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7454528 Image output apparatus using close range radio contact wherein radio contact element is attached to document on which an image is recorded  
An image output apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives first information from a first radio contact element that performs a close-range radio contact; an image processing unit that forms...
7453604 Systems and methods for estimating an image marking process using scanned image attributes  
Methods and systems used to automatically identify the marking process used for an image on a substrate based on spatial characteristics and/or color of the image. Image types which are classified...
7453595 Print control apparatus and method, computer program, computer-readable storage medium, preview apparatus and method, printer driver, and preview method thereof  
Compatibility with an operating system is maintained, and a high-quality print image is efficiently previewed with a simple arrangement and small memory area. A printer driver program executed by a...
7450778 Artifact reduction in a digital video  
A method performed by a processing system is provided. The method comprises performing a first set of correlations between a first plurality of pixel values in a first frame and a target pixel...
7446914 Image processing apparatus  
An image processing section receives a region “each bitmap data and region attribute (character region, etc.)” from an image separation section, subjects each bitmap to processes for...
7443526 Multi-function image processing apparatus and method  
A multi-function image processing apparatus includes a system control unit that receives an image processing job sent over a network by a requesting device, and that controls operation of the image...
7436542 Management system of image forming device  
An management system of an image forming device, which is structured by the image forming device and a management device for managing the image forming device through a communication network; the...
7433099 Image sensing apparatus, image sensing method, program, and storage medium  
An object of this invention is to quickly complete white balance calculation in photographing. To achieve this object, an image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing element in which a line...
7433088 Reference white plate density data adjusting image reading and forming apparatus  
An image reading apparatus, including an image sensor configured to receive light and output an image signal in accordance with image data carried in the light, an A/D converter configure to...
7433062 Color image processing method and apparatus, and storage medium  
An image processing method for processing an input job in parallel using a plurality of color image output apparatus, includes developing input image data into bit map image data, using either of...
7428336 Efficient detection of constant regions of an image  
A technique that improves image analysis efficiency by reducing the number of computations needed to detect constant regions. Constant region detection according to the present techniques includes...
7428082 Update control of image processing control data  
This invention relates to the updating of image processing control data that is related to image data and controls image processing of the image data. An image related data generator generates an...
7428065 Printer and information processing apparatus  
An information processing apparatus is configured as an apparatus for accessing an external date and time management apparatus, such as an SNTP server, to adjust the date and time of an internal...
7415153 Color naming, color categorization and describing color composition of images  
The invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for assigning color names to individual image pixels, and generating verbal description of color composition in images, suitable for a wide...
7408667 Systems and methods for pull printing where rendering is initiated at the printer  
A method for pull printing a document wherein the rendering is initiated at a printer is disclosed. A document on a computing device is located from a printing device. A message is sent to the...
7408660 Method and system for managing delivery of digital image files to image processing labs  
A mechanism is disclosed for managing delivery of digital image files to image processing labs for printing. The mechanism involves marking a digital image file with metadata that indicates a...
7403313 Automatic scanning parameter setting device and method  
An automatic scanning parameter setting device and method. The automatic scanning parameter setting device is a scanner that automatically sets the scanning parameters of a plurality of scan images...
7397952 “Don't care” pixel interpolation  
A system and method facilitating image smoothing is provided. The invention includes an image processor having an image receptor and an image smoother. The invention provides for the image smoother...
7394577 Method and apparatus for image processing method, and a computer product  
The image processing apparatus comprises an image data control section and a system controller. The image data control section is connected to any one or more of a sensor board unit, an...
7392476 Image printing system, image printing method, and image printing program  
The image printing system of the present invention includes an image editing device that carries out editing and printing of images; a link processing device that allows obtaining a desired image...
7388681 Method for scanning maintenance prediction  
A method for predicting when maintenance is required for a scanner comprises tracking a quality parameter history in a scanner, predicting when maintenance is required based on the quality...
7382502 Image processing method and apparatus for recovering reading faults  
An image processing apparatus for recovering reading faults produced in time of scanning photographic film due to imperfections present on the film such as scratches, dust or stains. The apparatus...
7382481 Image communication device, method of communicating image, program and recording medium  
An image communication device transmitting image information selectively generates a transmission-result report, where the contents of the transmission-result report vary depending on selected...
7359087 Print control apparatus and program  
An print control apparatus for printing a reproduction checking image in colors. In a print control apparatus 1 that has a printing device 6 to print a document, a CPU 2 combines a remaining...
7358478 Multiparallel three dimensional optical microscopy system  
A system for imaging of a sample is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of detectors which are each focussed at a respective focal plane in a sample volume. The system also includes light...
