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20090180325 | Partitioned Erase And Erase Verification In Non-Volatile Memory - A set of memory cells can be erased by individually erasing portions of the set in order to normalize the erase behavior of each memory cell and provide more consistent erase rates. An erase voltage pulse can be applied to the set of memory cells with a first group of cells biased for erase and a second group biased to inhibit erase. A second erase voltage pulse can then be applied with the second group biased for erase and the first group biased to inhibit erase. The groups are chosen so that the erase potentials for the cells in the first subset during the first pulse are about equal, so that the erase potentials for the cells in the second subset during the second pulse are about equal, and so that the erase potentials for the cells of the first subset are about the same as the erase potentials for the cells of the second subset. In one embodiment, the bias conditions for the string during each individual erase are selected so that every memory cell of the set will experience similar capacitive coupling effects from neighboring transistors. | 07-16-2009 |
20100246257 | FABRICATING AND OPERATING A MEMORY ARRAY HAVING A MULTI-LEVEL CELL REGION AND A SINGLE-LEVEL CELL REGION - Techniques are disclosed herein for applying different process steps to single-level cell (SLC) blocks in a memory array than to multi-level cell (MLC) blocks such that the SLC blocks will have high endurance and the MLC blocks will have high reliability. In some aspects, different doping is used in the MLC blocks than the SLC blocks. In some aspects, different isolation is used in the MLC blocks than the SLC blocks. Techniques are disclosed that apply different read parameters depending on how many times a block has been programmed/erased. Therefore, blocks that have been cycled many times are read using different parameters than blocks that have been cycled fewer times. | 09-30-2010 |
20110275186 | FABRICATING AND OPERATING A MEMORY ARRAY HAVING A MULTI-LEVEL CELL REGION AND A SINGLE-LEVEL CELL REGION - Techniques are disclosed herein for applying different process steps to single-level cell (SLC) blocks in a memory array than to multi-level cell (MLC) blocks such that the SLC blocks will have high endurance and the MLC blocks will have high reliability. In some aspects, different doping is used in the MLC blocks than the SLC blocks. In some aspects, different isolation is used in the MLC blocks than the SLC blocks. Techniques are disclosed that apply different read parameters depending on how many times a block has been programmed/erased. Therefore, blocks that have been cycled many times are read using different parameters than blocks that have been cycled fewer times. | 11-10-2011 |
20130097370 | FABRICATING AND OPERATING A MEMORY ARRAY HAVING A MULTI-LEVEL CELL REGION AND A SINGLE-LEVEL CELL REGION - Techniques are disclosed herein for applying different process steps to single-level cell (SLC) blocks in a memory array than to multi-level cell (MLC) blocks such that the SLC blocks will have high endurance and the MLC blocks will have high reliability. In some aspects, different doping is used in the MLC blocks than the SLC blocks. In some aspects, different isolation is used in the MLC blocks than the SLC blocks. Techniques are disclosed that apply different read parameters depending on how many times a block has been programmed/erased. Therefore, blocks that have been cycled many times are read using different parameters than blocks that have been cycled fewer times. | 04-18-2013 |
20140211568 | BIT LINE CURRENT TRIP POINT MODULATION FOR READING NONVOLATILE STORAGE ELEMENTS - Upon selecting non-volatile storage elements to be sensed, the system obtains information about the position of these non-volatile storage elements, determines sensing parameters based at least in part on this information, pre-charges a charge storage device and, while maintaining the voltage level of the bit lines of these memory cells at a constant value, applies a reference signal to these non-volatile storage elements for a certain duration of time, afterwards determining whether, for the certain duration of time, the current conducted by these non-volatile storage elements exceeds a predetermined value. | 07-31-2014 |
20140269083 | BIT LINE CURRENT TRIP POINT MODULATION FOR READING NONVOLATILE STORAGE ELEMENTS - Upon selecting non-volatile storage elements to be sensed, the system obtains information about the position of these non-volatile storage elements, determines sensing parameters based at least in part on this information, pre-charges a charge storage device and, while maintaining the voltage level of the bit lines of these memory cells at a constant value, applies a reference signal to these non-volatile storage elements for a certain duration of time, afterwards determining whether, for the certain duration of time, the current conducted by these non-volatile storage elements exceeds a predetermined value. | 09-18-2014 |
20140286101 | BACK BIAS DURING PROGRAM VERIFY OF NON-VOLATILE STORAGE - Different back bias (or body bias) conditions are applied to a non-volatile storage system during different program verify operations of a programming operation. A back bias may be applied during verify of an intermediate state (e.g., a lower page, middle page). The intermediate state is a state that exists during a program operation, but is not one of the final states. A lower back bias or no back bias is applied during verify of a final state (e.g., an upper page). Thus, a different back bias may be used when verifying an intermediate state than the back bias used when verifying a final state. Using the back bias makes it easier to verify a low V | 09-25-2014 |
