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7623699 Apparatus and method for the automated marking of defects on webs of material  
A system for the characterization of webs that permits the identification of anomalous regions on the web to be performed at a first time and place, and permits the localization and marking of...
7623259 Image processing apparatus and image processing method to store image data for subsequent retrieval  
From an already registered image data group, image data similar to image data input as a query are retrieved (S 3190 ). When image quality of one of the retrieved image data is lower than that of...
7620211 Method and apparatus for quantifying visual showthrough of printed images on the reverse of planar objects  
An image analysis method to quantify visual showthrough of printed images on the reverse face of planar objects, such as paper. An illumination level is set using a white reference object. A white...
7616333 Electronic ink processing and application programming interfaces  
An application programming interface instantiates an ink analyzer object that receives document data for a document containing electronic ink content from a software application hosting the...
7613336 Methods and apparatus for image recognition and dictation  
The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for producing and digitizing a number of images to create a digital library of images, providing an image from outside the digital library,...
7609872 Method and apparatus for verifying the authenticity of documents  
A method for verifying the authenticity of a document utilizes artifacts of the printing process. The method includes optically capturing at a predetermined magnification a first image of an...
7602957 Image-based check processing system and a method of operating an image-based check processing system to test focus of an imaging camera  
An image-based check processing system has a focus test pattern on a background surface which is disposed along one side of a document transport path. An imaging camera is disposed along an...
7599529 Organism characteristic data acquiring apparatus, authentication apparatus, organism characteristic data acquiring method, organism characteristic data acquiring program and computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded  
The invention provides an apparatus by which organism characteristic data included in an entire image can be acquired without producing the entire image from a plurality of partial images. The...
7596244 Automated proofing for digital presses  
A method of automatic proofing a document submitted for printing on a press having a digital front end includes inputting the document into a raster image processor to produce a post-RIP file. A...
7587066 Method for detecting fraud in a value document such as a check  
A method for detecting possible fraud in a document includes receiving an electronic image of the document and extracting data from the image that includes a plurality of printed characters. Next,...
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...
7570788 Printed paper inspecting method and apparatus  
A method comprises the step of reading multi level data of reference of each of colors from a printed paper on which images are printed to be good. The multi level data of reference are converted...
7561722 System and method for interactive document layout  
A document layout is adjusted to alter the quality of the document by generating an initial document with a plurality of blocks. A user can manually adjust the parameters of the document....
7551754 Method and apparatus for selective rejection of digital images  
An unsatisfactory scene is disqualified as an image acquisition control for a camera. An image is acquired. One or more regions of facial or other key features are determined in the image. These...
7548635 Method and apparatus for image processing capable of preventing unauthorized reproduction of an image  
An image reading apparatus including a copy protection control apparatus including a radio frequency tag data communicating mechanism configured to receive predetermined radio frequency tag data...
7545992 Image processing system and image processing method  
This present invention provides an image processing system and image processing method which can reliably transmit image information to a destination without attaching a large file which applies...
7545958 Advice system for providing advice on photographing method or on image editing  
A system for providing advice on photographing is constructed under the circumstance where a user side personal computer 1 and a server side personal computer 2 are connected via a network 3 ....
7529409 2-D encoded symbol quality assessment  
An 2-D symbol orientation guide with parallel and spaced right angle guidelines with chevron-like spaces provided therebetween is selectively displayed in plural selected dispositions on a monitor...
7526100 System for processing and recognizing objects in images  
A system for recognizing objects in images, and using that recognition to solve mission problems, such as identifying, tracking, and reporting movement of mobile military targets of interest. The...
7522760 Method for inspecting document images  
A method for processing document image data wherein the quality of the document image is determined by examination of a vital document area includes determining a confidence level for the document...
7510629 Method and device for analysing surface structure in paper or board  
A method for analyzing in real-time in a paper machine or board machine the surface structure of a web ( 1 ) of paper or board which method comprises the direction of an imaging system towards a...
7466873 Artifact removal and quality assurance system and method for scanned images  
An artifact removal and quality assurance method and system for digital images, wherein a document comprising at least one printed page is scanned or the original image data are otherwise input....
7466845 Interactive photo system  
An interactive photo system that provides an interesting and entertaining way to link photos from the digital and analog domains. The system enables easy conversion of a paper-based photo into...
7460708 System, program, and method for generating visual-guidance information  
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a system to generate visual-guidance information in which the system can be reduced in size and cost and which ensures a proper eye flow. A...
7460706 Method of recognizing color bars on double-sided color prints, color print quality control system and color print quality evaluation apparatus  
In a double-sided color printing press, first and second color bars of a print are scanned to acquire alignment information of control patches, so that the first and second color bars are...
