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20080239353 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A color gamut of image data is appropriately subjected to a smoothing processing to print an image of favorable color reproduction and gradation reproduction. Specifically, when an average lightness is equal to or lower than a blacking lightness, the object pixel is not subjected to the smoothing processing. This can conserve the signal value of the object pixel to prevent a pixel originally having a signal value higher than the blacking lightness from being converted by the gamut compression to a black point. In this manner, a pixel for which the object pixel has the average lightness equal to or lower than the blacking lightness is blacked and a pixel having a signal value higher than the blacking lightness is not compressed to the black point. The resultant image has no deteriorated gradation characteristic when being macroscopically observed. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239355 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Image data can be subjected to a smoothing processing to improve a color reproduction characteristic and an image free from a deteriorated gradation characteristic can be printed. Specifically, the smoothing processing improves the color reproduction characteristic. This smoothing processing may cause a color originally not having the lightness equal to or lower than blacking lightness to be converted to a color having lightness equal to or lower than the blacking lightness. To solve this, such a color is subjected to a gradation adjustment processing to convert the color to the color having the lightness higher than blacking lightness. A gamut mapping does not map such a color on a black point, thus preventing such a color from being broken by the blacking. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239410 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A pixel in a photograph region image to be subjected to blacking is subjected to a brightness modulation processing so that the pixel is modulated to any of “a pixel having the brightness to be subject to blacking” and “a pixel having the brightness not to be subject to blacking”. Specifically, the modulation by noise addition converts some pixels for which original pixel values are to be subjected to blacking to a pixel having the brightness not subjected to blacking. Thereby, “a pixel having the brightness not to be subject to blacking” thus converted has no change in brightness in the blacking processing. Consequently, a pixel at which the blacking processing is not generated can be caused to exist in the photograph image. As a result, even when the blacking processing set for character/line region is similarly set for the photograph region, the effect of the blacking can be reduced. | 10-02-2008 |
20090158915 | SHEET MUSIC CREATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Image data of sheet music formed from a plurality of pages is input, and the input image data is divided into bars. The complexity of performance of each divided bar is determined for each page. An easy-to-play portion is detected as a page feed position for each page in accordance with the determination result. The layout of the sheet music is changed based on the detected page feed position, and the layout-changed sheet music is output. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161164 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided an image processing method of laying out and outputting an image of an original formed from a plurality of pages on one page, the method comprising: inputting image data of the original formed from the plurality of pages; dividing the image data input in the inputting into a plurality of blocks; discarding unnecessary information; appending necessary information to each block obtained by division in the dividing based on the predetermined rule; replacing the respective blocks obtained by division in the dividing with the block from which the unnecessary information is discarded in the discarding, and the block to which the necessary information is appended in the appending; and outputting the respective blocks which have undergone replacement in the replacing by laying out the respective blocks on one page. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161176 | SHEET MUSIC CREATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet music creation method of creating sheet music whose layout is changed based on image data of sheet music input from an input device includes the steps of dividing the image data of the sheet music input from the input device into grand staffs, designating the grand staffs divided in the dividing in the order of performance, and re-editing, by a processor, image data representing the grand staffs in accordance with the order designated in the designating. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161917 | SHEET MUSIC PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet music processing method of processing, by an image processing apparatus, image data of sheet music input by an input device, the method comprising setting, by a user using a designation unit of the image processing apparatus, a unit in which the image data of the sheet music is processed; dividing the image data of the sheet music into units corresponding to the unit; determining whether image data of a first one of the units is repeated in one or more others of the units; and processing the image data, when the image data of the first one of the units is determined to be repeated in the one or more others of the units, to append information using the image processing apparatus to the image data of the first one of the units and the image data of the one or more others of the units. | 06-25-2009 |
20120300266 | SHEET MUSIC CREATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet music creation method of creating sheet music whose layout is changed based on image data of sheet music input from an input device includes the steps of dividing the image data of the sheet music input from the input device into grand staffs, designating the grand staffs divided in the dividing in the order of performance, and re-editing, by a processor, image data representing the grand staffs in accordance with the order designated in the designating. | 11-29-2012 |
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20130045851 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - In a print control apparatus, a specifying unit specifies a size in a first direction and/or a size in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction thereby specifying a folding size into which to fold a sheet with a printed image. A determination unit determines an output size in which the image is to be printed, based on a size equal to an integral number times the specified size in the first direction and/or a size equal to an integral number times the specified size in the second direction. | 02-21-2013 |
20150029545 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An application is determined, which has a function of printing data using a printer and requests capability information of the printer. Based on the determined application and the capability information of the printer, sizes of selection candidates of a recording medium to be used for printing are decided. The decided sizes are provided to the application. | 01-29-2015 |
20150212771 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a print control apparatus capable of outputting a plurality of printed materials after a user checks a dividing line of an original image and the layout of image portions on each page when performing poster printing. For this purpose, the original image is divided based on the size of the original image and the size of a sheet such that each of a plurality of image portions obtained by division sets in the predetermined size. At the same time, the original image is displayed in print preview, so that the dividing line of the original image is specified. This allows the user to output printed materials and obtain a product after checking the dividing line of the image. | 07-30-2015 |
