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20130229671 | IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT, COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING SYSTEM, AND COLOR MEASURING METHOD - An image capturing unit includes a sensor section that images a predetermined range including a subject; a reference chart section that is imaged by the sensor section with the subject; and an illumination light source that illuminates the subject and the reference chart section. The illumination light source is arranged at a position where a mirror reflection region that mirror reflects light entering from the illumination light source to the sensor section is outside a region of the subject and the reference chart section. | 09-05-2013 |
20130258368 | COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COLORIMETRIC SYSTEM AND COLOR MEASURING METHOD - A color measuring device includes a housing; a sensor unit configured to capture an image of a region, the sensor unit being held to the housing; an illumination light source configured to illuminate the region, the illumination light source being held to the housing; a detecting unit configured to detect a distance between predetermined two points from image data of the region obtained by the sensor unit; a correcting unit configured to correct the image data including a subject whose color is to be measured according to a ratio of the detected distance to a reference distance; and a calculating unit configured to calculate a colorimetric value of the subject based on the corrected image data. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258369 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a moving unit, a detector, and a determiner. The image capturing unit includes an optical transmission member; and a sensor capturing an image of the subject via the optical transmission member. The moving unit moves the image capturing unit in an optical axis direction of the sensor. The detector detects a contamination from first and second images. The first and second images are captured by the sensor when the image capturing unit is located at first and second positions in the optical axis direction, respectively. The second position is spaced away from the subject than the first position in the optical axis direction. The determiner determines that a contamination is deposited on the optical transmission member when a difference in the number of pixels in which a contamination is detected between the first and second images is less than a threshold. | 10-03-2013 |
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20150085305 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a moving unit, a detector, and a determiner. The image capturing unit includes an optical transmission member; and a sensor capturing an image of the subject via the optical transmission member. The moving unit moves the image capturing unit in an optical axis direction of the sensor. The detector detects a contamination from first and second images. The first and second images are captured by the sensor when the image capturing unit is located at first and second positions in the optical axis direction, respectively. The second position is spaced away from the subject than the first position in the optical axis direction. The determiner determines that a contamination is deposited on the optical transmission member when a difference in the number of pixels in which a contamination is detected between the first and second images is less than a threshold. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090073255 | Video Transmitting Apparatus, Video Display Apparatus, Video Transmitting Method and Video Display Method - During reproduction of received wide-field video data by use of a receiving side apparatus, whatever may be the type, size, resolution and orientation of a receiving side display apparatus, the video information is converted, based on information transmitted together with the video information, such that the video information is suitable for the reproducing side display apparatus, thereby achieving a faithful display. A wide-field video generating/displaying system has a virtual video display system comprising one or more display apparatus ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090109340 | Data Transmission Device, Data Transmission Method, Audio-Visual Environment Control Device, Audio-Visual Environment Control System, And Audio-Visual Environment Control Method - Provided is an audio visual environment control system capable of realizing optimal audio-visual environment illumination control in accordance with the illumination condition upon shooting of a display image. A data transmission device comprises: a data multiplexing portion for multiplexing the shooting illumination data indicating the illumination condition at the shooting of each scene of video data on the video data, and a transmitting portion for modulating and transmitting the video data on which the shooting illumination data is multiplexed. A data receiving apparatus which receives the data comprises: a data separating portion | 04-30-2009 |
20090123086 | VIEW ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM - It is possible to control ambient illumination so as to be appropriate for an atmosphere of a scene to be imaged and shot setting intended by a video producer. A view environment control device includes a scene section detection processing unit ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090256962 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AUDIO-VISUAL ENVIRONMENT CONTROL DEVICE, AUDIO-VISUAL ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND AUDIO-VISUAL ENVIRONMENT CONTROL METHOD - An audio-visual environment control system is provided with a function to control illumination for optimum audio-visual environment in accordance with a scene situation of an displayed image. A data transmission device is comprised of a data multiplexing portion for multiplexing scene situation data indicating scene setting situations of each scene of image data, and a transmitting portion for modulating and transmitting the image data in which the scene situation data are multiplexed. A data receiving apparatus is comprised of a data separating portion | 10-15-2009 |
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20150023355 | GENERATION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, DATA STRUCTURE, GENERATION METHOD, REPRODUCTION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a transmitter by which a reception side easily detects packet loss of a transport packet. The transmitter ( | 01-22-2015 |
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20130013765 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires an information item regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus, a first storage controller that stores the information item in a memory, an extracting unit that extracts samples from among the information items stored in the memory in accordance with a predetermined algorithm if an amount of space remaining in the memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, where the samples represent results of detection of the operating condition of the image forming apparatus, a statistical unit that computes a statistical value using the samples, a second storage controller that deletes the samples from the memory and stores the statistical value in the memory, and a transmitting unit that transmits the information items to a server via a communication line. | 01-10-2013 |
20130019128 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMAANM YAMASAKI; NaoyaAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP YAMASAKI; Naoya Kanagawa JPAANM AOKI; MatsuyukiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP AOKI; Matsuyuki Kanagawa JPAANM SHISHIKURA; ShunichiroAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP SHISHIKURA; Shunichiro Kanagawa JPAANM IWANAMI; ToruAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP IWANAMI; Toru Kanagawa JPAANM NAGATA; KenjoAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP NAGATA; Kenjo Kanagawa JP - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires diagnosis information regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus that forms an image, a communication connection unit that establishes a communication connection with the image forming apparatus and a management server via a communication line, a storage controller that stores the diagnosis information acquired by the acquiring unit in a predetermined memory, where the storage controller reduces a data amount of the diagnosis information stored when a communication connection is not established to less than that stored when a communication connection is established, and a transmitting unit that transmits the diagnosis information stored in the memory to the management server if a communication connection is established by the communication connection unit. | 01-17-2013 |
20130201497 | DENSITY DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A density detection apparatus includes the following elements. An image forming unit forms density detection images having different area ratios. A measuring unit measures an amount of reflected light. A storage unit stores reference values and also stores a representative value thereof. A determining unit determines a threshold for the area ratios of the density detection images on the basis of a variation among the reference values. A density obtaining unit obtains, for a density detection image having an area ratio which exceeds the threshold, a density level by using the amount of light reflected by the density detection image and the representative value, and obtains, for a density detection image having an area ratio which is equal to or smaller than the threshold, a density level by using the amount of light reflected by the density detection image, the associated reference value, and the representative value. | 08-08-2013 |
20130208288 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a controller that provides control in which, if image formation processing by a single unit is executed first since a density adjustment condition for adjusting a density of an image is satisfied, a density adjustment value is changed by a predetermined basic change amount, and a first image is formed in a corresponding image formed region with a density that is adjusted in accordance with the changed density adjustment value, and control in which, if a single image other than the first image is formed in the corresponding image formed region, the current density adjustment value is changed by a predetermined fine change amount that is smaller than the basic change amount, and the single image is formed in the corresponding image formed region with a density that is adjusted in accordance with the changed density adjustment value. | 08-15-2013 |
20130242333 | DENSITY DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A density detection apparatus includes the following elements. A storage unit stores therein image information. A measuring unit measures amounts of light components reflected by an image carrier or density detection images represented by the image information. A light amount obtaining unit obtains a variation in amounts of light components reflected by each region in which the associated density detection image is formed, and obtains, as a reference value, a representative value of the amounts of light components. An image correcting unit corrects the image information by changing an arrangement order of the density detection images. An image forming unit forms the density detection images on the image carrier on the basis of the corrected image information. A density obtaining unit obtains density levels of density detection images corresponding to their area ratios by using the amounts of light components reflected by the density detection images and the reference values. | 09-19-2013 |