7346215 Apparatus and method for capturing a document  
An apparatus for capturing a document with a plurality of compression models comprises an image-processing system and an image-capturing system. The image-processing system is for accepting a...
7342696 Computational moiré compensation  
The amount of moiré in halftone printed images is reduced using unique moiré intensity functions and moiré vectors in a halftoner. In various embodiments, moiré phase angle zones are determined...
7342684 Image processing method and apparatus  
It is an object of this invention to prevent a false edge phenomenon in quantization processing for a multilevel image. In order to achieve this object, according to the invention, (1) a reference...
7336401 Systems and methods for estimating an image marking process using event mapping of scanned image attributes  
Methods and systems used to automatically identify the marking process used for an image on a substrate based on spatial characteristics and/or color of the image. Image types which are classified...
7336395 Data conversion system, image processing and image forming apparatus  
Disclosed is a system of image data conversion, capable of setting conversion characteristics with more ease even for data having mixed image attributes, and of reducing the amount of data and the...
7333232 Image processing apparatus having a function to receive control programs transferred from external device  
An image processing apparatus avoids abnormal control on loads including an optional device and enables only program transfer when transfer of a control program from an external device is not...
7321446 Color image processing device and color image processing method  
A color image processing device includes n line sensors which are arranged with a prescribed interval L between one another, an image signal output unit which outputs image signals under a...
7319546 Color management method  
A method of producing from a first device-dependent image data set, a second image data set matched to a real process, includes, by using inverse gamut mapping, transforming color values from the...
7317557 Paper-to-computer interfaces  
The present invention provides an apparatus and method which facilitates the use of a printed or scribed document as an interface with a computer. The apparatus in one aspect comprises: a printed...
7315399 Image forming apparatus and image forming method  
An input section performs a color conversion process, etc. for image data from a color scanner section. A discrimination section generates a discrimination signal representative of “character”,...
7315388 Image input/output control apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method, data communication apparatus, and data communication method  
An image input/output control apparatus includes a control device for controlling input/output of image data with an external apparatus, plural image processing devices for performing predetermined...
7315385 Image processing apparatus and method thereof  
Input and output units using different signal processing systems cannot be connected to a single image input apparatus. On the basis of the signal format of image data acquired by the input unit...
7305490 Preparing electronic data for transmission  
A method for preparing electronic data for transmission includes calculating a duration for compressing the electronic data, calculating a duration for transmitting the electronic data if not...
7304763 Image processing apparatus and method  
Sets of pixel data obtained by dividing entered image data into a predetermined number of items of data are stored in storage means in a predetermined order, and conversion processing is executed...
7292371 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program recording medium, color adjustment method, color adjustment device, and color adjustment control program recording medium  
An image processing apparatus inputs photographic image data containing dot-matrix pixels and converts the input pixels according to predetermined correspondence relationship information, so as to...
7286265 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program recording medium, color adjustment method, color adjustment device, and color adjustment control program recording medium  
An image processing apparatus inputs photographic image data containing dot-matrix pixels and converts the input pixels according to predetermined correspondence relationship information, so as to...
7277207 Recording device  
A recording device includes an image retrieval unit, a memory, an image forming unit, and a control unit. The image retrieval unit retrieves images of the document pages as document image data. The...
7274489 Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus  
One processing section 131 executes a process of generating image data K representing a black image on the basis of the image data Y, M, and C, and sequentially executes a process of removing...
7268908 Image processing system and its control method  
A host computer is connected to a plurality of printers via an IEEE1394 bus. To make these printers print an identical image, the host computer assures a communication channel. The host computer...
7262888 Optical scanner apparatus with pinhole imaging device  
A pinhole-imaging device is used as an imaging device for an optical scanner apparatus. The pinhole-imaging device replaces the conventional lens-imaging device and is placed in front of the...
7259894 Image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a medium on which an image processing control program is recorded, an image evaluation device, an image evaluation method and a medium on which an image evaluation program is recorded  
In image processing according to the prior art, the important part of photographic image data (referred to herein as the object) could not be determined and therefore required human participation. ...
7257276 Digital image interpolation method  
A digital image interpolation method is disclosed which a projection point (x, y) of the original image corresponding to a pixel of the transformed image first is determined. According to...
7253932 Image reading apparatus and image reading method  
An image reading apparatus is provided which is capable of preventing abnormal lines from being generated on an image read out from an original document even if there is more or less dirt attached...
7227659 Print controller and image forming apparatus  
It is determined in S202 whether or not a mismatch between the paper information for the job A and the paper information existing in the printer (the printer 1A, for example) has occurred, and if...
7224493 Imaging apparatus having a media sensor  
An imaging device has a print media path for transporting a print media sheet in a sheet feed direction. A mounting device is coupled to a frame. A media sensor has a body and at least one rotating...