| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7016545 |
Reversible embedded wavelet system implementation |
March 21, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for performing compression and/or decompression is described. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a system having a buffer, a wavelet transform unit, and a coder. The wavelet transform unit has an input coupled to the buffer to perform a wavelet |
| 7012719 |
Sign sensitive aperture correction system and method |
March 14, 2006 |
| The aperture correction system variably adjusts a correction efficient value based upon a sign and an original relative light intensity value or its equivalent. Because the correction is relative light intensity sensitive, the aperture correction is optimized, and the average light i |
| 7010635 |
Method and apparatus for using a person digital assistant to interface with a communication stat |
March 7, 2006 |
| 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 |
| 7006697 |
Parallel block MQ arithmetic image compression of wavelet transform coefficients |
February 28, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for assigning codeblocks to coders operating in parallel is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises decomposing input data into a plurality of code-blocks, and assigning the plurality of code-blocks, on a code-block basis, to a plurality of MQ coders |
| 7003159 |
Document frame recognition system and method |
February 21, 2006 |
| Frames such as boxes or rectangles are recognized in image document data. A first determination process initially screens frames by applying a first set of criteria to select frame candidates. The first set of criteria includes a comparison of a dimension to a predetermined threshold |
| 6996281 |
Compression and decompression system with reversible wavelets and lossy reconstruction |
February 7, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding data that includes generating transformed signals in response to input data. In one embodiment, the transformed signals are generated using a reversible wavelet transform. The present invention also includes a method and apparatus for |
| 6990247 |
Multiple coder technique |
January 24, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for performing compression and/or decompression is described. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a system having a buffer, a wavelet transform unit, and a coder. The wavelet transform unit has an input coupled to the buffer to perform a wavelet |
| 6987891 |
Image display device |
January 17, 2006 |
| The image data is divided into groups of a predetermined fixed length, and the divided groups are simultaneously compared to predetermined patters for the entropy encoding to render a display image in the video memory unit. Because of the above processing, the encoding process is rapidly |
| 6987879 |
Method and system for extracting information from images in similar surrounding color |
January 17, 2006 |
| Characters or image portions are extracted from a background whose color is similar to that of the characters or the image portions. In order to chromatically isolate the characters and the image portions, a threshold value used for binarization is adjusted as the binarization is repeate |
| 6983840 |
Package and method of forming the package |
January 10, 2006 |
| A package including an endless belt; a first cylindrical body contacting an inner surface of the endless belt at a first pressure; a second cylindrical body contacting another inner surface of the endless belt at a second pressure; and a third cylindrical body contacting an outer sur |
| 6983075 |
Method and apparatus for performing selective quantization by manipulation of refinement bits |
January 3, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for performing selective quantization by manipulation of refinement bits is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing a refinement coding pass to bit-planes of a code block to create refinement bits and setting refinement bits to the more pr |
| 6980319 |
System and method of selectively Printing at remote printers via portable digital device |
December 27, 2005 |
| The remote printing system allows one user to ultimately send a hard copy to another via a portable digital device such as a cellular phone. Upon receiving an e-mail print notice, the portable digital device wirelessly searches an appropriate print station in the vicinity by broadcasting |
| 6978297 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING QUEUES BY MAINTAINING METADATA FILES HAVING ATTRIBUTES CORRESPONDI |
December 20, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for managing electronic documents within a network. A series of processes perform electronic document capture, indexing, and searching functions within a networked environment. A graphical web-based user interface is provided to facilitate user interaction with the |
| 6978103 |
Image forming apparatus with improved image quality and maintenance workability |
December 20, 2005 |
| An image forming apparatus is disclosed including at least a plurality of image bearing members, a plurality of image forming units each including plural image forming members for operating image forming steps onto each of the image bearing members, and a further image bearing member, wh |
| 6976229 |
Method and apparatus for storytelling with digital photographs |
December 13, 2005 |
| A display showing an imported story track, an authored story track, and a story-in-progress track. Each story contains one or more objects. The display also shows a large photo corresponding to a selected object in a story. Furthermore, the display also provides visual forms showing audi |
| 6973217 |
Method and apparatus for sending additional sideband information in a codestream |
December 6, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for sending additional sideband information in a codestream is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a JPEG 2000 codestream of compressed image data having sideband information hidden therein and decompressing the codestream based on the |
| 6961475 |
Context model access to memory based on run and skip counts and context model skipping |
November 1, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for coding and decoding information is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a memory and decoding hardware. The memory stores run counts and/or skip counts and the decoding hardware decodes a run count and/or a skip count obtained from the memory d |
