77results about "Pictoral communication" patented technology

A print management system may include at least one client device for generating print jobs, and a plurality of print servers for storing print job information based upon the generated print jobs. The print servers may cooperate to share the print job information therebetween. At least one printing station may retrieve the shared print job information, and selectively print print jobs based thereon.

An optical scanning apparatus includes light sources, an aperture having, and coupling lenses. Numbers of the light sources and the coupling lenses are equal to each other and the apparatus satisfies an inequality 12.7 <(D×β₀×m₀×xdpi)/(2×NA) <38.1 and an equation β₀=(β₊−β₋)/(n−1), wherein D represents a width of the slit of the aperture, β₀represents a beam open angle, mo represents a total lateral magnification ratio, dpi represents a number of dots per inch, NA represents a numerical aperture, β₊ represents a positive open angle, β₋ represents a negative open angle, and n represents the number. Further, an image forming apparatus using this optical scanning apparatus and an image forming method are provided.

An apparatus for making an image product with an electronic memory for storing digital images and type data for indicating an image type for each associated digital image. A processor coupled to the electronic memory electronically selects digital images using the stored type data for forming an image distribution matching a first predefined distribution of image types. The distribution can be selected by a user, automatically by a programmed processor of the apparatus, or it can be prestored in the apparatus, on a network device, or on a portable storage device.

An opto-electronic converter includes a plurality of light-receiving elements configured to convert light of different colors into analog signals, each of the analog signals representing a pixel, an amplifier unit configured to amplify the analog signals, into which the light is converted by the light-receiving elements, in each pixel group, the pixel group including a plurality of the light-receiving elements, the plurality of light-receiving elements converting light of different colors, and a gain switch unit configured to switch, for each of the light-receiving elements included in the pixel group, a gain of the amplifier unit to a gain determined in advance depending on a color of the light converted by the light-receiving element.

An image processing system in which a portable terminal and an image processing apparatus are capable of communicating with each other contactlessly, includes: the portable terminal apparatus including: a display; and a transmitter that transmits display information indicating what is currently displayed on the display, to the image processing apparatus over contactless communication, and the image processing apparatus including: a receiver that receives the display information from the portable terminal over contactless communication; a memory that records in advance, display information samples and specified operations for the image processing apparatus, with their connections; and a controller that determines an appropriate operation based on the display information received by the receiver, the display information samples recorded in the memory and the specified operations also recorded in the memory, and makes the image processing apparatus perform that determined operation.

An image processing apparatus has a display to display color images and a storage to store color image data. A first preview controller causes the display to display a color preview image based on stored color image data. A character-area extractor extracts a character area from the stored color image data and a color-designation acceptor accepts a designated color newly set in the extracted character area. A second preview controller changes a color of the extracted character area extracted in the preview image to the accepted designated color, and causes a display of the changed preview image. A decision-instruction acceptor accepts an instruction to set the designated color. A color-change processor responds to the accepted instruction by the decision-instruction acceptor to change information representing a color of the stored color image data to allow the color of the extracted character area to be changed to the accepted designated color.

The printing control device of the present invention inquires whether or not an actual output printer driver supports the function of the items regarding drawing processing in step SC1503. If it is found as a result of inquiry in step SC1504 that the printer driver does not support the function, the printing control device processes print data in step SC1506. On the other hand, if the printer driver supports the function in step SC1504, the printing control device determines whether or not the print setting corresponding to the function is enabled in step SC1505. If the printing control device determines that the print setting is disabled, the process advances to step SC1506 and the printing control device processes print data.

The invention relates to a method of annotation of images captured by a digital camera equipped with a previewing means, comprising:

• • the supply with the camera of an operating mode enabling a user to select one image (12) to be annotated, and to capture at least one additional previewed image; the automatic extraction (20) of an annotation (A) from the additional image; and the creation (22) of a new image by combining the annotation (A) and the image to be annotated (12), while respecting, in the new image, a location and enlargement ratio of the annotation virtually identical to those of the annotation in the additional image.

The present invention relates to a page printer control method, a page printer therefor, for compressing print data for one page and for storing the compressed data in a memory, so that even when a printing resolution is changed in due to a memory shortage, the resolution can be used for all the pages of a document. According to the present invention, a system for controlling a page printer includes a memory, a controller for drawing print data, a compression circuit for compressing drawing data, an expanding circuit for expanding the compressed data, and a video output circuit for outputting expanded data to the printer engine as a video signal. The controller detects the remaining capacity of the compression data area in the memory, and when a memory shortage is detected, i.e., when insufficient storage capacity is available, the printing resolution is changed and the drawing process is performed, starting at the beginning of the job.

The life of a secondary battery is extended and important data is backed up when power trouble, such as an incidental power failure, occurs. When a sudden power failure occurs, a battery supplies backup power to a memory for storing data to be backed up. By using a main switch for turning the main power supply of the apparatus on or off, the supply of the backup power from the battery to the memory is stopped, interlocked with the main switch, when the main switch shuts down the main power supply. This reduces the number charge-discharge cycles of the battery, prevents deterioration of the battery, and prolongs the life of the battery.

There is disclosed an image processing apparatus for solving a problem that much time is required for judging specific information when the specific information such as a digital watermark is judged and printing is controlled, the apparatus comprising: indication means for indicating a mode from a first printing mode and a second printing mode higher in speed than the first printing mode; judgment means for judging whether or not specific information exists in an original; and printing means for, when the indication means indicates the second printing mode, printing an image in accordance with the original without performing the judgment by the judgment means.

