Abstract: Methods, systems, and media to enhance image processing for a color reprographic system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may calibrate a component like scanner and/or printer in response to user input and/or coupling the component to the reprographic system. More specifically, embodiments may generate correction parameters that describe differences in color values between an image scanned by a scanner or an image printed by the printer by comparing the outputs to known characteristics like color values for the image. Some embodiments comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) to communicate with the user, allowing the user to select user preferences to change, for example, the brightness of an image being copied. Further embodiments incorporate network and phone system interfaces to communicate with remote components as well as to receive input from and/or output to other systems via email, facsimile, etc.

Abstract: The image output system of the invention collects a preset number of adjacent pixels to one pixel group to divide a number of pixels constituting an image into multiple pixel groups and specifies a pixel group tone value as a representative tone value of each pixel group. The image output system refers to a conversion table to generate dot number data of each pixel group. The conversion table stores dot number data, which represents number of dots to be created in one pixel group, in relation to a combination of a pixel group classification number allocated to each pixel group and the specified pixel group tone value of the pixel group. The image output system then refers to a priority order of pixels representing potentials of dot creation in respective pixels of one pixel group, determines the positions of dot-on pixels in each pixel group according to the generated dot number data of the pixel group, and actually creates dots according to the determined positions of the dot-on pixels.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media to enhance image processing for a color reprographic system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may calibrate a component like scanner and/or printer in response to user input and/or coupling the component to the reprographic system. More specifically, embodiments may generate correction parameters that describe differences in color values between an image scanned by a scanner or an image printed by the printer by comparing the outputs to known characteristics like color values for the image. Some embodiments comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) to communicate with the user, allowing the user to select user preferences to change, for example, the brightness of an image being copied. Further embodiments incorporate network and phone system interfaces to communicate with remote components as well as to receive input from and/or output to other systems via email, facsimile, etc.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus and a halftoning correction method thereof are provided. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus according to the example embodiments of the present invention, comprises a storage unit storing a plurality of dot patterns representing print characteristics of a print engine, a data area dividing unit dividing halftoned print data into data areas respectively having the same size as the dot patterns, a pattern extraction unit extracting an appropriate dot pattern with respect to each of the divided data areas by comparing dots in the data areas to the dot patterns, and a pattern converter changing the data area to the extracted dot pattern. Therefore, an optimal halftoned image can be provided.

Abstract: An improved video compression system in which the coefficient transform is sped up via folding transposition of coefficients into the token extraction phase. This is accomplished by filling a group of blocks coefficient buffers with 0's before the start of coefficient decoding, extracting the token from the bitstream and placing any extracted coefficient value which is non zero into the transposed order that best suits the target processor.

Abstract: An electronic still camera includes, in addition to a color separation filter, a monochromatic filter which can be moved into or out of a position in from of a solid-state image sensor. The camera includes a processor for generating luminance and chrominance information from image information transferred to it from the image sensor. If the monochromatic filter is in the optical path, the processor generated chrominance information has a predetermined fixed value and the luminance information has a higher resolution than when monochromatic filter is outside of the optical path.

Abstract: This invention provides methods and apparatus as a countermeasure to image distorting. Several image distorting algorithms have been developed that are intended to attack and obliterate robust relatively invisible image watermarks. These algorithms modify a watermarked image so subtly by geometric distortion that the modification is essentially unnoticeable to a human observer. However, their effect on imbedded relatively invisible watermarks can be devastating, often successfully rendering them unextractable. A method of the present invention involves detecting the presence of distortion in a presumed distorted image, then measuring the magnitude and type of distortion, and finally creating a reoriented image from which the measured distortion has been removed. Once image distortion is removed, conventional invisible watermark extraction methods can be employed to extract the watermark from the reoriented image.

Abstract: A digital pulse with modulator is described for use with a Raster-scanning print engine in which a grey scale having a high number of levels, typically at least 63, is described. This modulator reduces the amount of information requiring processing in the input multiple bit image signal by simulating one of the least significant bits as a delay applied to modulate the output print engine signal pulse width. With suitable speed components, a grey scale of at least about 255 levels can be provided.

Abstract: An endoscope system has a signal processing circuit for converting an image signal output of a solid state imaging device into a standard image signal, a monitor for providing a display of the standard image signal, an automatic gain control circuit for outputting an image signal whose level is automatically adjusted in accordance with the level of the image signal; and a gain variation region setting circuit for outputting a control signal to set the gain variation region of the automatic gain control circuit. With this arrangement, it is possible to properly set the AGC variation region of the AGC of the signal processing apparatus in accordance with such factors as the number of pixels of the solid state imaging device which constitutes a part of an electronic endoscope connected.

Abstract: A pre-encoder look-up table (LUT) provides output symbols for a statistical coder in response to signals representing a prediction of a prediction signal in a differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) system. The normal prediction signal is used as one address to the LUT and the prediction of that normal signal is used as a second address. The average probability distribution of the signals is determined to construct the LUTs wherein the output symbols are assigned values corresponding to different average probabilities of occurrence of the signal to be processed to thereby reduce the entropy further without adding overhead control symbols to the transmission system.

Abstract: An automatic level adjusting system for a television receiver which is suitable as its automatic white balance adjusting circuit. In the manufacturing-process of the television receiver, desired data is selected from a positional data group of black or white reference pulse signal to be inserted into a video signal and is stored in a non-volatile memory, whereby when an image is reproduced, black or white level of the video signal is adjusted automatically on the basis of the data stored in the non-volatile memory. Thus, the insertion position of black or white reference pulse signal can be changed without modifying the hardware of the television receiver so that the automatic level adjusting system can be applied commonly to different types of television receivers.

Abstract: A component color bars alignment test signal for calibrating a component picture monitor having as inputs a luminance component and two orthogonal chrominance components has a standard set of color bars and a contiguous chroma set of color bars. The chroma set of color bars is matched to the standard set so that a color that is sensitive to the adjustment of one of the chrominance components is adjacent to a color that is relatively insensitive to the adjustment of that one chrominance component. A gun of the component picture monitor is turned off and one chrominance component is adjusted until the appropriate pair of standard set and chroma set color bars are indistinguishable.

Abstract: Four channels of group 3 facsimile signal are transmitted through a digital transmission line of Bearer rate 64 Kbits/s for a speech signal. A facsimile signal is separated into a tone signal, a binary control signal, and a picture signal, each converted to digital form. Then, a block having 160 bits is assembled including 96 data bits and some control bits, and a justification bit. A justification bit matches clock rate of the present system with clock rate of an external digital transmission line by deleting or inserting one bit in a block. Thus, a conventional group 3 facsimile device is coupled with 16 Kbits/s digital transmission line with no design change for the facsimile device itself.

Abstract: A system for calibration and closed loop feedback control of image signals from charge coupled imaging devices (CCDs). During periodic calibration, sampling the output of dark reference cells on a CCD nets an initial D.C. restoration voltage (black) level. Next, a black reference strip is scanned and, an offset value is determined and an offset voltage is added to the D.C. restoration (black) level. During each scan line of regular scanning, dark cells are sampled and produce a voltage that is modified by the offset voltage that was determined during calibration.