| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7536638 |
Action stickers for identifying and processing stored documents |
May 19, 2009 |
| A user affixes one or more action stickers to a collection coversheet to identify, by location on the coversheet, target documents within a previously stored collection of documents. The action stickers also specify actions to be performed on the target documents. The coversheet is s |
| 7536056 |
Header-based processing of images compressed using multi-scale transforms |
May 19, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus is described for segmenting an image, for adaptively scaling an image, and for automatically scaling and cropping an image based on codestream headers data. In one embodiment, a file that can provide a header that contains multi-scale entropy distribution infor |
| 7533333 |
Object-oriented method and system of remote diagnostic, control and information collection using |
May 12, 2009 |
| A system, method and program product for diagnosing, controlling and collecting information from devices. Information regarding events of each one of a plurality of target applications executing in an application unit is collected and formatted into one of multiple data formats for t |
| 7533086 |
System, method, and computer program product for obtaining vendor identification of a remote dev |
May 12, 2009 |
| There is provided a method, system, and computer program product for extracting information related to a monitored device communicatively coupled to a network using an HTTP communication protocol. The method includes: retrieving, from a first memory, vendor and model information of t |
| 7528977 |
Printer with hardware and software interfaces for peripheral devices |
May 5, 2009 |
| A printing system enables the printing of multimedia received from a device that is docked on the printer. Based on received multimedia data, the printing system produces a paper or other printed output as well as a related electronic output. Together, the printed and electronic outputs |
| 7528976 |
Stand alone printer with hardware/software interfaces for sharing multimedia processing |
May 5, 2009 |
| A printing system for time-based data enables the printing of time-based media by sharing processing resources on a printer and on an external media processing system such as an external service, for example, a web service. The media processing may similarly be shared, as determined by a |
| 7519729 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring remote devices through a local monitoring station and commun |
April 14, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for monitoring at least one network connected device (monitored device) using a controller is disclosed. Initially, the controller/monitoring system attempts to establish communication with the monitored device. If the controller cannot be configured to interface |
| 7519698 |
Method and system for extracting information from networked devices in a multi-protocol remote m |
April 14, 2009 |
| A method, system, and computer program product for storing information configured to be used for a plurality of communication protocols to extract status information related to a monitored device among distinct devices communicatively coupled to a network, including: retrieving, from |
| 7518750 |
Method and system of remote monitoring of image forming apparatus |
April 14, 2009 |
| A method and system for monitoring and controlling machines, such as printers, copiers, facsimile machine and other image forming machines. A server is used for transmitting and communicating information among machines and computers. The server acquires, after machine installation, r |
| 7515856 |
Image forming apparatus, a process cartridge provided in the apparatus, and a developing device |
April 7, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a process cartridge with an image bearing member configured to bear an image on a surface thereof. A developing device is configured to develop the image formed on the image bearing member by using a developer accommodated in a chamber thereof. The |
| 7511846 |
Printer having embedded functionality for printing time-based media |
March 31, 2009 |
| A multifunction printer enables the printing of time-based media. Based on received time-based media data, the printer produces a paper or other printed output as well as a related electronic output. Together, the printed and electronic outputs provide a representation of the time-based |
| 7509569 |
Action stickers for nested collections |
March 24, 2009 |
| A user affixes one or more action stickers to a collection coversheet to identify, by location on the coversheet, target documents within a previously stored collection of documents. The action stickers also specify actions to be performed on the target documents. The coversheet is s |
| 7509073 |
Image forming apparatus and belt unit |
March 24, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism for forming an image, at least one guide member arranged in parallel, and a belt unit to be inserted into and removed from the image forming apparatus. The belt unit includes a belt, at least two rotating supports, a supporti |
| 7508535 |
Stand alone multimedia printer with user interface for allocating processing |
March 24, 2009 |
| A printing system for time-based data enables the printing of time-based media by sharing processing resources on a printer and on an external media processing system such as an external service, for example, a web service. The media processing may similarly be shared, as determined by a |
| 7506817 |
Location of machine readable codes in compressed representations |
March 24, 2009 |
| A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for locating machine readable codes (e.g., bar codes) in compressed representations are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining information from a file of a compressed representation of an image and locating a machi |
| 7506048 |
Method and system for monitoring network connected devices and displaying device status |
March 17, 2009 |
| A method of monitoring a device among distinct devices communicatively coupled to a network is described. The method includes the steps of accessing a device, receiving information from the accessed device, parsing the received information to extract parameter values representing an |
| 7505178 |
Semantic classification and enhancement processing of images for printing applications |
March 17, 2009 |