| 6961069 |
Method of and system for visually selecting process area for efficient image processing |
November 1, 2005 |
| A software program enables to maintain the amount of task by the operator for image processing regardless of the number of image pages. By displaying the combined overlapped image, the operator is able to visually confirm a processing area or range for a predetermined image processing. |
| 6950558 |
Method and apparatus for block sequential processing |
September 27, 2005 |
| 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 |
| 6944682 |
System and method for directly indicating to first direct memory controller (DMA) in halt state |
September 13, 2005 |
| Direct memory access (DMA) controllers are used in digital processing of image data in image processing devices such as digital copiers, scanners, printers and fax machines. The DMA controllers are controlled for memory access by a predetermined resume signal that is sent from one DMA |
| 6941277 |
Methods and systems for providing online information for networked devices |
September 6, 2005 |
| Online information is centrally stored for various devices, and the online information includes reference manual and related information such as related products, new products and maintenance information. The online information is retrieved from a user display unit that is either ind |
| 6931220 |
Image forming apparatus capable of shortening start up time of fixing device |
August 16, 2005 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a fixing section, an energy saving power supply section supplied with power when a power switch is turned on, an energy saving control device activated by the power supplied from the energy saving power supply section, a main power supply source contro |
| 6928435 |
Compressed document matching |
August 9, 2005 |
| An apparatus and method for determining if a query document matches one or more of a plurality of documents in a database. In a coarse matching stage, a compressed file or other query document is scanned to produce a bit profile. Global statistics such as line spacing and text height are |
| 6925209 |
Method and apparatus for outputting a codestream as multiple tile-part outputs with packets from |
August 2, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for outputting a codestream as multiple tile-part outputs with packets from tiles being output in each tile-part is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises coding of each tile of an input codestream, outputting packets of each tile as part of an output |
| 6917991 |
Method of and system for efficiently tracking memory access by direct memory access controller |
July 12, 2005 |
| The debug controller makes an efficient use of memory in tracing the direct memory access by the processor and the direct memory access controller for the purpose of debugging. The direct memory access for read and write is efficiently traced by first writing a next access memory address |
| 6915337 |
Method and system for updating the device driver of a business office appliance |
July 5, 2005 |
| A method, system and program product for implementing communication to download a driver to a target device or business office appliance using an electronic network message or e-mail. A newest driver for the device/appliance may be downloaded from, for example, a service center conne |
| 6907227 |
Method and system for managing wireless connection between slave terminals and master terminal |
June 14, 2005 |
| Slave terminals and a master terminal are wirelessly connected according to the Bluetooth protocol. When a number of the slave terminals exceeds a predetermined number of the slave terminals for the wireless connection, the wireless connections are controlled by a predetermined set of ru |
| 6904178 |
Method and apparatus for eliminating flicker by quantizing values based on previous quantization |
June 7, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for eliminating flicker by quantizing values based on previous quantization is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises encoding a first coefficient value in a first frame of a motion sequence and subsequently setting a second coefficient in a second fram |
| 6895552 |
Method and an apparatus for visual summarization of documents |
May 17, 2005 |
| A system and a method for visually summarizing a document comprising a display, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory coupled to the processor. Stored in the memory is a routine, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate display data. The routine |
| 6895120 |
5,3 wavelet filter having three high pair and low pair filter elements with two pairs of cascade |
May 17, 2005 |
| A wavelet transform filter is disclosed having a pair of line buffers, three pairs of high and low pass filter pairs, two pairs of cascaded delays, and first and second delays, where the second pair of cascade delays is coupled to the first output and has fourth and fifth delay outpu |
| 6889220 |
Method and apparatus for electronic documents retrieving, displaying document clusters represent |
May 3, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for document management including assigning labels to gaps in document production. The gaps may correspond to events that caused an individual to begin and/or cease production/modification of documents. Such events can be, for example, a vacation, a business trip, |
| 6879967 |
Method and apparatus for open data collection |
April 12, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for open data collection is provided. The method of machine learning comprises setting up a system for learning, the system having certain goals. The method further comprising presenting queries to non-expert netizens over a network, the netizens participating in t |
| 6859563 |
Method and apparatus for decoding information using late contexts |
February 22, 2005 |
| A method and apparatus for decoding information using late contexts is described. In one embodiment, a decoder for decoding information using an MQ-coder and A and C registers comprises update logic to update internal state, a first logic to generate a current probability class indicatio |
| 6851783 |
Replacement halftoning |
February 8, 2005 |
