Abstract: A nail polish application apparatus, comprising a mounting element comprising a capsule compartment adapted to receive one or more capsules containing a nail polish fluid wherein the mounting element is moveable by actuator(s) in longitudinal axis crossing a nail polish applying space and in lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is rotatable by the actuator(s) around the longitudinal axis, a pressure applying element adapted to apply pressure on a body portion of the capsule(s) installed in the capsule compartment wherein the body portion defines a reservoir containing a nail polish fluid, the pressure builds an internal pressure in the reservoir forcing extrusion of the nail polish fluid to a nail polish applying element integrated with the capsule(s), sensor(s) adapted to generate sensory data depicting the nail polish applying space and a control unit adapted to operate the actuator(s) and the pressure according to analysis of the sensory data.

Abstract: An inspection device includes a processor configured to use, as correct image data, read image data obtained by reading an image-formed matter obtained by forming original image data on a recording medium, and, in a case where a first inspection of determining quality of read image data as an inspection target is performed using the correct image data, the read image data being obtained by reading a new image-formed matter, perform a second inspection on a blank portion or a solid portion included in the read image data as the inspection target, the second inspection using the original image data as the correct image data.

Abstract: A color parameter generation apparatus includes a hardware processor that generates color parameters to be used for printing a sample image based on a read image, in which the hardware processor determines a flare degree at a predetermined position of the read image, and executes predetermined processing for correcting the color parameters in the predetermined position based on the determined flare degree.

Abstract: A color printing system uses color printing management tiers to control color printing resources at a printing device. The color printing management tiers include a media type color management tier, an ink limited calibration tier, and a calibration and ICC profile creation tier. A print job includes a parameter that is used to select the management tier for color conversion operations for the print job. The parameter can include an attribute or a media type for the print job. The applicable tone reproduction curve (TRC) or ICC profile is retrieved according to the selected management tier. The TRC or ICC profile is adjusted according to an input applicable to the respective management tier. The TRC or ICC profile also is selected from a plurality of TRCs or ICC profiles, respectively.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs predetermined image processing for read data obtained by reading an image on a document by first and second reading sensors arranged so as to have an overlapping area. The predetermined image processing includes color correction processing of converting color signals detected by light receiving elements of the reading sensors into color signals with respect to each of pixels forming read data. Color correction processing for first read data obtained from light receiving elements of the first reading sensor not included in the overlapping area and color correction processing for second read data obtained from light receiving elements of the second reading sensor not included in the overlapping area are performed in accordance with different correction characteristics. By doing this, an image in which image unevenness caused by individual differences of the short reading sensors is reduced can be output.

Abstract: An example method comprises identifying a plurality of supply levels corresponding to a plurality of print supplies of a print device, and adjusting a color for a region of a print job for the print device based on the plurality of supply levels. The method further comprises initiating execution of the print job using the adjusted color for the region.

Abstract: An example of a color management module is disclosed. The color management module is to generate a mapping from an incoming color space to a printer color space by a color pipeline. In the generation of the mapping, the color pipeline is adjusted so that the mapping of a target color associated with a first composition further includes adding a quantity of a second composition to the mapping of the target color. The second composition comprises a lower visibility than the first composition.

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for rendering a security mark on a recording medium can involve creating a metameric pair of fluorescent inks with a first fluorescent ink among the metameric pair of fluorescent inks that blocks UV light and a second fluorescent ink among the metameric pair of fluorescent inks that does not block UV light, configuring at least one fluorescent ink among the metameric pair of fluorescent inks with a first pattern based on a constant pixel high surface and at least one other fluorescent ink among the metameric pair of fluorescent inks with a second pattern based on a substantial amount of white space, and defining a security mark for rendering on a recording medium with the metameric pair of fluorescent inks and based on the first pattern and the second pattern.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller and a display. The controller is configured to (a) acquire first image data, (b) acquire multiple sets of image data, each set of image data corresponding to a reading of an object by a scanner, and (c) generate second image data corresponding to the object based on the sets image data. The display is configured to display both (a) a first image based on the first image data and (b) a second image based on the second image data, the first image being superimposed on the second image.

Abstract: In a first aspect, the invention relates to a method for improving an image quality when printing an electronic image file by a user, the method comprising (a) receiving an original electronic image file from a user, (b) generating a modified electronic image file, and (c) providing the modified image file to the user. In particular, other printing data are also received from the user, which printing data comprise at least a printer model and optionally a firmware version according to a non-limiting embodiment, in which the modified image file is generated taking into account said printer data. In a further aspect, the invention relates to a computer-implemented system.

