| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7454059 |
Image processing method and apparatus and storage medium |
November 18, 2008 |
| Software of a simple configuration checks whether an original image to be corrected is an image picture, and an image correction process based upon a formed histogram of the original image is not performed for an image different from the image picture. An image processing condition is se |
| 7430054 |
Printing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium |
September 30, 2008 |
| A photo-direct printer apparatus which prints an image on the basis of image data from a digital camera, memory card, or PC serving as an image data source receives a control command from the image data source, interprets the control command, and receives image data from the image da |
| 7426299 |
Image processing method, apparatus and memory medium therefor |
September 16, 2008 |
| Correction for color fog is securely achieved with limited load of processing. The RGB image data are converted into the luminance Y and the chromaticity values C1, C2, then a highlight point and a shadow point are determined and are connected to define the axis of the color solid. The |
| 7354694 |
Styryl dye |
April 8, 2008 |
| The present invention provides styryl dyes which have absorption maxima at a wavelength of 400 nm or less and are sensitive to a laser beam with a wavelength of 450 nm or less, light absorbents and optical recording media which comprise the styryl dyes, and a process for producing the |
| 7342684 |
Image processing method and apparatus |
March 11, 2008 |
| It is an object of this invention to prevent a false edge phenomenon in quantization processing for a multilevel image. In order to achieve this object, according to the invention, (1) a reference threshold (Cthreshold) to be used for error diffusion for a cyan (C) component is obtai |
| 7312901 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program |
December 25, 2007 |
| In an image processing apparatus which performs an error diffusion process to multivalued image data consisting of plural density components and outputs a result of the error diffusion process, the process result from a first error diffusion unit performing the error diffusion process ba |
| 7298523 |
Printing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium |
November 20, 2007 |
| A print apparatus which receives image data from a digital camera, PC card, or PC to print an image on a storage medium outputs print data based on image data from the PC to a printer engine via a USB hub, and prints an image. The apparatus has a DSP which receives compressed image d |
| 7289141 |
Image supply device, recording apparatus, recording system, and control method therefor |
October 30, 2007 |
| In a recording system in which a DSC and PD printer are directly connected via a communication interface, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer and recorded, it is determined whether predetermined status information is received from the PD printer within a predeter |
| 7274491 |
Image processing method and apparatus |
September 25, 2007 |
| Upon outputting halftone image data to an output device, density transformation is prevalently done to improve image quality. Density transformation corresponds to linear gamma correction, and cannot correct any color fog and the like of a photo image. Hence, lightness/color differen |
| 7198837 |
Image forming process, ink set, image by ink-jet recording, recorded article, surface-treated ar |
April 3, 2007 |
| An image forming method comprises a step of reacting an ink containing a coloring material with a liquid composition containing fine particles reactive to the coloring material on a recording medium, where the reaction between the coloring material and the fine particles occurs in a |
| 7190830 |
Image processing method, apparatus and memory medium therefor |
March 13, 2007 |
| Correction for color fog is securely achieved with limited load of processing. The RGB image data are converted into the luminance Y and the chromaticity values C1, C2, then a highlight point and a shadow point are determined and are connected to define the axis of the color solid. The |
| 7177090 |
Telecentric zoom lens |
February 13, 2007 |
| The present invention is directed to provide a telecentric zoom lens capable of attaining a small numerical aperture, a wide angle of view, reduced distortion, high resolution, reduced chromatic aberration, small aperture, and yet avoiding a cost increase and also to provide the tele |
| 7146045 |
Image processing method and apparatus and storage medium |
December 5, 2006 |
| Software of a simple configuration checks whether an original image to be corrected is an image picture, and an image correction process based upon a formed histogram of the original image is not performed for an image different from the image picture. An image processing condition is se |
| 6991327 |
Inkjet recording method, inkjet recording apparatus, program and storage medium storing program |
January 31, 2006 |
| An ink jet recording method effects recording on a recording material by ejecting ink comprising coloring material and reaction liquid reactable with the ink from an ink ejection portion for ejecting the ink and a reaction liquid ejection portion for ejecting the reaction liquid. The |
| 6988783 |
Liquid detection method, liquid detection apparatus and printing apparatus using the liquid dete |
January 24, 2006 |
| An inkjet printing apparatus is adapted to use a non-contact method for detecting the presence and the amount of liquid, in the form of ink droplets discharged from a printhead or ink tank, using electromagnetic waves in the form of infrared rays. The apparatus and method employ an i |
| 6916981 |
Semiconductor layer, solar cell using it, and production methods and applications thereof |
July 12, 2005 |
| The objects of the present invention are to provide semiconductor layers for obtaining solar cells having a relatively high energy conversion efficiency, solar cells using the same, and their production methods and uses; all of which are solved by providing semiconductor layers that are |
| 6893114 |
Ink jet printing apparatus, image processing method and control program |
May 17, 2005 |
| Image data, or RGB luminance data input from a host computer, is color-converted by LUT into 8-bit CMYK density data for each ink color. The CMYK density data is divided into predetermined regions and, based on a gray scale value for each of the divided regions, ink application volum |
