| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 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 |
| 6628327 |
Method and a system for improving resolution in color image data generated by a color image sens |
September 30, 2003 |
| An intensity value is independently estimated based upon interpolated values as well as measured sensor values according to the location of an individual sensor within a sensor unit. The interpolated values are in either CrCb or RGB values while an estimated intensity value is in Y v |
| 6624826 |
Method and apparatus for generating visual representations for audio documents |
September 23, 2003 |
| A method and apparatus for generating visual representations for audio documents. A dynamically adjustable audio gauge is used to visually represent an audio narration that may optionally describe an electronic document or image displayed upon a display device. By indicating a positi |
| 6615014 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of performing an effective mixing of development |
September 2, 2003 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a development mechanism using a two-component development agent and which includes a development roller and first and second transfer screws. The first transfer screw, arranged at a position approximately horizontal and in parallel to the development |
| 6609797 |
Projector with adjustably positioned image plate |
August 26, 2003 |
| 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 |
| 6593861 |
Data compression techniques for reducing encoding bits |
July 15, 2003 |
| Data compression techniques reduce a number of encoding words for compressing data. One technique is to assign a common encoding word to a group of data whose activation sequence is pre-selected. Another technique is to assign an encoding word to a pair of converted data. Yet another |
| 6590677 |
Information management system capable of connecting facsimile machines which are incompatible wi |
July 8, 2003 |
| The present invention is related to an information management system and device that makes it possible to connect the conventional facsimiles, to a network system such as a local area network (LAN). |
| 6587647 |
Method and system of remote monitoring of image forming apparatus |
July 1, 2003 |
| 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 |
| 6581092 |
Method and system for remote diagnostic, control and information collection based on various com |
June 17, 2003 |
| 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 |
| 6580804 |
Pixel-based digital watermarks located near edges of an image |
June 17, 2003 |
| Predetermined information as a digital watermark is encoded near or substantially on edges of digital images. The application of this technique is particularly suited for binary images such as text since the embedded digital watermark does not significantly affect the appearance of t |
| 6542707 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively transferring various kinds of powd |
April 1, 2003 |
| A powder pump includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has a through-hole formed with two grooves extended in a stator spiral form. The rotor is rotated inside the through-hole of the stator. The rotor extends in a rotor spiral form such that spaces for accommodating a powder are formed |
| 6526398 |
Generating labels indicating gaps in retrieval of electronic documents |
February 25, 2003 |
| 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, |
| 6519052 |
Image processing method and apparatus to select a data compression method according to a size of |
February 11, 2003 |
| An image processing apparatus for inputting image data from an external image input device and outputting the inputted image data to an external image output device after processing the data, the image processing apparatus including a data compression device for compressing the inputted |
| 6505022 |
Image forming apparatus having protective layer on the surface of image bearing member to avoid |
January 7, 2003 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, the image bearing member including a protective layer on a surface thereof, a developing device configured to develop the electrostatic latent image with toner to which an extern |
| 6492916 |
Method and apparatus for generating multiple selectable contexts |
December 10, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus for generating multiple selectable contexts is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating two contexts, one of the two contexts for when the current bit being decoded is a zero bit and the other of the two context for when the current bit bei |
| 6480191 |
Method and apparatus for recording and playback of multidimensional walkthrough narratives |
November 12, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus for recording and playback of multidimensional walkthrough narratives. A three dimensional modeling language is used to automatically create a simple three-dimensional environment using pre-existing electronic documents. A first user, or author may navigate thr |
| 6446099 |
Document matching using structural information |
September 3, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus for document matching using structural information. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for identifying documents based on the visual structure of the document. Structural information describing a document is generated and used to search for m |
| 6445896 |
Image forming apparatus including a charging device that contacts a portion of an image carrier |
September 3, 2002 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an endless image carrier belt configured to be spanned around a driving roller and a driven roller and moved by a friction force provided from an outer circumference surface of the driving roller when the driving roller is rotated, a charging device |
| 6398345 |