Abstract: An original image is divided in a primary scan direction, and an upstream overlapping segment that overlaps with the divided image on the upstream in the primary scan direction is provided from the division position. Halftone processors are provided in correspondence with the divided images, and the pixels on each raster line of each of the divided images are sequentially picked up as a pixel of interest, and an error diffusion method is applied to the pixel of interest.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printing device including: a finger stage which has a nail rest, having an identifier, to place a tip of a nail, the nail being a printing target, and on which a finger corresponding to the nail is placed; and at least one camera which obtains an image from a first direction and an image from a second direction. The identifier which detects a position of the nail is provided on one surface of the nail rest such that the identifier does not exist in the image from the first direction but the identifier exists in the image from the second direction.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a first scanner, a second scanner, and circuitry. The first scanner is configured to read a first side of a recording medium. The second scanner is configured to read a second side of the recording medium. The circuitry is configured to generate a first correction value to correct misalignment between the first side and the second side. The circuitry is configured to input a second correction value. The circuitry is configured to correct an image based on the first correction value and the second correction value.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to adjust a reproduction parameter for correcting image visibility by changing a degree by which the reproduction parameter is to be changed from a reference value in accordance with a ratio of a second color gamut to a first color gamut. The first color gamut indicates a range in which an image is expressible by a first device. The second color gamut indicates a range in which an image is expressible by a second device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for watermark embedding and extracting are provided. A method for watermark extracting includes obtaining a carrier object embedded with a watermark image; determining at least one encoding region that includes watermark information; determining a plurality of template lattices from the at least one encoding region, the plurality of template lattices comprising a plurality of positioning template lattices and one or more encoding template lattices; and obtaining the watermark information according to the plurality of template lattices.

Abstract: A multifunction apparatus that is capable of executing a scan job and another image process in parallel without lowering a reading speed of a scanner unit. A reading unit reads a document according to an execution instruction for a predetermined image process. An image processing unit applies the predetermined image process to image data obtained by the reading unit. A clock controller controls an image transfer clock for transferring the image data to the image processing unit from the reading unit. The clock controller sets a frequency of the image transfer clock to a predetermined frequency in a case where the predetermined image process is executed independently. And the clock controller sets the frequency of the image transfer clock to a frequency lower than the predetermined frequency in a case where the predetermined image process is executed in parallel with another image process that differs from the predetermined image process.

Abstract: A color printing system uses color printing management tiers to control color printing resources at a printing device. The color printing management tiers include a media type color management tier, an ink limited calibration tier, and a calibration and ICC profile creation tier. A print job includes a parameter that is used to select the management tier for color conversion operations for the print job. The parameter can include an attribute or a media type for the print job. The applicable tone reproduction curve (TRC) or ICC profile is retrieved according to the selected management tier. The TRC or ICC profile is adjusted according to an input applicable to the respective management tier.

Abstract: A device, a process execution system, a process execution method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The device requests an information processing system to perform a second process using result of a first process executed by the device, displays on a display, result of the second process acquired from the information processing system, and receives a request for the device to execute the first process again.

Abstract: A nail polish application apparatus, comprising a mounting element comprising a capsule compartment adapted to receive one or more capsules containing a nail polish fluid wherein the mounting element is moveable by actuator(s) in longitudinal axis crossing a nail polish applying space and in lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is rotatable by the actuator(s) around the longitudinal axis, a pressure applying element adapted to apply pressure on a body portion of the capsule(s) installed in the capsule compartment wherein the body portion defines a reservoir containing a nail polish fluid, the pressure builds an internal pressure in the reservoir forcing extrusion of the nail polish fluid to a nail polish applying element integrated with the capsule(s), sensor(s) adapted to generate sensory data depicting the nail polish applying space and a control unit adapted to operate the actuator(s) and the pressure according to analysis of the sensory data.

Abstract: Show-through is suitably removed while an image, such as a tag or highlighter, on a first surface is prevented from being removed. A luminance value of a pixel of a target region is increased based on a first correction amount in a case where the pixel is not a pixel of a halftone dot region and a value specified based on a saturation of the pixel of the target region is less than a predetermined value, or a luminance value of the pixel is increased based on a second correction amount less than the first correction amount in a case where the pixel is not a pixel of the halftone dot region and the value specified based on the saturation of the pixel of the target region is greater than or equal to the predetermined value.