| 6805422 |
Ink jet recording method, recording apparatus and data processing method |
October 19, 2004 |
| An ink jet recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording material by ejecting ink with relative scanning movement between a recording head and the recording material, the ink jet recording apparatus, including obtaining means for obtaining information indicative of an am |
| 6788434 |
Image data processing method and image data transfer method |
September 7, 2004 |
| An image data transfer method for transferring image data to a recording device for effecting an image recording in accordance with the image data using a recording head having a plurality of recording elements, said method, includes a step of simulating a recording operation of the |
| 6719400 |
Recovery processing method and unit of ink jet printing apparatus |
April 13, 2004 |
| In the present invention, the minimum necessary consumption of ink can recover the channel miss state of the plurality of nozzles. The present invention provides a recovery processing method of an ink jet printing apparatus for forming images using a print head having a plurality of |
| 6719395 |
Recording apparatus and temperature detecting method therefor |
April 13, 2004 |
| In a recording apparatus for effecting recording with a recording head on a recording medium, a temperature detector provided on a control circuit board of the recording apparatus detects a temperature at the board, and a timer measures a first activation time of electric power supply to |
| 6694051 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus and recording medium |
February 17, 2004 |
| An image processing method, an image processing system and a recording medium capable of reproducing images in colors which are close to those memorized by man including a process to create a histogram of an original image, a process to adequately locate a highlight point on the histogra |
| 6652053 |
Substrate for ink-jet printing head, ink-jet printing head, ink-jet cartridge, ink-jet printing |
November 25, 2003 |
| The present invention allows the detection of ink in a printing head that can be widely applied to various printing systems by significantly simplifying its configuration. There are a heater for supplying an energy to eject ink, a driver for driving the heater, and a detection electrode |
| 6645594 |
Formazan metal complex |
November 11, 2003 |
| The present invention provides organic compounds which improve the light resistance of organic dye compounds without substantially deteriorating their preferable light properties when applied to them, and have satisfactory solubility in organic solvents and compatibility with organic |
| 6631970 |
Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet print head |
October 14, 2003 |
| An ink jet recording apparatus is provided which can detect ink in a print head highly precisely with a simple construction. The apparatus includes: a detection electrode to detect, through the ink on the ink jet print head board, a voltage change between print elements and drive element |
| 6628830 |
Image processing method and apparatus and storage medium |
September 30, 2003 |
| Software of a simple configuration checks whether an original image to be corrected is an image picture, and an image correction process based upon a formed histogram of the original image is not performed for an image different from the image picture. An image processing condition is se |
| 6628825 |
Image processing method, apparatus and memory medium therefor |
September 30, 2003 |
| Correction for color fog is securely achieved with limited load of processing. The RGB image data are converted into the luminance Y and the chromaticity values C1, C2, then a highlight point and a shadow point are determined and are connected to define the axis of the color solid. The |
| 6619086 |
Control system for tandem rolling mill |
September 16, 2003 |
| In a tandem rolling mill control system, an arithmetic operation on a looper torque command is adopted so that a signal obtained by integrating a looper angle deviation is not contained as a component, and a looper speed controller performs an arithmetic operation with a sampling period |
| 6608926 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus and recording medium |
August 19, 2003 |
| In order to enable satisfactory image processing according to a characteristic of an original image, image data representing an original image is input; it is judged whether or not the value of a saturation component of the image data is larger than a predetermined value; if the valu |
| 6601938 |
Ink-jet print method and apparatus |
August 5, 2003 |
| Print codes supplied from a host computer are received and analyzed to generate print data for the individual colors, and the generated print data are stored in print buffers corresponding to the colors. The print data corresponding to yellow ink with high lightness is expressed by b |
| 6585353 |
Printing information processing system, printing system, printing information processing method |
July 1, 2003 |
| A printing information processing system provided in the present invention calculates the total of printing signal values for printing onto at least one boundary area of the upper and lower adjacent boundary areas included in the upper and lower adjacent scanning print areas formed by pr |
| 6543872 |
Ink-jet printing method and apparatus for printing with inks of different densities |
April 8, 2003 |
| It is checked whether an ink used in a printhead has a high density. The type of a printing medium used for a print operation is also identified. An image is printed by scanning the printhead once or a plurality of times. When a print operation is to be performed by using a thick ink, an |
| 6540326 |
Ink jet recording apparatus and method capable of increasing density |
April 1, 2003 |
| A paper feed operation is performed by a width less than one pixel (1/2) in addition to an integer multiple number of pixels (n/2) with respect to a basic number of pixels inherent to an ink jet recording apparatus having a multi nozzle head having n nozzles. When a plurality of pixel re |
| 6536890 |
Liquid composition as well as ink set, image forming method, image forming apparatus and bleed a |
March 25, 2003 |
