39th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100245849 | OPTICAL SENSOR OPERATING ON THE TRANSIT TIME PRINCIPLE - The present invention relates to an optical sensor based on the transit time principle, comprising a light source for the emission of emergent light pulses into an observed region, comprising a rotating device for rotating a beam direction of the emergent light pulses about a rotation axis orientated transverse to the beam direction, and comprising a detector for the detection of light pulses reflected by objects in the observed region, comprising a housing for keeping the sensor interior separate from the environment and including a partitioning screen that is transparent to the emergent light pulses and to the reflected light pulses, comprising a test device for testing the translucence of the partitioning screen, and comprising a control and evaluation unit for controlling the light source, for evaluating the light pulses detected by the detector, and for determining the distance away of an object on the basis of the measured transit time of the light pulses, which control and evaluation unit cooperates with the test device. The optical sensor is characterized in that at least one test detector is provided in the sensor interior to form part of the test device, which test detector is placed on a rotor adapted to rotate about the rotation axis, that the test detector is oriented toward those throughput regions of the partitioning screen through which the emergent light pulses and/or the reflected light pulses pass, that a test light source for supplying the test light is provided as a further part of the test device, which test light source is likewise arranged on the rotor, that outside the housing there is provided at least one reflector element to which the test light is directed, and that the test detector is positioned such that it can detect the test light reflected by the reflector element. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245850 | System For Indirectly Measuring A Geometric Dimension Related To An Opening In An Apertured Exterior Surface of A Part Based On Direct Measurements Of The Part When Fixtured At A Measurement Station - A system for indirectly measuring a geometric dimension related to an opening in an apertured exterior surface of a part such as an ammunition case based on direct measurements of the part when fixtured at a measurement station is provided. The system includes first and second holding devices for holding the part therebetween in a part-retaining position in which the part is firmly held between the devices at its end surfaces. In one embodiment, a portion of each of the holding devices extends into its respective opening in the part-retaining position. The system also includes a head apparatus which has a plurality of radiation sources for successively directing arrays of planes of radiation at the holding devices and at the part, and a plurality of receiver modules for measuring the amount of radiation present in unobstructed planar portions of the planes to obtain holding device and part signals. The system further includes a movable stage subsystem coupled to the head apparatus for translating the head apparatus. The system still further includes a signal processor for processing the holding device and part signals to obtain data and a data processor for processing the data to obtain the direct measurements. The data processor determines the geometric dimensions related to the openings based on the direct measurements. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SPEED UNCONSTRAINED THREE-DIMENSIONAL DIGITALIZATION - A method and a system for optical three-dimensional (3-D) digitalization of physical objects, suitable for moving scenes, unattached to locating devices, utilizing structured light in the form of a plurality of overlapped patterns free of any intensity features, capable of obtaining frames of 3-D coordinates and textural color at video frame rates. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245852 | APPLICATION FUNCTION EXTENSION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a plug-in of a general use application, sheet size information and margin information set by the application are calculated by using a scaling factor at the time of an expansion or reduction printing. The calculated sheet size information and margin information are reconfigured into the application. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245853 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device includes a storing unit and a creating unit. The storing unit stores a dither matrix. The dither matrix has a plurality of dot regions and has a threshold value at each of the dot regions. The plurality of dot regions are divided into a plurality of sub-matrices. The creating unit is configured to create binary image data by comparing an input value to the threshold value. The plurality of sub-matrices includes a first sub-matrix and a second sub-matrix. The first sub-matrix has a first threshold value smallest among threshold values in the first sub-matrix. The second sub-matrix has a plurality of threshold values that are smaller than the first threshold value and are arranged adjacent to each other. Each of all remaining sub-matrices has at least one threshold value smaller than the first threshold value. The plurality of sub-matrices include a third sub-matrix and a fourth sub-matrix. The third sub-matrix has a second threshold value largest among threshold values in the third sub-matrix. The fourth sub-matrix has a plurality of threshold values that are larger than the second threshold value and are arranged adjacent to each other. Each of all remaining sub-matrices has at least one threshold value larger than the second threshold value. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245854 | PRINT APPARATUS - A print apparatus is supplied capable of preventing print density unevenness. In the print apparatus that prints by moving a print head with respect to an ink ribbon that is rotated and transported in a predetermined direction, a controller analyzes print data, and performs one direction print by moving the print head in a reverse direction opposite to the predetermined direction on the basis of the analysis result. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245855 | DOT FORMING ELEMENT ARRAYS AT DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS - A printing device includes a first array of dot forming elements disposed on a substrate along an array direction at a first array-direction spacing to provide a first dot forming resolution R | 2010-09-30 |
20100245856 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Color Data Printing - An apparatus associated with a printing device having a plurality of print engines comprising a first print engine and at least one second print engine is provided. The apparatus comprises a pixel clock generating module which generates a reference signal operating at a single video frequency derived from a first clock and the at least one first print engine. The apparatus further comprises a color data modification module which modifies the color data for the at least one second print engine based on an accumulated phase error for at least one second print engine, wherein the accumulated error is calculated based on calibration information for the at least one second print engine relative to the at least one first print engine. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245857 | Systems and Methods for Processing Color Data - Systems and methods are provided for processing at least one document comprising color data. Color data in the document in a first color space is inspected to determine if a color space conversion operation for a portion of the color data is specified using a color space dictionary or a transformation matrix, wherein the color space conversion operation converts the color data from the first color space to an intermediate standard color space. An input profile corresponding to the color conversion operation is generated, wherein the input profile comprises information to convert color data from the first color space to the intermediate standard color space; and color space conversion operations are performed on the color data using the generated input profile to convert the color data from the first color space to the intermediate standard color space. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245858 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245859 | Imaging Apparatus with Sheet Size Measuring Device - An imaging apparatus for forming the image on a sheet, wherein the imaging apparatus includes a sheet-feeding path for conveying the sheet, a detecting section positioned along the sheet-feeding path, which detects a leading edge, a trailing edge and a side edge of the sheet while the sheet is being conveyed along the sheet-feeding path, a controller for registering dimensions, a memory for storing data of dimensions wherein when a auto-measurement mode is set in the controller, the controller controls the detecting section so as to detect the leading edge, the trailing edge and the side edge of the sheet while the sheet is being conveyed along the sheet-feeding path and obtains a length and a width of the sheet, and then the controller registers the length and the width of the sheet to be stored in the memory. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245860 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that comprises an obtaining section that obtains data of numerical values or numerical expressions used to describe a drawing process, and a generating section that generates, based on data obtained by the obtaining section, image information including color information on a color of each of a plurality of pixels, the image information having a first set of color information that describes using a color space different from a color space defined by colors of colorants used by an image forming section, and a second set of color information that specifies an amount of black colorant used by the image forming section. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245861 | IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image-processing device includes: a memory that stores a color range within a color space; an acquisition unit that acquires image data; and a generating unit that generates image data in which an image represented by the image data acquired by the acquisition unit has been subjected to an operation to change a color of an image area of the image having a color falling within the color range into black, and an operation to add a black image beside the image area. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245862 | IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image-processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains image data; an area extraction unit that extracts an area having a color falling within a predetermined range of a color, in an image represented by the image data obtained by the obtaining unit; a component extraction unit that extracts a component meeting a predetermined condition on a component of an image, in the image represented by the image data obtained by the obtaining unit; and a generating unit that if a component is extracted by the component extraction unit, that meets the predetermined condition, generates image data representing an image in which an effect of a type associated with the predetermined condition is applied to the area extracted by the area extraction unit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245863 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - An image-processing apparatus includes: a memory that stores a red color range occurring within a color space; an acquiring unit that acquires image data representing an image containing text; and a generating unit that generates, based on the image data acquired by the acquiring unit, image data in which a pattern image is disposed in a region containing text whose color is within the red color range, the pattern image having a first transmittance in a case that a size of the region is greater than or equal to a threshold, the pattern image having a second transmittance that is smaller than the first transmittance in a case that the size of the region is smaller than the threshold. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245864 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring unit that acquires image data representing a document image that includes characters; an extracting unit that extracts, from the document image represented by the image data acquired by the acquiring unit, a character that has undergone a modification for distinguishing from another character; a processing unit that processes the image data by reducing a density of the character other than the extracted character below a density indicated by the acquired image data; and an output unit that outputs the image data processed by the processing unit to an image forming apparatus. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245865 | Image Forming Apparatus Having a Function for Adjustment of Image Forming Conditions - An image forming apparatus includes a forming portion, an adjusting portion and a control portion. The forming portion is configured to form an image, while the adjusting portion is configured to execute an adjustment for correcting a pre-selected adjustable image forming condition based on a measurement of an image formed by the forming portion. The control portion is configured to control execution of the adjustment achieved by the adjusting portion. Specifically, the control portion obtains a plurality of kinds of variation values, which individually indicate a different state variation capable of involving a state change in the pre-selected adjustable image forming condition. The control portion calculates a complex evaluation of the current state of the pre-selected adjustable image forming condition based on the plurality of kinds of variation values, and determines a starting time for execution of the adjustment based on the complex evaluation. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245866 | MULTIFUNCTION APPARATUS - A multifunction apparatus includes: an execution request acceptance section that accepts a request for executing a function; a determination section that determines whether or not the execution request is a function involving printing operation when the execution request acceptance section receives the execution request; and an execution section that performs print preparation operation when the determination section determines that the execution request does not correspond to the function involving printing operation. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245867 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Program - An image processing device, an image processing method, and a program enable easily acquiring for each profile information related to the amount of ink that is required to record image data after the image data is converted using a particular profile. A host computer | 2010-09-30 |
20100245868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RANDOMLY REMIXED IMAGES - A system and method for generating randomized remixed graphical images is provided. A database comprising a plurality of files representing graphic images is linked to a processor and computer executable instructions. Multiple image files are randomly obtained and randomly merged to form a new and unique merged image. The merged image can be manipulated and can be transferred to a substrate. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245869 | METHOD FOR INLINE COLOR REGULATION IN PRINTING MACHINES - A method for color measurement of printing materials produced in printing machines includes a first color measurement instrument in the printing machine measuring the color of printing materials, a second color measurement instrument outside the printing machine measuring the color of printing materials produced in the printing machine and a computer communicating with the instruments, storing nominal color values and regulating color in inking units of printing units with the first instrument based on deviations from the stored nominal color values, determined on the printing materials in the printing machine. Printing materials produced by the printing machine are recorded by the second instrument. The second instrument records deviations from an original based on the color measured values determined on printing materials. The computer calculates corrected nominal values based on the deviations recorded with the second instrument for the first instrument and uses them for color regulation by the first instrument. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245870 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a recognition process section for performing, on the basis of image data of a document, a character recognition process of recognizing a character contained in the document; a chromatic text generation section for generating color text data (character image data) indicative of character images in which character images with different attributes are displayed with different colors; and an image composition section for generating composite image data by combining the image data of the document with the color text data so that each of the character images indicated by the color text data is partially superimposed on a corresponding image of a character in the document. The image processing apparatus causes a display device to display an image in accordance with the composite image data. This allows a user to easily check whether or not a result of the character recognition process is correct. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245871 | METHOD OF CORRECTING PIXEL DATA AND FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A method for correcting pixel data and a fluid ejecting apparatus and are disclosed. The method for correcting pixel data in the fluid ejecting apparatus which relatively moves a nozzle array having nozzles for ejecting a fluid onto a medium and arranged in parallel in a predetermined direction, and the medium in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction, onto which the fluid is ejected from the nozzle array based on pixel data of the first number of gradations, while the nozzle array and the medium are relatively moved in the intersecting direction, the method includes converting original pixel data of the first number of gradations into pixel data of the second number of gradations higher than the first number of gradations; correcting the pixel data of the second number of gradations, of which the number of gradations is converted, by a correction value set for every pixel line data which is the plurality of pixel data lined up in a direction corresponding to the intersecting direction on the pixel data; and converting the pixel data of the second number of gradations which is corrected by the correction value into the pixel data of the first number of gradations. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245872 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing control method for printing an image onto a recording medium including inputting data to be used for printing a page, setting a position and a size of a margin for a plurality of pages represented by the input data, according to an instruction from a user, and causing a print device to print an image including the plurality of pages and in which the binging margin with the set width is arranged at the set position, onto the recording medium in a direction determined according to the width of the margin. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245873 | COLOR CONVERSION METHOD AND PROFILE GENERATION METHOD - A tincture adjustment value used to adjust a monochrome signal to a tincture desired by a user is set, and a tincture conversion table and chromaticity line table are generated based on that tincture adjustment value and the profile of an image output apparatus. Using the generated tables, a lightness signal L* corresponding to an input monochrome signal is converted into a distance signal l on a chromaticity line, and the distance signal l is converted into a chromaticity signal (a*, b*). The lightness signal L* and chromaticity signal (a*, b*) are converted into a color signal of the image output apparatus. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245874 | System for distributing and controlling color reproduction at multiple sites - The system provides for controlling color reproduction of input color image data representing one or more pages or page constituents in a network having nodes (or sites). Each one of the nodes comprises at least one rendering device. The system distributes the input color image data from one of the nodes to other nodes, and provides a data structure (virtual proof) in the network. This data structure has components shared by the nodes and other components present only at each node. Next, the system has means for providing color calibration data at each node characterizing output colors (colorants) of the rendering device of the node, and means for producing at each node, responsive to the color calibration data of the rendering device of the node, information for transforming the input color image data into output color image data at the rendering device of the node. The information is then stored in the data structure in different ones of the shared and other components. Means are provided in the system for transforming at each node the input color image data into output color image data for the rendering device of the node responsive to the information in the data structure. The rendering device of each node renders a color reproduction of the page constituents responsive to the output color image data, wherein colors displayed in the reproduction at the rendering device of each node appear substantially the same within the output colors attainable by the rendering devices. The system further has means for verifying at each node that the information for the rendering device of the node properly transformed the input color image data into the output color image data, and means for revising the information stored in the data structure at the node responsive to results of the verifying means. Shared components of the data structure may also store color preferences selected by a user. The information producing means of the system may further operate responsive to both the color calibration data and the color preferences. The rendering devices in the system can provide color reproductions having three or four colorants, and may provide more than four output colors (color inks). | 2010-09-30 |
20100245875 | DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Each small region positioned just before a large region according to a reading order is determined as a first candidate, and an evaluating process to evaluate whether each first candidate is an index or not is performed based on a difference in feature from the related large region with respect to each first candidate. Each small region positioned just before a first index according to the reading order is determined as a second candidate, and an evaluating process to evaluate whether each second candidate is the index or not is performed based on a difference in feature from the related first index with respect to each second candidate. Small regions determined as the first index and the second index are extracted as index regions. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245876 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PAPER MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores an identifier and a remaining sheet length of a roll sheet after an image formation has been finished; a specifying unit that specifies sheet lengths of pages where images are to be formed based on an image forming instruction, and a number of the pages; a computing unit that calculates a sheet length required for an image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the specified sheet lengths and the specified number of the pages; and a selection unit that selects a roll sheet for the image formation in accordance with the image forming instruction based on the calculated sheet length and the stored remaining sheet length. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245877 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus, including: an input module configured to input an image and first character data, the first character data being associated with the image; a template database module configured to store a template, the template including information of an operation associated with second character data; a determination module configured to determine the template according to the first character data and the second character data; and a job server module configured to execute the operation included in the template for the image. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245878 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is provided, the image processing apparatus including: a dynamic circuit reconfiguring section in which a circuit is dynamically reconfigured; a circuit configuration storing section that stores information of configurations of circuits, the information including a first piece of information that contains a configuration of a circuit singly performing one image processing, and a second piece of information that contains a configuration of a circuit including a compression circuit that compresses image information and performing a plurality of image processings in parallel; and a circuit configuration controlling section that switchingly reads out the first piece of information and the second piece of information from the circuit configuration storing section and that controls the circuit reconfiguration in the dynamic circuit reconfiguring section. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245879 | METHOD TO READ IMAGES AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A method to create a data file in a controller device connected to an image reading apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving an event signal generated in the image reading apparatus based on an instruction, obtaining image data according to receipt of the event signal, judging whether the received event signal is a first event signal in a first operation mode, setting the controller device to operate in a second operation mode, releasing the controller device from the second operation mode when a terminating event occurs, judging whether the received event signal being a non-first event signal is a continuing event signal, and adding the image data obtained according to the non-first event signal being a continuing event signal to the image data obtained according to the first event signal to create a single multiple-paged file when a terminating event occurs. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245880 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus which prevents one host computer from occupying the apparatus and enables a user of the host computer having sent a processing request thereto to quickly know a processing result. A connection request is accepted from one of a plurality of host computers. In response to the accepted connection request, the host computer having sent the connection request is connected, and a process requested by the connected host computer is executed. Information indicative of the connected host computer is stored. Control is performed such that a reconnection request from the host computer indicated by the stored information is accepted with priority over connection requests from other host computers. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245881 | DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A data management device displays, on a display screen thereof, an external-device image representing an external device and an application screen corresponding to each of applications in execution. The external-device image includes function areas that respectively represent functional units of the external device. The data management device is configured to determine in which, among the function areas, a first position specified on the display screen is included, determine in which, among display areas for the application screens and the external-device image, a second position specified on the display screen is included, and set data corresponding to a function represented by a function area in which the first position is determined to be included, as target data for a process corresponding to a display area in which the second position is determined to be included. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245882 | DEVICE FOR IMAGING A FLAT OBJECT AND PRINTING MATERIAL PROCESSING MACHINE HAVING THE DEVICE - A device for imaging a flat object, for example a paper sheet in a printing machine, includes a light source, preferably an LED row, a lens and an image sensor. An observation angle between the object plane and lens axis is flat, that is to say less than 45°. The light source illuminates the flat object in a first, near region with light of a first wavelength and illuminates the flat object in a second, far region with light of a second wavelength. The first wavelength is shorter than the second wavelength, preferably being blue and red spectral regions. The first region is disposed nearer the image sensor than the second region. The device permits the so-called chromatic aberration of the lens to be utilized to advantageously reduce the tilt angle of the image sensor required by the so-called Scheimpflug condition. A printing machine having the device is also provided. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245883 | IMAGE SCANNING SYSTEM, IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image scanning system includes (1) an image scanning device, which includes an input unit configured to acquire an instruction by a user, an image scanner configured to scan an image and generate image data and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the image data; (2) a display lock judging unit configured to judge whether a display lock is necessary based on whether a predetermined instruction is acquired by the input unit; and (3) a data processing device which includes a first reception unit configured to receive the image data transmitted by the transmitting unit of the image scanning device, a first display unit configured to display the image data received by the first reception unit and a display control unit configured to control the first display unit so as not to display the image data if the display lock judging unit judges that the display lock is necessary. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245884 | CONSTRAINT EVALUATION AND RE-EVALUATION FOR MANAGING PRINT JOBS - An improved method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment is described. When an operator manually assigns a print job to a printer, the job ticket settings of print job are compared with capabilities of the printer to detect any constraints (i.e. incompatibilities). Messages including textual descriptions of the detected constraints are displayed in a UI, and job ticket settings that caused each constraint are displayed adjacent the corresponding message. The job ticket settings display allows the operator to change values of the job ticket settings and then re-evaluate the job assignment to detect any further constraints. The display and input steps are performed using a single UI. The changed job ticket settings are kept in a temporary version of the job ticket, and the original job ticket is updated with the changed values when the job is finally printed. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245885 | Techniques For Printing To Hotspot Printers - Techniques are provided for printing an electronic document from a client device to printing devices that are registered with a server. The printing devices and device capabilities are retrieved from the server according to location criteria provided by a user. Through a user interface, users view the names, location, and print settings of printing devices that satisfy the location criteria, and maps and directions for the printing devices. Users also modify a printing device's print settings and select printing devices for printing. Users provide login information to login to the document server to retrieve available documents for printing. Print jobs are generated that reflect an electronic document selected by a user and print settings modified by the user and are submitted to a printing device selected by the user. Printing devices also provide user interfaces for users to retrieve electronic documents from document servers without use of a client device. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245886 | METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN PRINT MODES - A method, apparatus, system, and computer-readable storage medium for setting a print mode of a printing device. The method includes receiving, from a client device, a request to print a print job at the printing device, and determining a distance between the client device and the printing device. A print mode is corresponding to the print job is set to one of a locked print mode or an unlocked print mode based on the determined distance between the client device and the printing device. The method further includes sending the print job and the corresponding print mode setting to the printing device. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245887 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245888 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245889 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245890 | TECHNIQUES FOR SCHEDULING AND GUARANTEEING PRINT JOBS - Techniques for scheduling and guaranteeing print jobs are presented. Print jobs are scheduled to process on a selected printer at user-defined dates and times. A print queue for the selected printer is managed to ensure that no subsequent print job begins on the printer when that subsequent print job cannot finish before a scheduled start time of a scheduled print job that has been guaranteed the scheduled start time on the printer. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245891 | Systems and Methods for Fast Printing - Methods disclosed permit the accelerated printing of documents. In some embodiments, a method for accelerating the printing of documents utilizes a first pre-processed file, which is obtained by pre-processing a second file. The pre-processed file is associated with stored attribute information for the second file. When a print request is received for the second file, updated file attribute information for the second file is retrieved and used to determine if there are content changes to the second file. In some embodiments, content changes may be detected by comparing the retrieved updated file attribute information with the stored file attribute information. The pre-processed file is used for printing, if there are no content changes to the second file. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245892 | Printing Method for Screen Image - Disclosed is a computer implemented printing method to print on a sheet an image of an object of which data is placed in a clipboard of a computer, the method including the procedures of: the computer activating a printing program installed in the computer; the printing program automatically retrieving the data of the object from the clipboard; the printing program requesting a printer driver installed in the computer to generate a print job to print an image of the object based on the data retrieved from the clipboard; the printer driver transmitting the print job to the printer; and the printer printing the image of the object on the sheet according to the print job. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245893 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives a request that requests a reply and includes a source of the request and a destination of the request; and a controller that returns from a low electric power condition after moving into the low electric power condition of which the power consumption is low, and that controls the communication unit, wherein when the controller is in the low electric power condition, the communication unit returns the reply to the request received and detects a duplication between an identification information that identifies the source and an identification information that identifies the destination based on the request. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245894 | DIRECT-SCAN-TO-PRINT SCANNER AND RELATED METHOD - A scanning device capable of directly sending scanned images to a printing device to be printed and a related method are proposed. An image information is obtained by scanning with an image sensor module, and then stored in a storage device. When a print client detects a print request, a storing server delivers the image information to the printing device through a picture transfer protocol. Accordingly, the image information is to be printed upon a direct link between the printing device and the scanning device without needing a computer serving as a bridge. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245895 | CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes: a determination unit that determines a beginning original document to which a function that lays out a plurality of original documents onto a single sheet with predetermined number of original documents and forms an image is applied; a judgment unit that sequentially judges whether the original document is the object to be laid out onto a single sheet together with other original documents, starting with the beginning original document; an original document number determination unit that determines the number of original documents formed on a single sheet, that is within the predetermined number of original documents and does not make blank spaces, based on the number of original documents to which judgments by the judgment unit are done and judgment results of the judgment unit; and an image forming start unit that makes an image forming unit start to form the image based on the number of original documents determined by the original document number determination unit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245896 | IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image-processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains image data; an area extraction unit that extracts an area having a color falling within a predetermined range of a color within a color space, in an image represented by the obtained image data; an effect extraction unit that extracts an effect applied to the image represented by the obtained image data; an effect data obtaining unit that if a type of the extracted effect is included in predetermined plural types of effect, obtains effect data representing a type of effect selected from among the predetermined plural types of effect, excluding a type of the extracted effect; and a generating unit that generates image data representing an image in which an effect of the type represented by the obtained effect data is applied to the area extracted by the area extraction unit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245897 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus includes an authority information acquisition unit that acquires a user's authority information; a first storage unit that stores current control information currently used to control the apparatus; a second storage unit that stores current configuration information representing a current configuration of the apparatus; an available control information outputting unit that outputs available control information allowed to be acquired; an instruction accepting unit that accepts an instruction to acquire at least one of versions of available control information output by the available control information outputting unit; an information acquisition unit that acquires control information according to the instruction accepted by the instruction accepting unit; and an updating unit that updates the current control information stored in the first storage unit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245898 | Image processing device and image forming device - When an image based on RGB image data accepted by the image processing section and the ICU is to be enlarged by the zoom process section of the ICU (or when specification of an area in an image is accepted by the operation section), the leak-preventing identification mark detecting section, the positional relation calculating section and the forgery-preventing identification mark detecting section respectively determine whether patterns respectively representing a leak-preventing identification mark and a forgery-preventing identification mark are included separately in the entire area of the image and in an area to be enlarged (or an area whose specification has been accepted) or not. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245899 | Image forming apparatus - A job managing section stores print jobs as jobs-in-queue when they are received through a receiving section. Each job contains original user information. Each job is a currently executed job when it is being executed by an executing section. An error detecting section obtains error information from the executing section upon an error in the currently executed job. An updating section stores the currently executed job as a job-on-hold into the job managing section if a determining section determines that the currently executed job should be placed on hold. A log-in authenticating section performs authentication of an operator user based on the operator user information inputted by the operator user. Upon successful authentication, a user name comparing section determines whether the operator user information and the original user information contained in the job-on-hold coincide. If they coincide, a displaying section indicates to the operator user that a job-on-hold exists. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245900 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A Multi-Function Peripheral (MFP) is provided with a locked mailbox bin. The MFP receives a print job, calculates a print quantity for a case in which the received print job is executed. If the calculated print quantity for the print job is more than a predetermined quantity, the MFP executes printing based on the print job with the locked mailbox bin designated as an output destination of a printed material. If the calculated print quantity for the print job is equal to or less than the predetermined quantity, the MFP stores the print job in a storage portion. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING IMAGE PRINT ORDER - An image print order receiving system has an image print order receiving apparatus for receiving an order for printing images. The system include a data obtaining section for obtaining image data for use in printing images, a notice print making section for printing, in a printing medium, a notice print including thumbnail images of at least some of the image data and access information for accessing the image print order receiving apparatus and an image print order receiving section provided in the image print order receiving apparatus, the image print order receiving section being configured to receive an access by a user who has received said notice print manually forwarded thereto and to obtain order information of the image prints. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245902 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A multifunction printer receives a printing job. Then, the MFP acquires items of a printing log that is defined before the printing is started. For example, user name, date/time of execution, and job ID information correspond to the items of the printing log defined before the printing is started. Then, the MFP transmits at least one item of the printing log, which is defined before the printing is started, to the server before the printing is completed. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245903 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE - A communication system including a communication box connected to a public communication line and capable of data communication with a child unit through a digital cordless (DCL) wave and with a multi-function device through a wires LAN (WLAN) wave, and wherein each of the child unit and multi-function device has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for optical communication between the child unit and multi-function device. The communication box and multi-function device have respective WLAN communication control portions which are normally placed in a non-operating state, and when the communication box receives facsimile data from the public communication line, the communication box commands the child unit to require the multi-function device to start its WLAN communication control portion, starts its own WLAN communication control portion, and transmit the facsimile data to the multi-function device through the WLAN wave. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245904 | IMAGE TRANSFER SYSTEM, DATA TRANSFER METHOD AND PROGRAM - A first image processing apparatus makes a request to the second image processing apparatus to issue identification information to transfer second image data that a second image processing apparatus has received from the communication apparatus to the first image processing apparatus, and transmits first image data to be transmitted to the communication apparatus, and transmission destination information for identifying the communication apparatus, to the second image processing apparatus via a network. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245905 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An information processing device transmits and receives information to and from plural devices, which are coupled to the information processing device. A memory unit stores a control program that corresponds to each of the devices. An acquisition unit acquires device information from a selected one of the devices. A determination unit determines whether the selected device is controllable based on the acquired device information. A reading unit reads a control program from the memory unit that corresponds to the selected device, if the determination unit determines that the selected device is controllable. A command generation unit of the relevant control program generates commands for the selected device. A transmission control unit transmits commands generated by the command generation unit to the corresponding device. The transmission control unit transmits a set of the commands generated by the command generation unit in a block. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245906 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an output image forming unit that forms an output image from an image-repeat image which is obtained by arranging a plurality of input images on one recording medium based on predetermined repeat conditions, a preview image generating unit that generates reduced images of the input images, sets arrangement positions of the reduced images based on the repeat conditions, and arranges the reduced images in the arrangement positions in accordance with the repeat conditions, thereby generating a preview image, and a display unit that displays the preview image generated by the preview image generating unit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245907 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, IMAGE READING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - An information processor, which is configured to be connected communicably with an image reader, includes a display unit, an image receiver configured to receive image data from the image reader, a storage controller configured to store the received image data into a first storage area that is assigned to the storage controller, an acceptor configured to, in response to the storage controller storing the received image data into the first storage area, accept a display instruction to display the received image data, a transfer unit configured to, in response to the acceptor accepting the display instruction, transfer the received image data from the first storage area into a second storage area different from the first storage area, and a display controller configured to display, on the display unit, the received image data stored in the second storage area that is assigned to the display controller. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245908 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image communication apparatus that transmits input image data when detecting that a designated recipient has logged in an external apparatus. An MFP as an image communication apparatus includes a scanner for inputting image data and an operation unit for designating a recipient by whom the input image data should be received. When it is detected that the designated recipient has logged in another MFP which is a transmission destination of the input image data, the input image data is transmitted to the transmission destination MFP. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245909 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING INSTALLATION PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is disclosed an information distribution apparatus including: acquiring log information of a job; generating, based on the log information, setting information denoting an operation setting of a device and usable by a program for operating the device; and transmitting an installation program including a set of the program and the setting information, to an information processing apparatus which gives operation instructions to the device. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245910 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for controlling an image processing apparatus, includes causing a sheet processing apparatus to execute a sheet processing of a sheet to be printed by execution of a first print job stored in a storage unit configured to store a plurality of print jobs each of which has received an execution request, controlling a power supply required for the sheet processing to be executed by the sheet processing apparatus, determining whether a second print job in which the sheet processing is executed by the sheet processing apparatus is stored in the storage unit when the sheet processing of the sheet to be printed by the execution of the first print job is executed by the sheet processing apparatus, maintaining the power supply required for the sheet processing by the sheet processing apparatus when the determining step determines that the second print job is stored in the storage unit, and restricting the power supply required for the sheet processing by the sheet processing apparatus when the determining step determines that the second print job is not stored in the storage unit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245911 | PRINTING CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS - A method includes determining whether a program module for varying print settings for a printer driver is participating in print processing when the printer driver executes print processing; and switching a part of the print settings for the printer driver to the print settings according to the program module when the program module is participating in the print processing. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245912 | COLOR PRINTER TECHNOLOGY - The invention provides a method of printing at a POS of register receipts and marketing information in which the required network bandwidth and quantity of ink are both reduced. SVG files are used to specify communications, associated modified image objects are stored locally to the POS, and associated modified image objects are modified version of original objects in which color values are replaced with other color values that result in the same print image, but with printing of less ink. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245913 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To enable the operability of image editing process to improve, the first procedure for making configurations relating to a print medium used in printing by a printing device, the second procedure for selecting an image to be printed by the printing device and specifying its print range, the third procedure for making configurations relating to image processing for the image for which the print range is specified, and the fourth procedure for performing printing process of the image data to which the configured image processing is applied are executed. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245914 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus configured as follows. A mode specification table in a storage device contains mode specification information obtained by associating a job designated by a user. The mode specification information indicates which of a page mode and a band mode is to be selected when the job is performed. An operation panel detects a first user operation for inputting the job and a second user operation for starting the job. A main controller, using the mode specification information, specifies the mode corresponding to the job designated by the first user operation. A main controller causes a data acquisition circuit to acquire image data upon detection of the second user operation and causes an image processing circuit to perform a data processing according to the specified mode. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245915 | IMAGE PRODUCING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image producing device by which image data that is produced by an image producing unit is written in an external memory medium, or by which image data is read from the external memory medium and written to a device main unit of the image producing device, the device main unit includes: a record unit configured to record first identification information of image data that is written in the external memory medium; a data storage unit configured to store image data that is recorded by the record unit; and a data operation unit configured to move image data from the external memory medium to the data storage unit based on the first identification information in the record unit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245916 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A scanner is equipped with an input image buffering section | 2010-09-30 |
20100245917 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245918 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245919 | RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING RECORDING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Positions of flushing candidate pixels are provided in standard areas S formed from pixels arranged in a matrix pattern. A reference area formation section forms a reference area Ref by arranging two standard areas S adjacently to each other in both a main scan direction and a conveyance direction. In a range where there are overlaps with virtual pixel rows | 2010-09-30 |
20100245920 | Methods and Systems for Rendering Data - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for rendering graphical objects in a printing system. According to one aspect of the present invention a graphic list may be partitioned, and the graphic-list partitions may be rendered “out-of-order” or concurrently. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245921 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a controller that causes an image forming unit to form an image so that a plurality of unit images are arranged in a first direction with a constant distance between adjacent unit images; an acquisition unit that acquires read image data indicating a position and a grey level value of each pixel constituting the image formed under control of the controller; and a calculation unit that calculates a misregistration with respect to the first direction of the image formed by the image forming unit, based on a convolution operation performed on the read image data acquired by the acquisition unit, the convolution operation using a reference periodic function whose variable is a position in the first direction. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245922 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM OF EXTENDING A FUNCTION OF AN APPLICATION - In plug-in software capable of creating a sheet size to be set in an application based on an output size and sheet sizes allowed to be set in the application, when the plug-in software supports a plurality of applications, if there is a difference in sheet size among the applications, it is necessary to change setting in terms of the size when data is shared by the applications. This necessity of changing the setting in terms of the size is avoided by detecting a smallest sheet size from maximum sheet sizes usable in the respective applications and determining the sheet size for common use by the applications based on the detected smallest size. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245923 | IMAGE FORMING APPARAUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires image information that represents an image; a formation unit that forms the image that the image information that the acquisition unit acquires represents onto a medium; a trimming unit that trims the medium onto which the formation unit forms the image; and a determination unit that determines an edge cut from the image based on the size of a trimmed part of the medium trimmed by the trimming unit, the size of the medium, and the size of the image that the image information represents, wherein the formation unit forms the image of which the edge that the determination unit determines to cut is cut onto the medium so that the edge of the image is located at a position based on the trimmed part that the trimmed unit trims. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245924 | Multi-Level Surround Error Diffusion - Machine-enabled methods of, and system, and processor readable media, embodiments for, tone quantization error diffusion. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245925 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus is provided, the image processing apparatus including: an interpreting section that interprets instructions of a print control contained in print information, the instructions including a resolution instruction, a monochrome designation instruction indicating whether a monochrome designation is applied, and a page description language designation instruction; a selecting section that selects a binary-processing threshold matrix in response to at least the resolution instruction, the monochrome designation instruction, and the page description language designation instruction by any of ways including selecting and eliminating; and a binary-processing section that binary-processes a page description language contained in the print information by employing the binary-processing threshold matrix selected by the selecting section. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245926 | METHOD FOR SCREENING COLOR SEPARATIONS OF A LENTICULAR IMAGE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LENTICULAR IMAGE ON A PRINTING MATERIAL - A method for screening color separations of a lenticular image having a lenticular frequency of lenticular lenses for viewing the image, with a lens width l. An amplitude-modulated halftone image is calculated for each color separation at one screen angle with a rational number tangent and screen frequency. The screen has non-orthogonal screen cells spanned by vectors u, v for a specific color separation. A distance k is defined. Directions of vectors u, v relating to perpendicular direction relative to image strips of the lenticular image are defined for the specific color separation. First (n, m) and second (i, j) pairs of rational numbers are defined, to satisfy a system of equations: n*u | 2010-09-30 |
20100245927 | TONE DEPENDENT GREEN-NOISE ERROR DIFFUSION METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE THEREOF - A tone dependent green-noise error diffusion method includes setting a first threshold and a second threshold, and determining a two-level value of a color level of an input image according to the first threshold and the second threshold; subtracting the two-level value from the color level value to generate an error value; performing an error diffusion on the error value to generate an error diffusion accumulation value; adjusting the color level according to the error diffusion accumulation value; performing a hysteresis filtering on the two-level value to generate an output dependent feedback value; and adjusting the color level according to the output dependent feedback value. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245928 | METHODS OF WATERMARKING DOCUMENTS - Methods are provided for creating a fluorescent watermark within an image on a substrate, such as paper. The method involves creating a halftone image using two different halftone strategies. The halftone method is combined with a binary watermark mask to form two color patterns (e.g., one in a background region of the image and one in a watermark region of the image) and two successive-filling halftone algorithms, such that the ink droplets deposited by one color pattern cover more of the substrate than the ink droplets deposited by the other color pattern, with the two color patterns having approximately the same reflectance under normal light. However, under UV illumination, a visible difference (e.g., the watermark) is seen in the two patterns. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245929 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY - A system, method, and computer readable medium for converting paper documents ( | 2010-09-30 |
20100245930 | BANNER SHEET-BASED SAMPLING METHOD - The banner or cover sheet for a print job may be used for aperiodic sampling of transfer performance and/or fusing performance. Sensing pre-process and post-process is required. The resulting sampling is aperiodic and dependent on the job flow. In office products there is typically a frequent generation of cover sheets and the information collected in this way can be useful in system performance optimization. The concept is described for a tandem transfer system. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245931 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An image transmission system including an image processing device and a communicating device which are communicable with each other through an access point in an infrastructure mode through an “m” channel, wherein upon a communication failure in the infrastructure mode, the communication mode is switched from the infrastructure mode to an ad hoc mode in which the two devices are directly communicable with each other through an “n” channel. During the communication in the ad hoc mode, the “m” channel is scanned to detect the access point at a predetermined time interval, and upon detection of the access point through the “m” channel, the communication mode is switched back to the infrastructure mode. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245932 | SCANNER, READING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A scanner connected to an external device through a network is provided. The scanner includes, a reading section that reads an image recorded on a sheet so as to generate image data, an image data group supply section that, in a case where a plurality of images recorded on a plurality of sheets are read by the reading section, sequentially generates an image data group every time a part of the plurality of sheets is read by the reading section, and sequentially supplies the generated image data group to the external device, a joint information generation section that generates joint information used to join two or more of the image data groups, the two or more of the image data groups representing the plurality of images; and a joint information supply section that supplies the joint information to the external device. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245933 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image processing system and method for comparing and correcting two monochromic images A | 2010-09-30 |
20100245934 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A communication device having a communication unit configured to communicate with a contents storage storing contents information and location information in associated manner, and to communicate with an external device. The communication device obtains the location information from the contents storage, modifies the location information to access information causing an access to the communication device, and transmits the same to the external device. An identifying unit identifies the location information corresponding to the access information if it is selected in the external device and second access to the communication device is made, in response to the selection of the access information through the communication unit. A contents obtaining unit obtains contents information directed by the location information identified by the identifying unit, through the communication unit, and an execution unit generates the contents based on the contents information and outputs the same. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245935 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - Background images are removed and only desired payment information is extracted from a grayscale image of a check or similar financial instrument. A density distribution improvement process applied to grayscale raw image data | 2010-09-30 |
