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7623278 MEMS Fabry-Perot inline color scanner for printing applications using stationary membranes  
A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) based Fabry-Perot array may be used as a spectral filter to light sensing array, such as a CCD or CMOS photodetector. Applying different voltages to the...
7623272 Method and system for diagnosing an imaging system  
A method and system for diagnosing an imaging system are provided. The method includes varying a system parameter of the imaging system. The method further includes obtaining a first data set at a...
7623254 Systems and methods for detecting inkjet defects  
A method for testing inkjets for defects in an inkjet device includes determining, based on the likelihood that one or more inkjets are defective, whether to perform an inkjet defect test, The...
7619792 Image forming apparatus, image forming method  
An image forming apparatus has a calibration mode in which a calibration image is formed on a print medium to correct image forming conditions. The image forming apparatus detects print medium...
7619791 Image forming method and image forming device  
A reference developing image is formed on a photoreceptor drum under an image forming condition measured in advance, and the density of this reference developing image is detected. A development...
7619790 Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and control method thereof  
Correction for eliminating deformations of an image to be output from an image apparatus is executed while suppressing the processing load on the host computer side. A host computer acquires...
7619775 Image forming system with density conversion based on image characteristics and amount of color shift  
An image forming system includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus performs image generation, color conversion, and extraction...
7619771 Color calibration in a printer  
A printer includes a color measurement system. The printer can, in response to a trigger event, automatically calibrate the color measurement system using a first print medium of a first media type.
7619597 Method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display  
A method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display is provided. The system may include extracting a time dependent parameter of a pixel for calibration.
7615939 Spectrally calibratable multi-element RGB LED light source  
An LED lighting system is disclosed. The lighting system includes means to calibrate the light temperature and intensity between multiple modules in one system, or to calibrate the light...
7609414 Image processing method, image processor, storage medium and program  
In order to obtain consistent output by a remote color printer over a communication network, a calibration is remotely performed on the remote color printer. More specifically, job data, including...
7605945 Color reproduction definition creating method and color conversion method  
The present invention selects color materials for a virtual device from real color materials, adjusts a gray balance to obtain a predetermined black color at a maximum device value by using...
7599093 Image processing apparatus, method and program  
A skin-tone image portion contained in an image is detected based upon the shape of the image of a human face. An average value of each of RGB values of pixels that constitute the skin-tone image...
7595910 Method for making a dot for dot proof  
A method for making a dot for dot proof for a printing device, such as a press, on another device, such as a proofer, the method including (a) inputting, at pixel level, binary or pseudo-binary...
7593134 Color rendering control system  
A color rendering system and method is disclosed. The color rendering system comprising a color rendering strip generation system configured to generate a group of one or more sets of comparison...
7593132 Method for calibrating printing of lenticular images to lenticular media  
A method for calibrating the printing of a lenticular image with respect to the lenticules of a lenticular sheet includes the step of printing a test pattern including a plurality of patches on a...
7589874 Color processing method and apparatus thereof  
When the color gamut of a printer is further expanded, if the same gamut expansion processing as in the prior art is applied, the chroma level becomes too high beyond necessity, resulting in...
7589873 Setting a color tone to be applied to an image  
When setting a color tone during editing of an image, processes such as the following are performed. First, there is displayed a tone setting screen 200 that includes a tone specifying portion ...
7587095 Printing apparatus  
Proper correction data is set by scanning a test chart even if the test chart has pixel lines formed thereon as inclined with respect to a secondary scanning direction. A virtual line CL is...
7586656 Process for producing optimised printing forms  
The invention is a process for producing an optimised printing form comprising printing onto a substrate with a printing form with predetermined raster percentages on the printing press to obtain a...
7586651 Image formation with priority selection of correction table based on match with print sheet setting information  
An object of this invention is to reduce the work load of generating a correction LUT used to correct the tint. To achieve this object, an image forming system according to this invention has the...
7583420 Image processing method and apparatus  
It is difficult to adjust a black plate while maintaining accurate color reproduction in a color printer that forms an image using C, M, Y, and K color agents. Upon generating a conversion...
7583418 Array based sensor to measure single separation or mixed color (or IOI) patches on the photoreceptor using MEMS based hyperspectral imaging technology  
A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) based Fabry-Perot array may be used as a spectral filter to light sensing array, such as a CCD or CMOS photodetector. Applying different voltages to the...
7583411 Gamut mapping apparatus and method thereof  
Apparatuses and methods for performing gamut compression. A gamut mapping apparatus of the invention includes a gamut analyzing unit for analyzing the gamut of a source device and the gamut of a...