| A liquid composition is adapted for use with an anionic ink for forming a high quality image with alleviated bleeding by means of an ink-jet recording system. The liquid composition includes a first cationic substance and a second cationic substance different from said first cationic |
| 6525181 |
Cyanine dyes |
February 25, 2003 |
| The object of the present invention is to provide organic dye compounds which exert satisfactory optical absorption properties and thermal resistance when used in high density optical recording media. The above object is solved by specific trimethine cyanine dyes, light absorbents and |
| 6517199 |
Liquid composition, ink set, colored area formation on recording medium, and ink-jet recording a |
February 11, 2003 |
| The present invention relates to a liquid composition, an ink set employing the liquid compositions a method for forming a colored area of an image on a recording medium with the ink-set, and an ink-jet recording apparatus employing the ink set are provided, which enables formation of in |
| 6505909 |
Test pattern printing method, information processing apparatus and printing apparatus |
January 14, 2003 |
| A printing information processing apparatus based on the present invention forms a patch by forming adjacent positions for each of the test area and for reference area composed of a predetermined single-color within a color reproducible range in coloring material used for a plurality of |
| 6494557 |
Test pattern printing method, information processing apparatus and printing apparatus |
December 17, 2002 |
| In the process of correcting a color deviation caused by output characteristic variations among different colorants in a printing apparatus, a method of printing a test pattern allows an appropriate and highly accurate visual detection of the color deviation. More specifically, the t |
| 6476926 |
Method and apparatus for controlling the amount of ink and the life of the printhead in an ink-j |
November 5, 2002 |
| An ink-jet recording apparatus, using an ink-jet head for ejecting ink supplied from an ink tank for storing ink and performing recording by ejecting ink from the ink-jet head based on recording data, the ink-jet recording apparatus performing recording by receiving the recording data |
| 6474768 |
Test pattern printing method, information processing apparatus and printing apparatus |
November 5, 2002 |
| In a correction processing that corrects a color deviation caused by output characteristic variations among print heads of a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus prints a test pattern that allows accurate detection of the color deviation by a visual check. More specifically, each o |
| 6460989 |
Ink set, formation of colored area on recording medium, and ink-jet recording apparatus |
October 8, 2002 |
| This invention relates to an ink set which can form a colored area on a recording medium with a broad color reproduction range, excellent uniformity of the colors, with effective prevention of bleeding at the boundary between adjacent different color areas on a recording medium, and |
| 6455172 |
Laminated ribbon and method and apparatus for producing same |
September 24, 2002 |
| A method for producing a laminated metal ribbon comprises the steps of (a) vapor-depositing a third metal layer on at least one welding surface of a first metal ribbon 4 and a second metal ribbon 5 in a vacuum chamber 1, the third metal being the same as or different from a metal or an a |
| 6450606 |
Test pattern printing method, information processing apparatus and printing apparatus |
September 17, 2002 |
| In a color deviation correction process, a printing apparatus prints a test pattern that allows highly accurate visual detection of a color deviation caused by output characteristic variations of individual print heads in the printing apparatus. More specifically, when patches of a test |
| 6435649 |
Ink jet recording apparatus |
August 20, 2002 |
| An ink jet recording device includes a recording head having a discharge portion which has a discharge port array of discharge ports for discharging ink to a recording medium, a wiping member engageable with the discharge portion to wipe the discharge portion, and a cleaning member e |
| 6419149 |
Method for producing wiring layer transfer composite |
July 16, 2002 |
| A wiring layer transfer composite constituted by a laminate composed of a carrier layer, a barrier layer and a wiring-forming layer, the barrier layer being a continuous layer substantially free from defects, can be produced by (a) preparing a first Cu-based metal foil having an average |
| 6394612 |
Image process apparatus and image process method |
May 28, 2002 |
| The invention is to provide image process apparatus and method which can represent, in case of performing quantization by using a blue noise mask, a blue noise characteristic for not only a halftone image based on a quantization result of one color but also a halftone image of mixed colo |
| 6394571 |
Method and apparatus for controlling printing operation with externally supplied parameters |
May 28, 2002 |
| A control portion for arithmetically predicting a temperature transition of a printing head using a predicting parameter includes an interface for receiving the predicting parameter from outside of the apparatus. The predicting parameter is based on a table regarding temperature increase |
| 6390583 |
Information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, information processing method and printing |
May 21, 2002 |
| An information processing apparatus, a printing apparatus, an information processing method and a printing method can print high quality images without lowering throughput by correcting density variations to within a range where they can hardly be perceived by the human eye as stripes or |
| 6352327 |
Printing apparatus and print control method |
March 5, 2002 |
| A printing apparatus and print control method, capable of using plural types of printheads, can achieve high throughput by performing optimized print control in accordance with the type of printhead and the number of printheads used. In a case where the printing apparatus adopting such |
| 6331039 |
Ink jet recording apparatus and method with modulatable driving pulse width |
December 18, 2001 |
| An ink jet recording apparatus, in which thermal energy is applied to ink in accordance with a driving signal applied to a heater to produce a bubble, by which ink is ejected onto a recording material, includes a driver for applying a plurality of driving signals to the heater for one |
