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7567362 Effecting gamut operations using boundary line elements  
The present invention provides for a performing a type of gamut operation for a color device given a color input value, the color device being characterized by a gamut boundary comprising a...
7567732 Image resolution conversion  
Methods to convert the resolution of digital images have been achieved. The methods invented support the decrease or the increase of the resolution of digital images, even enlargement in one...
7564581 Numerical processing apparatus, color processing apparatus, numerical processing program, color processing program, and storage medium  
A limited output color group generation section generates in advance, from a group of input colors (limited input color group) satisfying a constraint condition set in an input color space in...
7564590 Image processing apparatus and method  
An image processing method and apparatus is provided that executes conversion processing of image data according to an error diffusion method. A unit processing for one pixel of the original image...
7564576 Printing system and its control method, printer and its control method, and image sensing apparatus and its control method  
This invention has as its object to receive image data from image sensing apparatuses of various manufacturers and to print a high-quality image by making image data transfer and a printing...
7564604 Color signal processing and color profile creation for color image reproduction  
A signal processing method for converting input color value information (Lab) represented in a uniform color space into a set of five output color levels of black, light black, and three chromatic...
7564584 Image processing device, image processing system, job processing method, storage medium, and program  
It enables to construct a flexible device environment in consideration of POD, office and various use environments. To do so, a job processing method is applied to a system including an image...
7564583 Methods and apparatus for reconstructing digitized images  
Methods and apparatus for reconstructing digitized images are provided that include an image reconstruction path that receives a digitized image and provides a processed RGB or CMYK image that may...
7564603 Output data generating image processing  
An image processing device generates output data used when an image displayed on a display device is to be output by an output device. The image processing device includes an output execution...
7564602 Color chart for adjustment of a color printer and a color monitor utilized with an endoscope  
A color chart for a color adjustment of a color printer and a color monitor attached to an endoscope, has a predetermined number of color cells. The color cells have the same form, and are arranged...
7564582 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium  
An image processing method comprises an extracting process of extracting a characteristic amount of an input image, a generating process of generating a high frequency component of the input image,...
7564595 Lens module with adjustable magnification  
A lens module with adjustable magnification is installed in a scanner. The lens module can be used to collect and focus a scanning light beam to form an image onto at least one optical sensing...
7561304 Method of judging whether or not darkness of foreign matter has been read, method of calculating representative value of darkness of test pattern, and apparatus that judges whether or not darkness of foreign matter has been read  
A method of judging whether or not darkness of a foreign matter on a test pattern printed on a medium with predetermined darkness has been read at the time of reading the darkness of the test...
7561305 Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program product therefor  
An image processing apparatus includes: a region recognizing unit that recognizes a region to be subjected to spot color processing in a digital image that is read from an image database in which a...
7561300 Image input/output system, image-processing method and printer driver  
An image input/output system obtains a print-job that includes printing-mode information and print-data, and analyzes the printing-mode information to determine whether the output mode of the...
7561303 Caching and optimisation of compositing  
A method ( 1500 ) of generating a representation of a page ( 1000 ) to be rendered is disclosed. The page ( 1000 ) comprises one or more graphic objects ( 1080, 1090 ), each being defined by two or...
7561307 Image processing method and device using dither matrixes with size and density being inversely related to a unit images distance to the center of the dither matrix  
An image processor includes: memory storing data including pixel values; memory storing dither matrixes corresponding to dot size and having cells with individual threshold values; a generator...
7561290 Print management  
When color proofing is instructed in a first printing instruction, an MIS (Management Information System) apparatus of a printing system detects whether or not a DDCP (Digital Direct Color Proofer)...
7561302 Image formation controlling device, method and program  
An image formation control system including an input system that is adapted to input instruction signals concerning a vividness enhancement target color of image signals from a user, and a...
7561301 System and method for image pattern printing on objects  
A printing system is designed to reduce the overall time and the cost required for printing patterns on objects such as musical instruments and prevents printed patterns from being partially...
7557953 Image processing device and image processing method  
A purpose of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of independently converting the frequency characteristics of particular hue...
7557963 Label aided copy enhancement  
Regions within a scanned document are labeled according to content. These labeled regions allow for particular enhancement and sharpening methods to be applied. The labeled regions may be further...
7557954 Fast color interpolation  
A method of performing color conversion to convert a set of input color values to color values in an output color space includes representing an output color in the output color space as a...
7557951 Image processor and image printer  
The description interpreting unit ( 101 ) identifies the format (the Exif, the JFIF and the like) of the image data which is included in the content which is received from the host equipment ( 10...
7557950 Printing system and printing method  
Disclosed is a printing system suitable for use at photo studio(s) and permitting printing of color photograph(s) as desired by user(s). Client machine(s) 5 A, 5 B may acquire photo image(s) from...