Image forming method and an apparatus for the same, and a cleaning device |
June 4, 2002 |
| An air flow is generated in a space adjacent to the toner control member 3, when an image is not being formed, and also a cleaning electric field for moving the toner away from the toner control member 3 is generated in the same space. For instance, a slit 2a is formed in an outer periph |
| 6363381 |
Compressed document matching |
March 26, 2002 |
| 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 |
| 6360065 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively generating a consistent charge pot |
March 19, 2002 |
| A charging apparatus includes a charging member arranged to be adjacent to a photoconductive member with a gap having a tolerance in a charging region relative to the photoconductive member and applied with a voltage including a direct current voltage under a constant voltage control |
| 6330017 |
Light emitting diode array head including focusing lenses |
December 11, 2001 |
| A light emitting diode array head which focuses light on a screen such as a photoconductive drum. A plurality of LED chips each containing a row of LEDs emits light to a corresponding lens. The lenses correspond to the LED chips on a one-to-one basis and each of the lenses may be joined |
| 6314502 |
Method and apparatus for opportunistic queue processing |
November 6, 2001 |
| A method and apparatus for asynchronously sharing a networked backup device among multiple users. A series of processes opportunistically perform operations, broadcast requests for physical media based upon the operations, and provide a series of canceling and status checking interfa |
| 6289128 |
Method and apparatus for sharing a least significant bit of encoded data between multiple numeri |
September 11, 2001 |
| An encoding technique in which numeric data in a set of data is selected and the least significant bits (LSBs) of numeric data values in the numeric data are replaced with a single least significant bit that is shared by the numeric data values in the numeric data. |
| 6256133 |
Optical scanning apparatus |
July 3, 2001 |
| An optical scanning apparatus is constructed such that a light beam from a light source is formed into a linear image extending in a main scanning direction and is caused to be deflected at a constant velocity by virtue of a light deflecting system having a deflective reflecting surface |
| 6239864 |
Image forming apparatus with a paper positioning device |
May 29, 2001 |
| In an image forming apparatus, a paper positioning device includes a pair of side fences. At least one of the side fences includes a positioning surface which is inclined a the direction of paper conveyance. The positioning surface is arranged to contact the widthwise edge of a paper |
| 6233030 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus having high definition |
May 15, 2001 |
| A liquid crystal display apparatus includes first and second transparent substrates having optical anisotropy, a super twisted nematic liquid crystal body including liquid crystal molecules, an orientation device configured to urge the liquid crystal molecules to orient in a first di |
| 6222941 |
Apparatus for compression using reversible embedded wavelets |
April 24, 2001 |
| A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding data is described. The present invention includes a method and apparatus for generating transformed signals in response to input data. In one embodiment, the transformed signals are generated using a reversible wavelet transform. The p |
| 6219458 |
Overlapped reversible transforms for unified lossless/lossy compression |
April 17, 2001 |
| Recently, a number of reversible wavelet transforms have been identified which allow for exact reconstruction in integer arithmetic. Different transforms vary in how rounding is performed. The present invention provides a transform, which is linear except for the rounding with non-li |
| 6216145 |
Overlapped reversible transforms for unified lossless/lossy compression |
April 10, 2001 |
| Recently, a number of reversible wavelet transforms have been identified which allow for exact reconstruction in integer arithmetic. Different transforms vary in how rounding is performed. The present invention provides a transform, which is linear except for the rounding with non-li |
| 6198562 |
Multi-beam scanning device and image forming system and method using the same |
March 6, 2001 |
| A multi-beam scanning device includes a plurality of light sources which emit multiple beams. A plurality of coupling lenses couple the multiple beams from the light sources. A converging lens device converts the coupled beams into converging beams, the converging beams being elongated |
| 6192211 |
Revolver developing apparatus method, and image forming apparatus avoiding stress against develo |
February 20, 2001 |
| A revolver developing apparatus including a developing device configured to rotate, including, a developing unit configured to apply a developer to the image bearing member in order to develop the latent image, and a developer storing unit provided at an end of the developing unit, and |
| 6151088 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus |
November 21, 2000 |
| A novel liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal cell having a structure in which a liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between a pair of transparent substrates each having at least one electrode, and liquid crystal molecules in said liquid crystal layer are oriented |
| 6147947 |
Optical disk apparatus for accessing optical disks with different substrate thicknesses |
November 14, 2000 |
| An optical disk apparatus is described which can read information from and write information to optical disk of different thicknesses. The optical disk apparatus includes coupling lenses which alter the focusing capabilities of an objective lens which controls reading and writing to |
| 6137760 |
Information recording and reproducing apparatus |