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20080259384 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A system is capable of performing a processing flow based on a definition file which designates a plurality of tasks each of which can be performed by a function provided by an image forming apparatus and an order of performance of a plurality of tasks. The system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a definition file of the processing flow specified by a user, a determination unit configured to select one of a plurality of image forming apparatuses to perform each task included in the processing flow based on candidate information included in the definition file of the processing flow, and a performing unit configured to perform each task included in the processing flow using the image forming apparatus selected by the determination unit. The candidate information includes information on a user device that is set corresponding to each user as information for determining the image forming apparatus that performs the task. | 10-23-2008 |
20090125360 | WORKFLOW SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, WORKFLOW SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A user who instructs execution of reading of a paper document in which workflow information is embedded is authenticated. The workflow information contains responsible person information and the process order of the steps of a workflow. The workflow information is extracted from the obtained read image. Based on the responsible person information and the process order in the extracted workflow information and authentication information used to authenticate the user, the current step of the workflow of the read paper document is determined. | 05-14-2009 |
20090303532 | NETWORK DEVICE AND WORKFLOW PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system which executes a workflow without a management apparatus immediately notifies the user of an error which has occurred in a device. When an error occurs in a job in a device which is executing the workflow, the device which shares the workflow with other devices transmits the log of the error to a device of the end stage of the workflow in accordance with the flow of the workflow. | 12-10-2009 |
20100141980 | WORK FLOW SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus capable of executing a work flow according to setting information indicating a processing content for combining a plurality of functions and executing the functions as a series of processings, includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain function restriction information indicating a function whose execution is restricted among a plurality of functions provided to the image processing apparatus; a function identification unit configured to identify a function executed by the image processing apparatus and a function executed by the other apparatus on the basis of the setting information; and a decision unit configured to decide whether execution of the work flow based on the setting information is restricted on the basis of the function restriction information and the function executed by the image processing apparatus and the function executed by the other apparatus identified by the function identification unit. | 06-10-2010 |
20100211951 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that is capable of more reliably synchronizing an execution state of a job flow set in a plurality of machines without using a management server. In the digital multi-function peripheral, a job flow list management section receives a job flow setting file in which a job flow to be executed is described, and a job execution section executes the job flow based on the received job flow setting file. A communication section notifies other digital multi-function peripherals of execution of the job flow when the job flow is executed, and notifies the other digital multi-function peripherals of termination of the job flow when the execution of the job flow is terminated. | 08-19-2010 |
20110208809 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, WEB SERVER, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a first transmission means that transmits to a Web server first request data describing contents of a user's instruction via an operation screen displayed with a Web browser, an execution means that receives from the Web server response data to the first request data from the first transmission means and executes image processing based on the received response data, and a second transmission means that transmits second request data to the Web server based on the response data received from the Web server. The response data received from the Web server includes plural addresses to be accessed according to events that can occur when the execution means executes the image processing. The second transmission means transmits the second request data to one of the addresses corresponding to an event having occurred when the execution means has executed the image processing. | 08-25-2011 |
20110222102 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus including a web server configured to generate an operation screen and a browser configured to receive the operation screen from the web server and to display the operation screen includes an identification unit configured to identify, if a connection request is given to the web server, a requestor of the connection request, a web server authentication unit configured to perform authentication of a user to use the web server, and a control unit configured to, if the requestor is identified as the browser of the image forming apparatus by the identification unit, control the web server to transmit the operation screen to the browser of the image forming apparatus without the web server authentication unit performing the authentication. | 09-15-2011 |