7557952 Color conversion method and color conversion device  
A color conversion method robust for unstableness of color reproduction in a color image device is provided. A color converting device ( 103 ) includes color data input means ( 1 ) for reading...
7557962 System and method for tone-dependent multi-frequency halftone screening  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for halftone screening. A system for halftone screening includes means adapted to receive image data having a desired number of tonal levels...
7557955 System and method for matching colorimetric attributes of a production print to a proof  
A method and system are provided for producing a print that substantially corresponds to the colorimetric attributes of a corresponding proof for an electronic source file. The method and system...
7557957 Image processing method and apparatus, and profile management method  
An image which has been color-converted in correspondence with the output characteristics of a printing press as a target for the purpose of proof may often be printed by a copying machine or...
7557956 Method of forming label with label forming apparatus, and label forming apparatus  
A method of forming a label with a label forming apparatus having a printing section for performing printing while feeding a processing tape, and a working section for performing physical working...
7556332 Recording head and recording apparatus  
A recording apparatus performs a recording operation with a recording head that includes a recording element having two types of discharge characteristics, and a memory holding k-bit information...
7557961 Method for setting boundary value, image signal processing method and apparatus, and printing apparatus  
A method for setting a boundary value at a level of error diffusion, comprising a step of defining a characteristic curve on a coordinate plane defined by a first axis indicating a perceptually...
7554682 Printer filter configuration  
A flexible printing subsystem is enabled with a printer filter pipeline. A configurable and arbitrary number of printer filters forming a printer filter pipeline are applied to files that are to be...
7555160 Compensating for human perception of colour  
A method, combination or apparatus for compensating for or predicting the shift in the human perception of color which occurs when the color is seen on a small surface area as compared with when it...
7554691 Printer for printing an image according to presence/absence of dot formation and printing control device thereof  
A printing system of the invention successively forms rasters or dot lines on a printing medium to complete a printed image. A raster formation assembly is scanned in a raster-forming direction...
7554693 Data processing system and method  
In order to obtain a desired print result, a color correction process may be performed on image data based on the characteristics of a printing device. Data called target profile (TP data) showing...
7554696 Dot-gain reduction method for multi-level halftoning  
A method for minimizing color-image halftone dot-gain in the output of a multi-level halftone color-imaging output device. The method includes characterizing that device's halftone output, on a...
7554692 Correction data acquisition method and calibration system for image display device  
A correction data acquisition method for an image display device, which is used to display a predetermined image using a plurality of primary colors. An offset image at a black level is displayed...
7554705 Color gamut mapping with black point compensation  
The disclosure is directed to techniques for gamut mapping with modified black point compensation (BPC). The gamut mapping techniques promote well-distributed tone compression so that substantial...
7554694 Image processing apparatus and its method, and control method  
An ICC profile includes brief gloss information indicating glossy/matte attribute as attribute information, however, gloss matching cannot be performed with the 2 options. In a case where embedding...
7554687 Methods and apparatus for determining toner level in electro-photographic print engines  
The toner in the toner cartridge is determined by taking each of the rasterized images output by the RIP and evaluating the pixel levels over the surface thereof. The average value is determined as...
7554697 Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and image forming program  
An image forming apparatus, for forming an image with using distributions of two or more types of dots having different densities per unit area in a same hue, including: a threshold value matrix;...
7554690 Array type inkjet printer system including print head, resolution adjusting unit, rendering unit and scaler  
An array type inkjet printer system having a print head with a plurality of nozzles formed therein in the horizontal scan direction includes a resolution adjusting unit for reducing a resolution in...
7549717 Reduction of dependence of color appearance on light source  
A look up table LUT with specific gray reproduction characteristics is used for converting RGB image data to multi-tone data of ink colors. The gray reproduction characteristics of LUT are set such...
7551318 Image processing apparatus and image processing method  
The gray axis is adjusted such that an optimal representation can be achieved for low saturation colors close to the gray axis. A test pattern including a plurality of images, which have different...
7551317 Color control for a printing press having spectrally based colorimetry  
A method and a measuring device are proposed for controlling the color application of a printing press ( 10 ) using at least one ink-feeding device ( 20 ) on the basis of spectral reflectance...
7551319 Printer device, printing method, printing program, and recording medium  
A printer device is provided that includes: an authenticating unit that performs user authentication; a determining unit that determines whether a print job is to be handled as a guest job that has...
7551312 Annotable document printer  
A printer receives a multimedia document as input and creates two documents as output: a paper version of the multimedia document and a “mapping” file that maps marks on the physical pages onto...
7551774 Image processing apparatus, and image processing method  
An image processing apparatus for correcting a hue and a saturation in an input video signal of a moving picture in real time is disclosed wherein the image processing apparatus includes an...
7551306 Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the image forming apparatus  
In an image forming apparatus constructing a color table corresponding to a kind of recording material, provided is an image forming apparatus which includes an engine controlling unit for...