| A printing system enables the printing of enhanced documents using a semantic classification scheme. A printing system receives an image to be printed. The system classifies the image according to the semantic classification scheme and, based on this classification, performs enhancem |
| 7505163 |
User interface for networked printer |
March 17, 2009 |
| A multifunction printer enables the printing of time-based media and is operated via a user interface. The user interface includes a touch screen for accepting command inputs and providing information to a user. Time-based media data is received by the printer from a media source spe |
| 7497430 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and sheet feeding apparatus capable of effectivel |
March 3, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus includes image forming and sheet feeding mechanisms. The sheet feeding mechanism includes a bottom plate, a first roller, a separator including second and third rollers, and a sensor. The bottom plate loads sheets. The first roller feeds an uppermost sheet of |
| 7496305 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively correcting output from toner densi |
February 24, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus using a two-component developer includes a sensor mechanism, an image forming mechanism, a toner supply controller, a memory, an estimation mechanism, and a correction mechanism. The sensor mechanism detects a toner density of the developer. The image forming |
| 7493559 |
System and method for direct multi-modal annotation of objects |
February 17, 2009 |
| The system includes an image display system, a direct annotation creation module, an annotation display module, a vocabulary comparison module and a dynamic updating module. These modules are coupled together by a bus and provide for the direct multi-modal annotation of media of media |
| 7487270 |
Method and apparatus for using a personal digital assistant to interface with a communication st |
February 3, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for interfacing a personal digital assistant (PDA) with a communications appliance is provided. The method comprising a communication station receiving semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA, and parsing the s |
| 7477793 |
JPEG 2000-like access using the JPM compound document file format |
January 13, 2009 |
| Compound document images are usually high resolution and high quality images that include color, graphics, and images in addition to text. The need for good compression is important for storage and transmission. Due to the large size, even compressed, it is often difficult to access |
| 7477792 |
Method and apparatus for performing progressive order conversion |
January 13, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for performing progressive order conversion is described. In one embodiment, a system comprises a memory and a progressive order conversion parser. The memory stores a compressed image as a codestream in a first progression order and the progression order conve |
| 7475251 |
Multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality |
January 6, 2009 |
| A multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality enables the outputting of content in an encrypted form. The multimedia output device receives the content to be encrypted, encrypts the content, and generates an electronic output of the encrypted content. The multim |
| 7474791 |
Content and display device dependent creation of smaller representations of images |
January 6, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus to receive an image and to create a smaller representation of the image from a wavelet representation of the image is described. The size of the smaller representation of the image is selected to compensate for the content of the image and physical properties o |
| 7472353 |
Remote console for network application servers |
December 30, 2008 |
| A method and system that organize and retrieve multimedia objects. A controller may select an identifier associated with a media object to send a request to play the media object. The controller may send the request by transmitting the identifier stored in the controller. An applianc |
| 7460810 |
Image forming apparatus having a cleaning roller for a charging roller of the apparatus |
December 2, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a charging roller for charging the image carrying member, a charging roller cleaning roller, and first and second shaft bearings. The charging roller cleaning roller contacts and cleans a surface of the charging roller. The fi |
| 7460724 |
JPP-stream to JPEG 2000 codestream conversion |
December 2, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for converting a JPP-Stream to JPEG 2000 codestream is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises writing a main header data-bin to an output JPEG 2000 codestream with a marker segment specifying use of a progression order with a layer progression last. The |
| 7457473 |
Method for block sequential processing |
November 25, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for performing block sequential processing is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a determine pass logic, selection logic, next coefficient logic and control. The determine pass logic has inputs coupled to receive significance state information |
| 7454694 |
Method and system for organizing document information in a non-directed arrangement of documents |
November 18, 2008 |
| A graphical user interface that presents information about documents organized in a non-directed arrangement to the user is provided by the present invention. In an exemplary embodiment, methods and systems including a graphical user interface for browsing or searching one or more do |
| 7447369 |
Communication of compressed digital images |
November 4, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for performing partial image uploads. In one embodiment, the method comprises the server sending a portion of the compressed data of a codestream corresponding to an entire image to a client in response to a first request, the server receiving a second request |
| 7443490 |
Medium discrimination device, image forming apparatus, and program having simplified mechanism |
October 28, 2008 |
| A medium discrimination device includes a transmitted light quantity measurement device arranged to measure a transmitted light quantity in a thickness direction of a printing medium on a conveyance route, and configured to perform a measurement of the transmitted light quantity at e |
| 7440126 |