20110235103 | Image processing apparatus and control method Thereof - When operation screen data sent from a Web server can be received, an image processing apparatus displays an operation screen based on the operation screen data on an operation unit. On the other hand, when operation screen data cannot be received due to a communication error, the image processing apparatus displays a substitute operation screen that allows it use of at least one of its image processing functions on the operation unit. | 09-29-2011 |
20120113453 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a technique for enabling, as needed, a Web service for controlling execution of each function of an MFP when executing the function in response to a request from a Web server in an information processing apparatus. An information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a Web browser which transmits input information input through an displayed operation screen based on screen information provided from a Web server. Upon receiving, from the Web server, an execution request of processing corresponding to the input information, the information processing apparatus registers in a Web service server a service (Web service) defined in definition information contained in the execution request when starting execution of the processing according to the execution request. The web service server provides, among a plurality of providable services, the registered service which is used for controlling the execution of the processing. | 05-10-2012 |
20120224214 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a web browser which receives screen data from a web server on a network and display a screen based on the screen data, and a storage unit which stores a script used to acquire information stored in an external apparatus on the network. The information processing apparatus determines whether the screen to be displayed by the web browser is an information input screen for receiving an input of information from a user, and executes the script stored in the storage unit in response to the determination in which the screen to be displayed by the web browser is the information input screen. | 09-06-2012 |
20120331175 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT COMMUNICATES WITH SERVER VIA RELAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus having a web browser capable of appropriately operating according to an instruction from a web server in a reverse proxy-type SSO system. The image processing apparatus communicates with the web server via a reverse proxy server. When a script containing a URL is received from the web server via the reverse proxy server, the image processing apparatus acquires a URL conversion table for converting the URL contained in the script to another URL, from the reverse proxy server. The image processing apparatus rewrites the URL contained in the script received from the web server, based on the URL conversion table. | 12-27-2012 |
20130242352 | EXPENSE REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING EXPENSES RELATED TO DOCUMENT RECEIVED BY FAX - An expense registration system capable of communicating with a management server that manages expenses individually for each matter includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a uniform resource locator (URL) for displaying a confirmation screen of fax reception when a document is received by fax, a response unit configured to send, if a request for the confirmation screen is received via the URL transmitted by the transmission unit, the confirmation screen as a response to the request, a reception unit configured to receive information used for managing expenses for fax reception, the information being input by a user via the confirmation screen, and a registration unit configured to register, by using the information received by the reception unit, expenses incurred in the fax reception in the management server. | 09-19-2013 |
20140293361 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM STORING RECEIVED IMAGE DATA IN FOLDER, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes a memory unit configured to store an address book to be used for setting a transmission destination of image data, a receiving unit configured to receive the image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name that is registered in the address book in association with information of a transmission source of the image data received by the receiving unit, a setting unit configured to set a folder path for a plurality of hierarchies which includes a folder with the name acquired by the acquisition unit, and a storage unit configured to store the image data received by the receiving unit in a folder indicated by the folder path that is set by the setting unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293362 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SETTING FILENAME TO RECEIVED IMAGE DATA, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes a storage unit configured to store an address book to be used to set a transmission destination of image data, a reception unit configured to receive image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name registered in the address book in association with transmission source information of the image data received by the reception unit, a setting unit configured to set a filename using the name acquired by the acquisition unit to the image data received by the reception unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to which the filename is set by the setting unit. | 10-02-2014 |