| A method and an apparatus to perform replacement halftoning is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises dithering multiple color channels of a pixel of an image to generate a plurality of halftone outputs. Each of the halftones corresponds to a distinct color channel of the pix |
| 6833848 |
Game console based digital photo album |
December 21, 2004 |
| A method and a system that combine capabilities for storing, authoring, and viewing various forms of digital media are described. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes accepting a cartridge having a slot for receiving a media card storing a plurality of media objects, displayin |
| 6830341 |
Projector with adjustably positioned image plate |
December 14, 2004 |
| A projector is often positioned so that its optical axis is at an imperfect orthogonal angle with respect to a projection screen. This position causes a keystone distortion as well as imperfect focus in the projected image. To correct these undesirable problems, initially, a lens and/or |
| 6813387 |
Tile boundary artifact removal for arbitrary wavelet filters |
November 2, 2004 |
| Tile boundary artifact removal is performed with arbitrary wavelet filters. In one embodiment, the method includes decompressing a plurality of sets of compressed data, including performing detiling on a first set of compressed data using neighbor information from at least one other set |
| 6785711 |
Method and system for displaying various messages while performing tasks or while idling |
August 31, 2004 |
| A method, system and program product for implementing communication to transfer a message for display to a user to a target application unit using an electronic network message or e-mail. A message for display to a user of the application unit may be transferred from, for example, a |
| 6782393 |
Method and system for electronic message composition with relevant documents |
August 24, 2004 |
| In one embodiment, a message is composed on a display, and a first set of documents including a user's current context pertaining to the message is identified. Further, a second set of documents related to the first set of documents is automatically provided, allowing for inclusion of an |
| 6775665 |
System for treating saved queries as searchable documents in a document management system |
August 10, 2004 |
| A file management appliance ("FMA") is a device that utilizes multiple processes and queues to provide document capture and indexing services as part of a document management system. Through the document capture and indexing services of an FMA-based system, documents are archived into on |
| 6772338 |
Device for transfering data between an unconscious capture device and another device |
August 3, 2004 |
| Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for accessing and distributing data that includes a portable first device and a second device wherein both devices have unconscious capture capability. The first device has a first memory wherein at least one document is stored in the first memory of |
| 6757437 |
Compression/decompression using reversible embedded wavelets |
June 29, 2004 |
| A compression and decompression system in which a reversible wavelet filter are used to generates coefficients from input data, such as image data. The reversible wavelet filter is an efficient transform implemented with integer arithmetic that has exact reconstruction. The present inven |
| 6738841 |
Method and apparatus for processing document requests at a printer server |
May 18, 2004 |
| According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed that includes a network, a server and a browser client coupled to the network. The browser client is operable to receive server documents from the server via the network. The system also includes a printer coupled to the network. The pri |
| 6714971 |
Method and system for remote diagnostic, control and information collection based on various com |
March 30, 2004 |
| A method, system, and program product for communicating with machines and end users 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 ce |
| 6710893 |
Automated system and method of testing a facsimile machine |
March 23, 2004 |
| An automated system and method for testing a facsimile machine using an additional port on the facsimile machine for communication with a computer which controls the testing. The system includes a user interface with a plurality of commands which a user can select for testing the facsimi |
| 6681047 |
Method and system for determining character edges based upon edges pair and image characteristic |
January 20, 2004 |
| The current edge pair determination system and method determine whether or not an edge pair and certain image characteristics of pixels between the edge pair as a whole or a unit is a part of a character based upon a change in pixel values. The change is compared to a predetermined set o |
| 6674980 |
Image forming apparatus capable of shortening start up time of fixing device |
January 6, 2004 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a fixing section, an energy saving power supply section supplied with power when a power switch is turned on, an energy saving control device activated by the power supplied from the energy saving power supply section, a main power supply source contro |
| 6671684 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneous highlighting of a physical version of a document and an el |
December 30, 2003 |
| A method and an apparatus for simultaneous highlighting of a paper document is described. The device includes a highlighter. A scanner is used and configured to capture at least one highlighted mark place on a paper document. The scanner is coupled to a memory for storing electronic |
| 6658151 |
Extracting information from symbolically compressed document images |
December 2, 2003 |
| A method and apparatus for extracting information from symbolically compressed document images. A deciphering module generates first and second text strings by deciphering respective sequences of template identifiers in first and second symbolically compressed document images. A cond |
| 6631247 |
Method and system for remote diagnostic, control and information collection based on various com |
October 7, 2003 |
| 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 direct connection. The electronic mail may be transmitted over the Internet to a service center or from a s |