7460270 Evaluation of color image quality  
The disclosed method diminishes the resolution or the perceived resolution of images and compares the images to evaluate the color image quality of images. The method determines how far away images...
7457440 Method of determining usability of a document image and an apparatus therefor  
A method of processing a document comprises the steps of (a) scanning a document to capture image data associated with the document, (b) processing at least a portion of the captured image data to...
7454083 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, noise-amount estimate apparatus, noise-amount estimate method, and storage medium  
An image processing apparatus processes input pixel data and outputs the processed pixel data as output pixel data. The image processing apparatus includes an input reliability calculation section...
7453597 Proof-document formatting to enable full-capability remote proofing in a completely standard proofing station  
One single-stage proofer RIP replaces a conventional setup of two proofer RIP stages in series. Preliminary profile and data processing usually performed at the first of the conventional RIP...
7446903 Image processing device  
An error utilization factor line, indicative of a relationship between the amount of the error utilization factor K and input data for a present pixel, is determined dependently on characteristics...
7439989 Detecting doctored JPEG images  
Systems and methods for detecting doctored JPEG images are described. In one aspect, a JPEG image is evaluated to determine if the JPEG image comprises double quantization effects of double...
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...
7436432 Sight line inducing information display device, sight line inducing information display program and sight line inducing information display method  
Aspects of the invention can provide a sight line inducing information display device, a sight line inducing information display program and a sight line inducing information display method able to...
7433098 Document processing system with improved image quality assurance  
A document processing system comprising an image capture subsystem for capturing selected image metrics and at least one image rendition from a plurality of documents and for determining if at...
7430319 Image collating apparatus for comparing/collating images before/after predetermined processing, image forming apparatus, image collating method, and image collating program product  
An image collating apparatus comprises a device for setting a plurality of predetermined paths in a reference image and a check image and accumulating pixel values in the paths of both images with...
7424974 Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents  
Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents. Embodiments of the present invention can track physical locations of paper documents that have identification tags...
7418114 Print tone measuring method  
A print tone measuring method includes a reference paper image pickup step for reading an image of reference paper to obtain first image data, a designated control point setting step for setting...
7412073 System and method for authenticating objects using non-visually observable encoded indicia  
A method for authenticating an object is provided. The method comprises optically encoding an authentication image to produce an encoded image and applying the encoded image to an object in a layer...
7408569 Image processing device, image processing method and recording medium  
The present invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and a recording medium that enable various defect portions to be accurately corrected. R, G, B, and IR are...
7406183 System and method of sorting document images based on image quality  
A document processing system and method for using image quality to sort documents. The document processing system comprises: a document sorting system that designates a destination pocket for each...
7394567 Data embedding scheme for duplex color laser printer  
A data embedding technique that adds a watermark in the form of embedded data in the RGB domain in a duplex color laser printer. The data embedding algorithm employs a two-color (cyan and magenta)...
7391885 Method for determining overall effectiveness of a document  
The present invention is directed to a method for determining a document's overall effectiveness or quality using a technique that employs detecting correlation between document citation rate and...
7391884 Correlative assessment between scanned and original digital images  
Exemplary methods for performing a statistical analysis of scanned images are disclosed. The methods described herein may be embodied as logic instructions on a computer-readable medium. In one...
7385730 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and printing apparatus and printing system using the image processing apparatus  
In an apparatus for performing printing using a color ink-jet head having a plurality of ink-discharge-port strings corresponding to ink materials having different color tones, a high-quality image...
7382507 Image quality defect detection from image quality database  
A method of detecting image quality defects in the output of an image output device includes the steps of generating a test pattern at a known time, analyzing the test pattern to generate image...
7376258 Image quality assurance system and methodologies in a post-image capture document processing environment  
An image quality assurance method for identifying image defects in a plurality of previously-imaged documents, where each previously-imaged document includes at least one image rendition stored in...
7376251 Electronic image evaluating device and evalution method  
An electronic image evaluating device includes at least one area sensor that is provided with a plurality of photosensitive pixels. Each of these pixels will emit an electric output signal in...
7362483 Postprocessing apparatus and postprocessing method  
A postprocessing apparatus for conducting postprocessing on an image forming member, including a receiving unit for receiving an image forming member having an image formed thereon, and an...
7356160 Method of and apparatus for image processing  
An image processing apparatus embeds decision information that is information about a specific parameter, such as degree of alteration, of an image, into an image signal, and sends the image signal...
7350707 Device for digitizing and processing checks and driver licenses  
An integrated platform is provided for digitizing checks, driver licenses, and other documents, including the processing of the digitized checks in accordance with Check 21 standards and...
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