and recording medium in which image output program is stored: An image processing apparatus includes a first print information receiving unit for receiving first print information including image data and color information, a color conversion parameter generating unit that generates a color conversion parameter for converting a color signal of the image data to a color signal of a color... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080278738 - Image-processing apparatus and image-processing method: A large-capacity multiplexing system assuring image quality and robustness is provided. An image-processing apparatus multiplexing additional information on image information includes a first multiplexing unit that is configured to perform pseudo-halftone processing so that the image information is changed into a first quantization level of multi-level gradation and that is... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080278760 - Apparatus for document optimization using solid monochrome colors: Apparatus and software of the present invention allow for optimization of color and shades of gray documents prior to their conversion to a monochrome format. If color/gray elements are identified in the document, the distance between them and their intensity is determined. If there are elements with the same or... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080278759 - Method for faxing document optimized by using solid monochrome colors: Method of the present invention for faxing a document allows for optimization of color and shades of gray documents prior to their conversion to a monochrome format. If color/gray elements are identified in the document, the distance between them and their intensity is determined. If there are elements with the... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080278762 - Image forming apparatus and method thereof: An image forming apparatus and a method of using the same, the image forming apparatus including: a detection unit to detect an edge of an input image; a categorization unit to categorize the detected edge, according to a gray value and line width; and a compensation unit to compensate the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080278763 - Image processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus: When a second detector determines that a character image has a halftone (YES in #1) and a third detector (48) determines that a font size of the character image is equal to or greater than a threshold value β and equal to or smaller than a threshold value α (YES... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080278761 - Image processing method, image processing device, and computer program: Image data is acquired, it is determined whether the tone value specified by tone value information included in the acquired image data is equal to or greater than a predetermined tone value, and the tone value information is converted into a description that indicates a still smaller tone value if... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080278764 - Image processing apparatus, program, image forming apparatus, image forming method, and dither matrix: An organized dither matrix is composed of a main matrix having dispersibility and a sub-matrix having randomness, and the intensity of a frequency characteristic of an output image relatively increases from a low frequency component, through an intermediate frequency component, to a high frequency component in respective tone levels.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080278765 - Method for processing fm-am mixed halftone images on a multi-bit depth imaging apparatus: Disclosed is a method for processing FM-AM mixed halftone images on a multi-bit depth imaging apparatus, which relates to a method for producing halftone dots in the field of image hard copying. In the prior art, since it is hard to avoid the impact of the error diffusion for the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080278766 - Image outputting apparatus and control method thereof: The present invention provides an image outputting apparatus and a control method thereof, accommodated to a contradictory need of security improvement and TCO reduction in a rational manner. An embodiment of the present invention performs a setting of a black-and-white copy output by receiving an instruction from a user to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080278767 - Systems and methods for printing using a position-coding pattern: An apparatus for printing graphical information on a surface. The apparatus comprises: a printhead for printing the graphical information; an image sensor for recording an image of the surface, wherein the recorded image contains a position-coding pattern that identifies an absolute position on the surface; and a processor for converting... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278768 - Apparatus, method and software for printing diagnostic images: The invention relates to an apparatus for printing diagnostic images in a predefined sequence and a format corresponding to a sheet of film, embodied with or linkable to a data-source of the images, wherein the images are preceded by a header carrying information specifying the number and sort of images... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278769 - System and method for selectively disabling document rendering: The subject application is directed to a system and method for selectively disabling document rendering. An electronic document is first generated having a customized operator. The generated electronic document is then communicated to an associated document rendering device. The generated electronic document is received by the associated document rendering device... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080278770 - Image processing apparatus, computer program product, and image processing method: Upon receipt of image data of a set of originals in different formats, image analysis information for the image data is generated based on features extracted from the image data. Based on the image analysis information, the formats of the image data is adjusted to a uniform output format. A... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080278771 - Image reading apparatus: Disclosed in an image reading apparatus including a reading unit to obtain an image data by irradiating a document with a light and reading an image of the document, a paper thickness detection unit to detect a thickness of the document to be read by the reading unit, a process... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080278772 - Mobile telecommunications device: Provided is a mobile telecommunications device having a printer and image capture means for printing and interacting with printed media. The device includes a mobile phone module for operatively executing a phone operating system, and a sensor module in signal communication with the phone module. The sensor module is configured... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080278774 - Apparatus and a method for controlling a light source used for image reading: An apparatus and a method for controlling a light source used for image reading according to a user activity are provided. The light source is turned on when the user activity that is assumed to cause image reading has been performed.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080278773 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes an integral scanning optical unit in which a light source device for illuminating an original placed on an original table, a plurality of mirrors for reflecting a light beam from the original and an imaging optical system for imaging the light beam reflected by the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080278775 - High-sensitivity optical scanning using memory integration: An inspection system includes a CMOS integrated circuit having integrally formed thereon an at least two dimensional array of photosensors and providing an inspection output representing an object to be inspected. A defect analyzer is operative to receive the inspection output and to provide a defect report.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080278777 - Double side image scanner: A double side image scanner includes a frame, a two-way roll feeder, a one-way roll feeder and an image sensor. The frame includes a track that has an entrance, a scanning line joined to the entrance and a circuit line joined to the scanning line. The circuit line is designed... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080278776 - Scanning module and scanner using the same: A scanning module disposed on one side of a transparent platen of a scanner for scanning a document disposed on the reverse side of the transparent platen is provided. The scanning module comprises a base, a lamp, a holder and an optical sensing component. The lamp for illuminating the document... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080278778 - Document generation apparatus, method, and storage medium: A document generation apparatus comprises: a first acquisition unit adapted to acquire, based on identification information appended to a first document, layout data and data acquisition information required to acquire data to be laid out in accordance with the layout data; a second acquisition unit adapted to acquire data based... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080278779 - Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image reading apparatus includes: a light source which irradiates illumination light to a document; an imaging element which images reflected light of the illumination light from the document; a color separator which performs color separation of the illumination light or the reflected light into at least three wavelength ranges... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080273218 - Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program: Raster image data is converted into block vector image data corresponding to blocks each having a predetermined size by segmenting the raster image data into the blocks with the predetermined size and executing vectorization processing. The input raster image data is converted into a block vector image. The converted block... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273219 - Communication network diagnostic report: A method of analyzing the quality of a communication network for facsimile devices, wherein the communication network comprises at least a first facsimile device communicating through a digital network and a second facsimile device communicating through an analog network. The method comprises establishing a connection between the facsimile devices using... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20080273225 - Image processing system, image processing apparatus, control method for image processing apparatus, and control program for image processing apparatus: An image processing system which can easily change settings on a linking image processing apparatus when a linked image processing apparatus is replaced to result in changes in setting information such as an IP address and functions of the image processing apparatus. The image processing system comprises an image processing... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080273223 - Intelligent print/copy management system: An intelligent print/copy management system includes group of computers, an Intranet environment, a print server/MFP server and a printer/MFP; software management function being added into the print/MFP for print server/MFP server to provide basic statistic analysis, monitor and control, and/or security alert while receiving print command from the computer to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080273222 - System and method for saving and retrieving job settings by printing and scanning on a multifunction document management system: A system for saving and retrieving job settings comprising a multifunction document management system and a settings form including a machine recognizable portion printed thereon, wherein the machine recognizable portion includes data indicative of at least one user-selected job setting and wherein the machine recognizable portion is readable by the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080273224 - System and method of print management: A computer-implemented print management system and method includes the application of business rules to a print situation, and the application of meta-rules to the business rules to choose zero or more business rules to fire. The meta-rules may suppress the business rule or modify actions associated with a business rule.... Agent: Edward Yoo C/o Bennett Jones

20080273221 - Systems and methods for routing a facsimile confirmation based on content: A method for routing a confirmation of receipt of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing one or more confirmations to one or... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20080273220 - Systems and methods for routing facsimiles based on content: A method for routing a facsimile according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing the facsimile to one or more destinations based on the analysis. A method for routing... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20080273226 - Layout apparatus, layout method, and program product: A layout apparatus lays out a document by referencing personal information registered on a per user basis. Even if no particular print setting is input for a print job by a user, excellent prints customized for each user are thus provided.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080273212 - Image processing apparatus and its method: In forming an image including a spot color, when an image for which a trapping process is performed does not include information of a spot color, the trapping process sometimes functions ineffectively. To solve this problem, image data having information of colors less in number than the colors included in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273217 - Print engine controller for a printhead assembly: Provided is print engine controller of a printhead assembly having a plurality of printhead modules. The controller includes a memory buffer to receive rasterized page data from a computer system, a page image expander for expanding the page data to retrieve page images, and dithering means for dithering a continuous... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080273216 - Printing control apparatus and method: When a user enters control information for controlling a printing device, the information is stored in a user information storage unit. All combinations of items of the control information capable of being set by the user and values of items incapable of being set by the user, these having been... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273215 - Printing system, printing system control method, program and storage medium: A printing system is arranged so that each time a storage button disposed on an operation panel of a printer is operated, an interrupt event transferred from the printer to the computer is detected at the computer, and in accordance with the detected interrupt event, image data in a memory... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080273213 - System and method for enhancing and printing images: A system and method are provided for integrating a workflow through an image enhancement process with a workflow through a printing process. Input files, which are preferably PDF files, arrive at the workflow, in which images are extracted from the input files to be sent through the image enhancement process,... Agent: Norman Friedland

20080273214 - Systems and methods for efficiently handling image data: A method for efficiently handling image data may involve creating an imaging job that includes image data corresponding to an outputting operation that is to be performed by an imaging device. The method may also involve determining whether the image data includes one or more reduced size images in addition... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080273227 - Method and apparatus to digitally whiteout mistakes on a printed form: A method enables users to make corrections to printed forms using a computer arrangement. The printed form is scanned and displayed to the user on a display of the computer arrangement. The user selects one or more regions of the printed form to be corrected. The selected regions are digitally... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080273228 - Image reading apparatus and control method therefor: An image reading apparatus comprises a document positioning plate configured to place a document thereon, a pressing plate configured to press the document on the document positioning plate, a reading unit configured to read an image of the document placed on the document positioning plate, a display unit provided on... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080273229 - Image reading apparatus: Provided is an image reading apparatus communicatable with an image processing apparatus, including: a first reader that reads an image of a first side of a document; a first storage that stores the image read by the first reader; a second reader that reads an image of a second side... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division