20100245936 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that performs shading correction processing with the use of white reference data is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a source data acquisition unit and a white reference data generation unit. The source data acquisition unit acquires source data for the white reference data. The white reference data generation unit generates the white reference data expressed with a predetermined number of bits from the source data acquired by the source data acquisition unit. The white reference data generation unit determines bit precision depending on the minimum value of the source data and generates the white reference data having the determined bit precision. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245937 | Method and System for Improving Output Quality of Image Forming Devices - The invention includes a method and system for improving the output quality of an image forming device. The method includes comparing an amount of speckle present in the images with a predefined amount of speckle. Thereafter, it is evaluated whether an adjustment of an angle of inclination of an image capture assembly in the image forming device is required for improving the output quality of the images. Accordingly, the height of one or more spacers of a spacer assembly may be altered for inclining the image capture assembly with respect to a transparent surface on which an object to be scanned by the image forming device is placed. The height of the spacer assembly may be adjustable by a user or pre-set to an optimum level for reducing the speckle to a value less than or equal to the predefined amount of speckle. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for storing electronic documents. In particular, various embodiments provide systems and methods that use profiles defining one or more attributes to generate file names and folders for storing the electronic documents. Further embodiments provide systems and methods for storing one or more records related to the electronic documents in one or more tables based on the profiles. In various embodiments, these records are used to manage the storage of the documents in the system and to help in locating and retrieving the documents from the system. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245939 | STRUCTURE FOR HOLDING OPTICAL COMPONENT, AND OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A structure for holding an optical component, includes: first and second flat plate portions provided in a state where the portions stand on a base plate, opposed to each other in a state where the flat plate portions are coupled to each other, and constituting first and second hierarchies, respectively; first and second positioning portions that are provided at the first flat plate portion, and that determine positions of directions of first and second coordinate axes of first, second, and third coordinate axes that intersect with each other; a third positioning portion that is provided at the second flat plate portion, and that determines a position of a direction of the third coordinate axis of the first, second, and third coordinate axes that intersect with each other; and a holding portion coupled to the first flat plate portion or the second flat plate portion, and holding the optical component. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245940 | U-SHAPE OPTICAL PATH IMAGE SCANNING METHOD AND SCANNING MODULE THEREOF - The present invention discloses a U-shape optical path image scanning method and a scanning module thereof, in which an image of a document is reflected by a plurality of reflection mirrors to form image beams, and the image beams which enter the scanning module and the image beams which enter the pickup lens form a U-shape optical path. Optical axis of the pickup lens and the scanning module are parallel to the image of the document so as to prevent scattered beams from entering the pickup lens or forming a ghost image. Accordingly, the depth of field not only can be increased by increasing the length of the optical path in a limited space, but the pickup lens and the image sensor also can be easily adjusted in manufacture or assembly to reduce the assembly complexity and improve the mass production rate. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245941 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE LIQUID EJECTION - A method for detecting defective liquid ejection includes: reading an image with a sensor, the image being formed on a medium on the basis of image data by ejecting liquid from a nozzle while relatively moving the nozzle in a direction of relative movement with respect to the medium; specifying a maximum pixel among pixels of read data continuously arrayed in rows in a direction intersecting the direction of the relative movement in the data read with the sensor, the maximum pixel having the maximum pixel value among pixels of the read data; selecting a selected pixel in the data read with the sensor, the selected pixel being included in a line constituted by a plurality of pixels including the maximum pixel arrayed in line in the direction of the relative movement; and detecting defective liquid ejection in the nozzle by comparing the selected pixel with the pixel of the image data corresponding to the selected pixel in the image data. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245942 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - A plurality of LED circuits are each configured having white LEDs serially connected therein, and the white LEDs are arranged in alternate main scanning direction positions for each of the LED circuits. When any of these LED circuits has failed, an output light power of white LEDs of LED circuits that have not failed is increased by a light power control section, thereby compensating an extinguished amount of the failed LED circuit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245943 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device comprising: an optical guide for receiving light emitted from a light source and guiding the light by repetitive transmission and reflection; a reflective member for reflecting light transmitting in the optical guide to an outside of the optical guide within the optical guide; a supplemental reflective member for reflecting light transmitting the reflective member and light leaked from the optical guide while evading the optical guide to an inside of the optical guide, transmitting the reflective member and light leak. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245944 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In regard to a secured original method, an image reading apparatus provided in an image forming apparatus reads a first original guide using an original reading portion and, based on a reading result thereof, changes a reading position of an adjustment sheet in a main scanning direction to enable detection of a difference between a brightness of the first original guide and a brightness of the adjustment sheet. In regard to a moving original method, the image reading apparatus reads a reading member using the original reading portion and, based on a reading result thereof, changes a reading position of an adjustment sheet in a main scanning direction to enable detection of a difference between a brightness of the reading member and a brightness of the adjustment sheet. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245945 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; an image carrier unit that includes: a support member; and an image carrier that is rotatably supported by the support member and directly or indirectly carries images; a positioning part that is provided at the apparatus body and positions the image carrier unit by being abutted against the support member; a plurality of rotating bodies which are provided in the apparatus body; and a control unit that controls driving states of the plurality of rotating bodies, wherein the control unit controls the rotating bodies so that a resultant force of forces applied to the image carrier unit from the plurality of rotating bodies is always applied in a normal direction where the support member is abutted against the positioning part, in a period where the plurality of rotating bodies moves to a normal rotation state from a stopped state. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245946 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus capable of reading an image recorded on a first surface and a second surface of a sheet, the image processing apparatus comprising a conveying path comprising a first conveying path formed in a substantially plate shape, a second conveying path disposed below the first conveying path and a curved conveying path disposed between the first conveying path and the second conveying path, a conveying mechanism configured to convey the sheet along a conveying direction from the first conveying path to the second conveying path through the curved conveying path, a first image reading section disposed below the first conveying path and comprising a first image sensor which reads the image recorded on the first surface of the sheet conveyed along the first conveying path at a first image reading position, a second image reading section comprising a second image sensor which reads the image recorded on the second surface of the sheet conveyed along the second conveying path from below the second conveying path at a second image reading position, and an upper cover configured to rotate between a closed position where the first conveying path is partly covered and an open position where the first conveying path is exposed, wherein at least the first conveying path is exposed when the upper cover is in the open position. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245947 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a first conveying path, a curved conveying path, a second conveying path, a first image reading section facing the first conveying path, a pair of third conveying rollers having a third nip point P | 2010-09-30 |
20100245948 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a first conveying path, a curved conveying path, a second conveying path, an upper cover, a first image reading section, a third conveying roller, a second conveying roller, a second image reading section, a first conveying roller, a fourth conveying roller and a control unit. The control unit controls to stop conveying the sheet when a back edge of the sheet passes the first conveying roller in the case where a length of the sheet is less than a first distance between the first conveying roller and the third conveying roller, and controls to stop conveying the sheet after conveying the sheet until the back edge passes the third conveying roller in the case where the length of the sheet is greater than the first distance and is less than a second distance between the third conveying roller and the fourth conveying roller. | 2010-09-30 |