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| 20090168098 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - Proposed is an image processing apparatus in which the data processing method is changed over in suitable fashion in accordance with job settings when binding is performed. To accomplish this, the image processing apparatus is such that when stored image data is processed, the output format is determined from a job ticket and processing for dividing image data is controlled in accordance with the output format determined. In accordance with the output format determined, the apparatus changes over the output timing of divided page image data. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110069330 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A determination is performed as to whether a media setting contained in settings information of an input print job is a standard media setting for which a standard medium is to be used or a custom media setting for which a custom medium different from the standard medium is to be used. Then, in a case where the media setting is determined to be a custom media setting, the media setting is converted to a setting of a medium that can be printed by another image forming apparatus, and the converted media setting is stored. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110158549 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If reusable data is included in a record of VDP data, a compression level used in compressing page data including the reusable data is associated with the reusable data and stored together with the reusable data. If, after that, a record of VDP data including reusable data similar to the stored reusable data is generated, the page data is compressed according to the record based on the compression ratio associated with the stored reusable data. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120105879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention prevents a printing result desired by a user from being unable to be printed out, due to registration of the same color name for sheets of different colors. To accomplish this, an image forming apparatus includes a reading unit that reads in a sheet; a generating unit that generates color data indicating a color of the sheet read by the reading unit; an obtaining unit that obtains a color name corresponding to the color data generated with the generating unit, by searching a color sample database, wherein color data and color names corresponding to the color data are stored in the color sample database; and a setting unit that sets a sheet feed cassette to the color name obtained by the obtaining unit. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20130155460 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB PRODUCTION METHOD, AND PRINT JOB OUTPUT METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store electronic data including first data for identifying policy data that is information indicating an authority for handling the electronic data and is managed by a server apparatus. The data processing apparatus includes a print job data production unit configured to produce print job data based on electronic data to be printed, an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first data included in the electronic data, an adding unit configured to add the first data acquired by the acquisition unit to the print job data, and a sending unit configured to send the print job data having the first data added thereto to an image processing apparatus. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140037301 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD - If the elapsed time since a sheet was stored in a sheet storage unit is less than or equal to a threshold value, control is performed such that the sheet is heated by a fixing unit before an image is transferred to the sheet, and if the elapsed time since the sheet was stored in the sheet storage unit exceeds the threshold value, control is performed such that processing for heating the sheet with the fixing unit before the image is transferred to the sheet is not performed. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20150153977 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus that generates image data from a print job and inputs the image data to an image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives information indicating that the image forming apparatus interrupts printing based on the image data and a control unit that shifts a power state of the image processing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state, in which consumed power is less than that in the first power state, based on the received information. | 06-04-2015 |
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| 20080279526 | RECORD/PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In a record/playback apparatus, if playback of image data is stopped, recording information relating to a stop point at which the playback of the image data is stopped and generating image data playback control information that specifies a playback resume point based on the stop point at which the playback of the image data is stopped. When the image data is recorded onto another recording medium, the playback control information is recorded together with the image data as resume information, thereby providing a user-friendly resume playback function. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20100150456 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus and method for processing an input image by comparing a stored background image with the input image to obtain a difference, collating a change in the difference and time of the change with conditions for the occurrence of a periodic event and information as to the time of occurrence of the periodic event, which are previously stored in a storage unit, to determine whether the change in state of the input image is the periodic or a non-periodic movement of an object, and selecting, according to a result of the determination, any one of operations according to the periodic or the non-periodic movement of an object. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100328432 | IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing a stereoscopic image shot by a stereoscopic image capturing apparatus, the image reproducing apparatus comprises: an input unit which inputs image data of the stereoscopic image and additional data recorded in association with the image data; an acquisition unit which acquires depth information indicating a depth of a point of interest in the stereoscopic image set, during shooting, on the basis of the additional data; a generation unit which generates images to be superimposed on right and left images of the stereoscopic image, the images to be superimposed having parallax corresponding to the depth indicated by the depth information, on the basis of the depth information; and a display output unit which combines the right and left images of the stereoscopic image with the images to be superimposed, and outputs the combined right and left images of the stereoscopic image to a display apparatus. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20130163886 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus and method for processing an input image by comparing a stored background image with the input image to obtain a difference, collating a change in the difference and time of the change with conditions for the occurrence of a periodic event and information as to the time of occurrence of the periodic event, which are previously stored in a storage unit, to determine whether the change in state of the input image is the periodic or a non-periodic movement of an object, and selecting, according to a result of the determination, any one of operations according to the periodic or the non-periodic movement of an object. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130182919 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image capture apparatus include transmission unit for transmitting first feature data concerning a face region included in an image captured by an image sensor to an external apparatus, reception unit for receiving a matching result between the first feature data and second feature data concerning a sub object from the external apparatus, storage unit for storing third feature data concerning a main object in a predetermined storage area in advance, matching unit for matching the first feature data with the third feature data and display unit for identifiably displaying, on a display device, the face region recognized as the sub object in the matching result received by the reception unit and the face region recognized as the main object in the matching result obtained by the matching unit. | 07-18-2013 |
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| 20100310795 | INK JET RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - An ink jet recording medium having a gas-permeable substrate, and an ink receiving layer and a surface layer provided in that order on the gas-permeable substrate, wherein the surface layer is formed through the steps of (1) applying a coating liquid comprising a first inorganic pigment and a binder onto the ink receiving layer, and (2) applying a coagulating liquid comprising a coagulant and a second inorganic pigment having a refractive index higher by 0.30 or more than that of the above first inorganic pigment and an average particle size of 100 nm or less onto the applied coating liquid to subject the coating liquid to a coagulating treatment followed by pressing a coating layer including the coating liquid and the coagulating liquid against a heated casting drum while the coating layer is in a wet condition to subject the coating layer to a cast treatment. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110183087 | DOUBLE-SIDED RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium includes a substrate and two or more ink receiving layers on each of a first surface and a second surface of the substrate. The ink receiving layers each contain a pigment and a binder. A | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110217488 | RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium comprising a substrate and at least two porous ink receiving layers provided thereon of which a lower layer, second distant from the substrate, is arranged on the substrate side of an upper layer, most distant from the substrate. Pore distribution curves of the upper and lower layers respectively have one peak and two peaks. When pore radii giving the one peak and the two peaks are respectively regarded as R | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110298879 | RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides a recording medium capable of inhibiting conspicuousness of scratches attached to the recording medium and preventing the occurrence of density unevenness in an image. The recording medium has a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein substrate is a resin-coated substrate obtained by coating a base material with a resin, and wherein Ra2 is 0.3 μm or more and 2.5 μm or less and Ra1-Ra2 is 2.0 μm or more, where Ra1 is an arithmetic average roughness of a surface of the substrate son the side of the ink receiving layer as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 and Ra2 is an arithmetic average roughness of the outermost surface of the recording medium as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300315 | RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides a recording medium capable of inhibiting cracks and also inhibiting peeling off of an ink receiving layer upon folding of the recording medium. The recording medium has a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the substrate is a resin-coated substrate obtained by coating a base material with a resin, the arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the substrate on the side of the ink receiving layer as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 3.0 μm or more, the skewness Rsk of a roughness curve of the surface of the substrate as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 0.2 or less, and the coating thickness of the ink receiving layer is 50 μm or less. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300316 | RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides a recording medium capable of inhibiting occurrence of undertrapping, lowering the visibility of scratches on the outermost surface of the recording medium and inhibiting occurrence of a mottled pattern when recording is conducted. The recording medium has a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the outermost surface of the recording medium as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 1.1 μm or more and 2.5 μm or less, and the skewness Rsk of a roughness curve of the outermost surface of the recording medium as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 0.1 or less. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300317 | RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium includes an ink-receiving layer formed by applying a coating liquid onto at least one surface of a substrate and drying the coating liquid, the coating liquid containing hydrated alumina and a binder, in which the hydrated alumina in the coating liquid has an average particle size of 100 nm to 250 nm, the surface of the ink-receiving layer has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.8 μm to 2.5 μm, the arithmetic average roughness Ra being specified by JIS B0601:2001, and the surface of the ink-receiving layer has a specular gloss at 60° of 10.0% or less, the specular gloss at 60° being specified by JIS Z8741. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20090018161 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR PROMOTER OF GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION - The present invention provides a more effective gastrointestinal function promoter. The present invention also provides a method for the prophylaxis or improvement of functional gastrointestinal disorders, a method for appetite regulation and the like. The present invention also provides a method for screening for a substance capable of promoting a gastrointestinal function. The present invention provides a gastrointestinal function promoter containing a T1R agonist as an active ingredient and a method for the prophylaxis or improvement of functional gastrointestinal disorders, a method for appetite regulation and the like by administering a T1R agonist. The present invention also provides a method of screening for a substance capable of promoting a gastrointestinal function which method uses a cell expressing T1R receptor. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090291910 | AGENT AND FOOD FOR PREVENTING/IMPROVING FUNCTIONAL DIGESTIVE DISORDER - The present invention provides an agent and a food for the prophylaxis or improvement of a functional gastrointestinal disorder, which contains, as an active ingredient, at least one kind selected from glutamic acid, 5′-nucleotide and a salt thereof. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20110136909 | METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING EXCESSIVE APPETITE - Agents for the inhibition, suppression, or prevention of overeating include glutamic acid and/or at least one of its salts, as is or in a carrier or base, and have superior safety at a low price and further have a favorable flavor and are suited for long-term use. Such agents will amplify or sustain a sense of fullness and, further, are effective against appetite stimulation that arises regardless of a sense of fullness with respect to foods that are, for example, sweet or delicious, especially for a person who has a drive for thinness. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20130243933 | NUTRIENT COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that the volume-based median size (d50) of particles in the nutrient composition is 5 to 100 μm and water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition, or a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition and the mass of the protein with respect to the total moles of divalent ions forming the water-insoluble particles is 1.5 to 3 g/mmol. | 09-19-2013 |
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| 20110253953 | RACK AND PINION MECHANISM, VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING AND CONTROLLING RACK AND PINION MECHANISM, DRIVE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a rack and pinion mechanism which avoids collision between respective tooth tops of a rack gear and a pinion gear due to a phase shift between the rack gear and the pinion gear with a simple mechanism and meshes the rack gear and the pinion gear smoothly. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110302642 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an image forming apparatus of the present invention, authentication information necessary for a user to log in to the image forming apparatus and address information of a mobile terminal are stored associated with each other, and upon receiving from a mobile terminal a search request for searching for a device with which to establish wireless communication, and the address information of the mobile terminal, it is determined, based on the address information and the stored information, whether the address information is associated with authentication information of the user that has logged in to the image forming apparatus. As a result, if it has been determined that the address information is associated with the authentication information of the user that has logged in to the image forming apparatus, information indicating that the image forming apparatus has been logged in to is transmitted as a response to the search request. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20130194609 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A printing apparatus, and a control method thereof, stores received print data into a first memory and prints the print data stored in the first memory. The printing apparatus and method, in a case where the print data is job data for which authentication is necessary before printing, store the print data stored in the first memory into a second memory and, and delete the print data stored in the first memory after the print data has been printed, and in a case where the print data is not job data for which authentication is necessary before printing, retain the print data stored in the first memory even after the printing. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140104634 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT SHIFTS TO DIFFERENT POWER STATE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of more quickly executing a fail-safe function for shifting to a power state different in power consumption. The apparatus can operate in power states different in power consumption. A controller controls the apparatus. A power supply controller controls supply of power. A reset circuit resets the controller. When a power switch is operated by a user, a monitoring time period, set in advance, is decided according to a type of user's operation and the power state. One of operations to be executed when the monitoring time period has elapsed, for causing the controller to cut off the supply of power to the controller and for causing the reset circuit to reset the controller, is set according to the type of user's operation and the power state. The set operation is executed when the decided monitoring time period has elapsed. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20150049369 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus has: an obtaining unit configured to obtain first information used to correct a deviation in an image in a sub scanning direction due to a curve of a scanning line of a first beam and second information used to correct a deviation in an image in the sub scanning direction due to a curve of a scanning line of a second beam; a setting unit configured to set a common position in a main scanning direction to image data of a single color plane for each of the first beam and the second beam based on the obtained first and second information; and a correcting unit configured to shift pixels included in the image data of the single color plane for each of the first beam and the second beam in the sub scanning direction at the set common position. | 02-19-2015 |
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| 20120124020 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - The file size of a binder document in a document management server that manages a version of a binder document is reduced. When updating a binder document, it is determined whether an original document included in the binder document of a past version includes a same document as an original document included in the binder document of a new version. If it is determined that the original document includes the same document, reference information regarding the same document in the binder document of the past version is stored as information corresponding to the original document of the new version. On the other hand, if it is determined that the original document does not include the same document, an entity file of the original document is stored as information corresponding to the original document of the new version. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120239662 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to the present invention, a document template and a plurality of document generated based on the document template are registered in association with each other. A document including a search term is searched. A document which includes the search term in a portion corresponding to the document template and a document which includes the search term in a portion other than the document template are displayed in an identifiable manner. In a full-text search, a user can identify a document hit based on a text originally included in the document template and a document hit based on the portion (portion specific to a document input by the user) other than the document template. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130103675 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document management apparatus comprises: a base folder setting unit configured to set a base folder used as a base point of search processing from folders which are allocated above a folder of interest; a search unit configured to detect, from folders allocated below the base folder, a folder having a path from the base folder, which path is similar to a path from the base folder to the folder of interest, as a similar folder similar to the folder of interest; and a search result display unit configured to display a link to the similar folder detected by the search unit on a display window. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20150039997 | STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A first extension program and a second extension program operate on a web browser. The first extension program displays a content managed by a document management server in a display area, and when the content has been dragged outside the display area, writes information of the dragged content in a bridge data storage unit. The second extension program generates a drag object including the content information written in the bridge data storage unit and monitors whether the drag object has been dropped outside the web browser. When the drag object is dropped outside the web browser, the second extension program executes download processing by using the content information included in the drag object. | 02-05-2015 |
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| 20090084969 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image detecting device includes an image detector for recording an image therein and outputting the recorded image as image information, and a cooling panel disposed on a surface of the image detector for cooling the image detector, wherein the cooling panel has a thermal conductivity oriented in a planar direction along the surface of the image detector. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090084970 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation solid-state detecting device includes a cooling panel disposed on a surface of a sensor substrate that is irradiated with radiation, or on a rear surface of the sensor substrate opposite to the irradiated surface thereof. The cooling panel comprises a plurality of cooling units. Cooling units, which face (pixels depending on) the recording areas in which radiation image information is recorded in the sensor substrate, are energized to cool the recording areas. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090084971 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a radiation image capturing apparatus, and includes a radiation image information detector for detecting radiation image information of a subject, a casing containing the radiation image information detector, a reading circuit for reading the radiation image information from the radiation image information detector, and a heat release unit for fastening the reading circuit and releasing heat generated by the reading circuit to the casing. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086890 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A radiation image capturing apparatus includes a conductive gel member disposed between a radiation detector and an integrated circuit provided in vicinity of the radiation detector and electrically connected thereto. The conductive gel member blocks the electromagnetic noise generated by the integrated circuit and thereby prevents the electromagnetic noise from propagating to the radiation detector. As a result, the electrical signals generated by the radiation detector are prevented from being affected by the electromagnetic noise and high-quality radiation images can be acquired. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090194700 | Radiation detection apparatus - An electronic cassette has a casing and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The electronic cassette further includes a winding member accommodated rotatably inside of the casing. The radiation detection device includes a flexible base. The radiation detection device is wound on the winding member, and a portion of the radiation detection device is capable of being pulled outside of the casing. | 08-06-2009 |
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| 20100315689 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED RECORDING MEDIUM - It is an object to provide an image processing apparatus which can properly obtain an original area even when there is one original or when there are a plurality of originals, an image processing method, and a recording medium in which an image processing program has been recorded. An image processing apparatus for deciding an image data area of an original from read image data obtained by being read by an image reading apparatus has: an extracting unit for extracting a plurality of image areas from the read image data; and a discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not tilt angles of the image areas extracted by the extracting unit are equal. If one or more tile angles of the image areas are not equal as a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit, it is determined that each of the image areas is an image data area of the original on the assumption that there are a plurality of originals. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20140168715 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus operative to properly obtain an original area when one or a plurality of originals exists. The image processing apparatus decides an image data area of an original from read image data read thereby. The image processing apparatus has an extracting unit for extracting a plurality of image areas from the read image data and a discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not tilt angles of the image areas extracted by the extracting unit are equal. If one or more tile angles of the image areas are not equal as a result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit, it is determined that each of the image areas is an image data area of the original on the assumption that there are a plurality of originals. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20150109636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - When the communication environment of an information processing apparatus is not a communication environment for polling a peripheral apparatus, polling performed on the peripheral apparatus by the information processing apparatus is stopped. | 04-23-2015 |