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20130072134 | ATTENUATING ANTENNA SWITCH AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An attenuating antenna switch may be used to suppress increase in the scale and power consumption of an RFIC. The antenna switch has a first terminal, a second terminal, and an antenna terminal coupled to the first and second terminals and configured to be connected to an antenna. The first switch switches between a first state in which a high frequency signal is propagated between the first terminal and the antenna terminal, and a second state in which the high frequency signal is interrupted. A second switch switches between the first and second states between the second terminal and the antenna terminal. The first and second switches are controlled in a mutually exclusive manner such that only one of the two switches can be in the first state at any given time. When in the first state, each switch adjusts an attenuation amount of the high frequency signal. | 03-21-2013 |
20130100999 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a transmission portion of a semiconductor device, a first amplification portion receives a digital baseband signal and amplifies the signal with a first gain through digital processing. A digital-to-analog conversion portion converts the digital baseband signal amplified by the first amplification portion into an analog baseband signal. A modulation portion generates a transmission signal by modulating a local oscillation signal with the analog baseband signal. A second amplification portion amplifies the transmission signal with a variable second gain. A control unit receives information representing a transmission mode and adjusts the first gain in accordance with the transmission mode. | 04-25-2013 |
20130107918 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20150180529 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is a need to reduce secondary intermodulation distortion that may occur in a reception circuit of a high-frequency signal processor and a wireless communication system having the same. In test mode, for example, a test signal generating circuit TSGEN generates a test signal RFtst at f_tx±0.5 MHz. The test signal RFtst is input to a mixer circuit MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q). A correction circuit block CALBK detects an IM2 component resulting from the MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q). The CALBK varies a differential balance for the MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q) and concurrently monitors a phase for the IM2 component resulting from MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q). The CALBK searches for the differential balance corresponding to a transition point that allows the phase to transition by approximately 180°. The MIXrx_I (MIXrx_Q) operates in normal mode using the differential balance as a search result. | 06-25-2015 |
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20140093827 | RESIST PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND RESIST COMPOSITION - A resist pattern formation method including formation of a resist film, exposure, development, and subsequent rinsing using a resist composition containing a high-molecular compound having a constituent unit represented by the formula (a0-1), a constituent unit containing an acid decomposable group whose polarity increases by the action of an acid, and a constituent unit containing a group represented by the formula (a2-r-1). R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogenated alkyl group; Ra | 04-03-2014 |
20140272727 | METHOD OF PRODUCING POLYMERIC COMPOUND, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A method of producing a copolymer, including copolymerizing a monomer (am0) containing a partial structure represented by formula (am0-1) shown below, a monomer (am1) containing an acid decomposable group which exhibits increased polarity by the action of acid and a monomer (am5) containing an —SO | 09-18-2014 |
20140287362 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND RESIST PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A resist composition which generates an acid upon exposure and exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution by the action of the acid contains a high-molecular weight compound (A1) having a constituent unit (a0) represented by a general formula (a0-1) and a constituent unit (a1-1) including a monocyclic group-containing acid decomposable group whose polarity increases by the action of an acid. In the formula (a0-1), R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; Ya | 09-25-2014 |
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20080285608 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE - A surface emitting laser device can further improve the light emission efficiency thereof to enlarge the degree of freedom of the device. The surface emitting laser device includes an active layer | 11-20-2008 |
20090196319 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A vertical cavity surface emitting laser is provided which controls the reflectivity at the middle portion and the peripheral portion of the mirror with a simple structure to cause oscillation of a single lateral mode by use of a mirror having the refractive index changing periodically in the mirror plane direction. The vertical cavity surface emitting laser. | 08-06-2009 |
20090262775 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A surface emitting laser which oscillates at a wavelength X of a blue band, including a photonic crystal layer including a photonic crystal structure, an active layer provided on one surface of the photonic crystal layer, and an electrode provided on the other surface of the photonic crystal layer for injecting electric current into the active layer. The photonic crystal structure has a thickness of 100 nm or more. A laser beam is emitted toward a direction opposite to a side of the photonic crystal layer on which the electrode is provided. | 10-22-2009 |
20100046571 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE - A surface emitting laser device can further improve the light emission efficiency thereof to enlarge the degree of freedom of the device. The surface emitting laser device includes an active layer | 02-25-2010 |
20130116553 | BIOLOGICAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND BIOLOGICAL MEASURING METHOD - A biological measuring apparatus measures physical parameters in a part of a living body by diffuse optical tomography. The apparatus includes at least one first light source and one first detector both disposed inside the living body, at least one second light source and one second detector both disposed outside the living body. A processor processes measured values and reconstructs the distribution of scattering coefficients or absorption coefficients of light interacting with the living body. The measured values are acquired from at least one measurement light beam emitted from the first light source and detected by one of the first and second detectors, and at least one measurement light beam emitted from the second light source and detected by one of the first and second detectors. | 05-09-2013 |
20130343415 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A surface emitting laser includes an active layer; a periodic-structure layer including a low-refractive-index medium and a high-refractive-index medium and whose refractive index varies periodically, the periodic-structure layer being provided at a position where light emitted from the active layer couples therewith; and a pair of electrodes from which electricity is supplied to the active layer. The periodic-structure layer is patterned as a square periodic-structure lattice. At least one of the electrodes includes one or more linear electrodes. A direction of each lattice vector of the periodic structure and a longitudinal direction of the linear electrodes are different from each other. | 12-26-2013 |