Printer with document-triggered processing |
October 21, 2008 |
| A system and method for a printer that can detect characteristics of a printed document and trigger an action in response, in addition to or instead of the action of printing the document. |
| 7437109 |
Image forming method and apparatus with sensors for detecting an amount of light with respect to |
October 14, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a housing including a cover configured to cover an opening provided in the housing, a transfer unit configured to move a loop-shaped moving member, a portion of which, across an entire width in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction thereof, b |
| 7428578 |
Remotely initiated document transmission |
September 23, 2008 |
| A method, system, computer program product, and user interface for securely and remotely selecting and initiating transmission of stored electronic documents from one device to another. The user may perform such operations with respect to documents on a source PC from any network-con |
| 7428338 |
Header-based processing of images compressed using multi-scale transforms |
September 23, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus is described for segmenting an image, for adaptively scaling an image, and for automatically scaling and cropping an image based on codestream headers data. In one embodiment, a file that can provide a header that contains multi-scale entropy distribution infor |
| 7427259 |
Sheet folding device, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming system including the sheet f |
September 23, 2008 |
| A sheet folding device, method, and computer program product for conveying one of a sheet and a sheet bundle with pressure by a sheet conveying unit toward a sheet position adjusting unit; moving the sheet position adjusting unit to a standby position located downstream of a folding |
| 7421474 |
Verification scheme for email message containing information about remotely monitored devices |
September 2, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to sending control or monitoring information between two hardware devices utilizing email. Control information relating to either a first hardware device or a second hardware device is determined. This information is incorporated into an email message. D |
| 7418217 |
Image forming apparatus including a heat shielding device |
August 26, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms a toner image on a recording medium, a heat fixing device provided adjacent to the image forming device to fix the toner image onto the recording medium by heat, and a heat shielding device that shields the image |
| 7415670 |
Printer with audio/video localization |
August 19, 2008 |
| A multimedia printing device receives multimedia data, processes it, and outputs it, thereby enhancing the handling and use of such data. In an embodiment, the processed data are output in a variety of formats, including on video paper, through a multimedia broadcast, or a bar code p |
| 7415235 |
Image forming method and apparatus, image fixing unit, and induction heater used therein |
August 19, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a recording sheet. In the fixing unit, a magnetic flux generator generates a magnetic flux to induce heat in a support roller. The heat is transferred to a fixing belt contacting the support roller. The recordi |
| 7409177 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively positioning a supporting member |
August 5, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to bear an image on a surface thereof, an image bearing member supporting member configured to support the image bearing member, a sliding member having a guide portion, a positioning member configured to be detachabl |
| 7397963 |
Method and apparatus for storing bitplanes of coefficients in a reduced size memory |
July 8, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for storing bitplanes of coefficients in a reduced size memory is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for encoding coefficients comprises applying one or more wavelet transforms to generate multiple coefficients and storing N bitplanes of each of the multipl |
| 7392307 |
Method and system of remote diagnostic, control and information collection using a shared resour |
June 24, 2008 |
| A system, method and program product for diagnosing, controlling and collecting information from devices. Information regarding events of a target application executing in an application unit is collected and formatted into one of multiple data formats for transmission through one of |
| 7389064 |
Image forming method and apparatus for convenient replacement of developer containers |
June 17, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of containers, a container compartment, and a plurality of indicators. The plurality of containers contains developing agent, and may be arranged in parallel with each other in a first sequential order. The container compartment holds the |
| 7386599 |
Methods and apparatuses for searching both external public documents and internal private docume |
June 10, 2008 |
| Methods and apparatuses for both public documents and private documents in response to a single search request are disclosed. Public documents are electronic documents that are made available to large groups of people in by the publisher of the document. An example of a public document i |
| 7383359 |
Method and system for remote diagnostic, control and information collection based on various com |
June 3, 2008 |
| A method, system, and program product for communicating with machines connected to a network. Information sent to or from the machines is transmitted using electronic mail or a via a direct connection. The electronic mail may be transmitted over the Internet to a service center or fr |
| 7379698 |
Image forming apparatus and fixing apparatus for fixing toner image by using belt |
May 27, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism configured to form a visible image using toner on a recording sheet according to input image data and a fixing mechanism configured to fix the visible image onto the recording sheet. The fixing mechanism includes a first |
| 7375835 |
E-mail transmission of print-ready documents |
May 20, 2008 |
| A method, system, and computer program product for transmitting print-ready electronic documents to a printer using e-mail as a transport mechanism. Responsive to a user request, a source PC transmits a document in print-ready format, so that there is no need for the printer to run or |