7583409 Patch codes with improved robustness  
A method for encoding information on a printed page includes generating a set of color patches, each having a unique color. The set of color patches is printed. The printed color patches are...
7583408 Image-forming apparatus and control method thereof  
An image density in a predetermined section of an image represented by an image signal is calculated on the basis of the image signal, and the calculated image density is compared with the result...
7583403 Image processing device  
An image processing apparatus of correcting the color of a specific range of a pixel signal for each pixel included in an input image signal, comprises an intensity determination means of...
7580152 Image processing apparatus and method and memory medium  
A printing system which can obtain a print result at a proper quality without a variation in quality from any printer while freely corresponding to a fluctuation of output image characteristics of...
7576885 Balancing grays on color printers  
A gray balancing technique wherein color data values are modified only if the color data values include a gray component.
7573620 Gamuts and gamut mapping  
Techniques relating to gamuts and gamut mapping are described. In one instance, a process identifies a gamut attribute and generates a gamut having the attribute.
7573613 Method and apparatus for controlling picture color tone of printing press  
A picture color tone controlling method for a printing press is disclosed wherein color tone control can be performed using an IRGB densitometer which requires a lower cost than a spectrometer. A...
7573608 Method of estimating trap from spectral reflectance factor  
A method of estimating the trap of an overprint of at least two primary colors from the spectral density curve of the overprint by computing the amounts of the two primary colors that will produce...
7570402 Printing method and printing system  
A printing method for printing an image on a medium according to the present invention includes the following steps: printing a correction pattern based on a first gradation value by ejecting ink...
7570401 Proofing method and apparatus that selects the kind of media type and transformation of the input color gamut based on the output device and the results of comparison with a scanned image using a spectrophotometer  
A method of and apparatus for producing a validated print-out. The method includes creating a modified virtual image which includes the data from the original virtual image and a virtual original...
7570282 Color correction of multiple colors using a calibrated technique  
A system of correcting for color filter array by correcting for a plurality of colors in the color filter array. A color correction matrix is formed which corrects each color for a plurality of...
7564601 Method for generating a tonal response curve for a scanner  
A method for generating a tonal response curve for a scanner includes (a) directing light from the scanner to a calibration target having a single uniform neutral tone; (b) measuring with the...
7561316 Adjusting ink-usage parameters to reduce ink usage  
One or more ink-usage parameters are adjusted based on ink remaining and historical ink usage, to reduce ink usage for an image to be printed on a sheet of media with ink. The image is printed on...
7561306 One-dimensional lens shading correction  
In one embodiment, a method for correcting image data for a captured image for lens shading artifacts is provided. The method comprises determining a plurality of one dimensional correction curves...
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...
7557969 Color balance correction chart, color balance correction method, and image forming apparatus  
In the present invention, a front-side focal distance L 2 is changed without changing a rear-side focal distance L 1 so as to bring an MTF value D 2 and brightness fluctuation D 3 into an MTF...
7557964 Methods, systems, and media to calibrate a reprographic system  
Methods, systems, and media to calibrate a reprographic system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may calibrate a component like scanner and/or printer in response to user input and/or...
7557959 Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and program  
In an image processing method for color conversion that converts image data into the amount of color material to be used in printing, the amount of color material that can be obtained in the color...
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...
7557837 Image pickup apparatus and control method thereof  
In an image pickup apparatus, image data obtained by an image pickup unit is subjected to predetermined image processing, and an image is displayed on an electronic viewfinder screen based on the...
7557826 Method for device spectral sensitivity reconstruction  
A method and system are provided for approximating spectral sensitivities of a particular image sensor, the image sensor having a color filter array positioned over the image sensor. In one example...
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...
7548355 Image scanning apparatus and method, and storage medium  
A scheme for obtaining an original image free from any dust or scratches on a film by scanning a film original or the like with visible light and infrared light has been proposed. This scheme...
7548344 Image processing apparatus, and method of controlling the same  
Two main-scanning-color-group recognition units, each for measuring a degree of continuity of chromatic pixels in a main scanning direction are provided. A degree of continuity in a sub-scanning...
7548326 Method of adjusting image recording apparatus for correcting skew  
A printer processor prints out two sheets of test prints by printing a test pattern on two recording sheets of different lengths. The test pattern consists of eight straight-linear lines that are...
7542171 System and method for compensating for streaks in images using intensity variation of raster output scanner  
A method and system compensates for streak defects in an image formed using a raster output scanning device. A reflectance profile is generated from an image generated by the raster output scanning...