One or more rectangular regions including image objects are extracted from input document image. The input document image is reduced by a desired scale factor, and the extracted rectangular regions are varied in scale by scale factors greater than the desired scale factor. The input document image varied in scale by the desired scale factor and the rectangular region images varied in scale are synthesized and outputted.

A printing image forming apparatus in which a printer driver is installed. The printer driver forms a space in an image of an original document to be printed in which a note is inserted. An inserting device inserts text, images, graphics etc. as the note into the space formed, and a display indicating device displays a formed image on a screen of a display device as a preview. An operator can freely select and set the note by an operation of a button on a UI (User Interface) so as to edit the image of the page.

An image processing apparatus which can rotate input image data in a compressed state, comprises a storage unit which stores a rotation angle of the image data; a holding unit which holds, for each tile including blocks each including a predetermined number of pixels in the image data, information on a color arrangement in the block obtained by compressing the image data, color information corresponding to the color arrangement, and information on a position of the tile in the image data; and a rotation unit which converts the color arrangement in the block in accordance with the rotation angle of the image data stored in the storage unit to form rotated image data based on the converted color arrangement, color information corresponding to the color arrangement, and information on a position of the tile.

A printing apparatus, or a multifunction peripheral connected via a network, can store images having individual identification (ID). The devices can extract inherent identification (ID) from a document and can retrieve, from a storage device, a pre-stored image having identification (ID) corresponding to the extracted identification (ID), and can compose visualized copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern information on the retrieved image and form a composite image on a recording paper.

A technique of inspecting an input print data file to determine whether or not a printed image has good reproducibility is provided. A content type identification module 321 identifies a content type of each object contained in the input print data file PD0. A characteristic value calculator 322 calculates a characteristic value relating to reproducibility of each object which is pre-selected according to the content type of the object. A characteristic value judgment module 323 determines based on the calculated characteristic value whether or not each object meets a judging condition relating to reproducibility of image portion represented by the object.

An information input device includes a display device that displays an information input screen image and a touch-panel that is arranged on the display device and specifies a designated position on the information input screen image. On a function setting area, a plurality of function setting keys are displayed and, if a flick operation to the right made by the input device on the function setting area is detected, detailed setting items corresponding to each of the function setting keys are displayed on a detailed settings area. Consequently, contents of detailed settings can be displayed at one time in correspondence with each of the function setting keys. Therefore, it becomes possible for the user to easily confirm whether or not function setting is appropriate, and to smoothly select a function.

An information processing apparatus stores, as user information of a user capable of logging into the information processing apparatus, first user information of a user having particular authority and second user information of a user having no particular authority. The information processing apparatus displays a list of, from the stored user information, user information that includes the second user information and no first user information. Then, the information processing apparatus performs a login process enabling a user corresponding to user information selected from the list to log into the information processing apparatus.

On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, which is divided to five areas, that is, a system area, a function selection area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, pieces of information are displayed. Even if an operational mode is switched, the same or similar information is always displayed in the area arranged at the same position. In the task trigger area, software buttons operated by the user for actually operating the image forming apparatus are displayed.

An image forming apparatus which has a hibernation function and is capable of selecting a suitable startup method even in a case where device connection states are different at power-off and at next startup. A hibernation image created based on data stored in a memory of the image forming apparatus and a first device connection state indicative of whether the device is connected to the image forming apparatus are stored in a flash disk. After that, when power to the image forming apparatus is turned off and the power is turned on again, a second device connection state indicative of whether the device is connected to the image forming apparatus is obtained. When the first and second connection states are different, the image forming apparatus is started without using the hibernation image, and when they are the same, the image forming apparatus is started using the hibernation image.

A method and system for recording electronic documents through a data communication network while assuring that no duplicate “original” documents are in existence. The method and system includes creating an original electronic document that is to be recorded, such as a deed in a real estate transaction. The electronic document is stored on a source computer in an electronic file and, in one embodiment, transmitted to a recordation agency's computer over a data communication network for recordation. Upon submission of the document for recordation, the stored electronic document is designated as a “copy”. A file containing at least the original electronic document is then transmitted from the recordation agency to the source computer and stored thereon or transferred to another medium.

The present invention is a method and apparatus for processing image data to accomplish tuning or adjustment of images, so as to modify at least the darkness thereof, using compact, efficient methods and designs.

An image forming apparatus includes a power supply control unit that controls switching a power source to an auxiliary power supply that stores therein power from a main power supply when the main power supply is off, and to the main power supply when the main power supply is on; a detection unit that detects whether the power source is the main or the auxiliary power supply; a communication mode control unit that switches a data transfer rate from a first high-speed mode to a first low-speed mode allowing power consumption lower than the first high-speed mode when the power source is the auxiliary power supply; and a print mode control unit that switches a print speed from a second high-speed mode to a second low-speed mode allowing the power consumption lower than the second high-speed mode when the power source is the auxiliary power supply.

An image reading apparatus includes: N sensor chips arranged in a first direction and each including a plurality of image pickup elements arranged in the first direction; N optical systems that form, on the N sensor chips, reduced-size images of N reading ranges arranged in the first direction on a document; and an image processing section that uses image data of overlap regions to obtain positions of the overlap regions, obtains, based on the positions and predetermined synthesis reference positions in the overlap regions, magnifications of read images and synthesis positions, performs image processing of correcting the magnifications in the first direction of the image data of the N reading ranges, and combines the image data of the N reading ranges subjected to the image processing, thereby generating synthesized image data.