October 24, 2000 |
| A dust proof recording and reproducing apparatus has a movable tray for ejecting or loading a recording medium. The tray has a tray port through which it moves. A force element, such as a spring, forces an outer cover for the port towards an inner cover. The force element absorbs variati |
| 6128451 |
Image forming apparatus having digital image data supply device |
October 3, 2000 |
| An image forming apparatus has a driven image forming part for forming an image. A data supply device has at least one moving portion for supplying data to the image forming apparatus. For example, it may be a hard disk device or a toner sensor having an oscillator, both of which generat |
| 6128259 |
Optical pickup apparatus for accurate detection of a tracking error signal |
October 3, 2000 |
| In order to accurately detect a tracking error signal, the position of a sub-beam Bs1 with a lower shading rate is located at a position ahead of the position of a main beam Bm in the recording direction of an optical disk, and the position of a sub-beam Bs2 with a higher shading rate is |
| 6125257 |
Methods and systems for cleaning residual toner from image developing device |
September 26, 2000 |
| The current methods and systems for cleaning residual ultra-fine spherical toner from an image forming surface discloses the application of aspherical toner to a cleaning blade. The aspherical toner is generally larger than the ultra-fine spherical toner which provides a superior image |
| 6101361 |
Image forming apparatus with a device and a method to increase contact area between a transfer s |
August 8, 2000 |
| An image forming apparatus and method in which a transfer device is provided in a position separated from an image carrier. A transfer sheet is conveyed along and contacting a part of a circumferential surface of the image carrier facing the transfer device when transferring a toner |
| 6098187 |
Method for selecting operation cycles of a semiconductor IC for performing an IDDQ test by using |
August 1, 2000 |
| A sufficient and necessary number of operation cycles for detecting faults, which have not been found by a function test, are accurately and rapidly selected by performing a logical simulation of an operation of an integrated circuit including m internal nets. A fault simulation is p |
| 6058469 |
System and method for dynamically reconfigurable computing using a processing unit having change |
May 2, 2000 |
| A set of S-machines, a T-machine corresponding to each S-machine, a General Purpose Interconnect Matrix (GPIM), a set of I/O T-machines, a set of I/O devices, and a master time-base unit form a system for scalable, parallel, dynamically reconfigurable computing. Each S-machine is a dynam |
| 6032001 |
Remote diagnosis system and method for an image forming apparatus |
February 29, 2000 |
| A remote diagnosis system including a plurality of image forming apparatus each having a trouble informing device, and a central controller for receiving data including a trouble indicator indicative of a problem which may or has occurred in each of the image forming apparatus and for |
| 5999656 |
Overlapped reversible transforms for unified lossless/lossy compression |
December 7, 1999 |
| Recently, a number of reversible wavelet transforms have been identified which allow for exact reconstruction in integer arithmetic. Different transforms vary in how rounding is performed. The present invention provides a transform, which is linear except for the rounding with non-li |
| 5999645 |
Color image forming apparatus having function for duplicating image in two desired colors |
December 7, 1999 |
| A color image forming apparatus having a function for duplicating an image in two desired colors. A color of an image of an original document is read into color elements of a red (R), a green (G), and a blue (B) color, represented by corresponding image signals R, G, and B, respectively. |
| 5958832 |
Sublimation thermal transfer recording method and recording material therefor |
September 28, 1999 |
| A sublimation thermal transfer recording material including a smooth and excellent heat resistant layer which has excellent feeding property and excellent image qualities even when used for n-fold speed mode multiple sublimation thermal transfer recording. The sublimation thermal transfe |
| 5950062 |
Toner sorting device for separating reusable toner from used toner and image forming apparatus u |
September 7, 1999 |
| A toner sorting device includes a device for taking in used toner conveyed from an image forming apparatus and conveying the used toner in one direction, and a device for sifting the used toner conveyed from the intake device to separate reusable toner from the used toner. The sifting |
| 5939163 |
Optical information recording medium |
August 17, 1999 |
| An optical information recording medium which records at shorter laser wavelengths and has excellent light resistance and archival stability includes a supporting substrate and a recording layer coated on the substrate. The recording layer includes a metal chelated azo compound, the |
| 5934661 |
Friction paper-feed method and apparatus capable of preventing paper-feed failure caused by slip |
August 10, 1999 |
| A friction paper-feed apparatus and method used in an information processing apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus prevents a paper-feed failure caused by a slippage produced at a contact region between a friction paper-feed roller and a sheet of paper. The friction paper-feed roll |
| 5933247 |
Image communication apparatus capable of parallel processing of image storage and transmission |
August 3, 1999 |
| An image communication apparatus capable of a parallel processing of image storage and transmission is provided with a memory device for storing a criterion value for a remaining storage capacity of an image storage device. A control device determines if the remaining storage capacity of |
