Abstract: An ink jet recording material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a porous ink receiving layer containing inorganic particles, a polyvinyl alcohol exhibiting a degree of saponification of not less than 95 mol % and a compound represented by the following formula and having a molecular weight of not more than 200:

Abstract: An order-receiving system comprising: a network; a user terminal which is connected to the network and is for inputting design determining information, uploading images for use in a design, and ordering the design; an order manager terminal which is connected to the network, and is for receiving the design orders, ordering design creation work based on the design orders and for doing order management via the order server, and which includes a design distribution screen for distributing images for use in the design, or design order work to workers; and a worker terminal which is connected to the network and is for creating the design based on the order placed for the design creation work, and e-mails are issued, and by including order progress information in the title of the issued e-mails, the e-mail title can be extracted or sorted by order progress information.

Abstract: A data recording apparatus comprising a read section for reading image data and/or audio data recorded on a first recording medium, and a write section for recording the aforementioned read image data and/or audio data on a second recording medium. This data recording apparatus is further provided with an identification information determining section for determining whether identification information is recorded in the aforementioned recording medium or not, to ensure that, only when the aforementioned identification information determining section has determined that the identification information is recorded, the write section records the read image data/audio data on the second recording medium.

Abstract: A production method of a porous medium comprising a non-water-absorptive support and a porous layer provided on the support is disclosed.

Abstract: A package comprising: (i) a plurality of ink-jet recording sheets stacked one on top of the other, wherein each of said ink-jet recording sheet has an ink receptive layer as a top layer; (ii) a protective sheet which is placed on a top ink-jet recording sheet of said plurality of ink-jet recording sheet, said protective sheet having a water-resistant surface, said water-resistant surface facing said ink receptive layer of said top ink-jet recording sheet, wherein said water-resistant surface has a center-line mean roughness (Ra) of 0.2-3 &mgr;m measured based on JIS B 0601 with a reference length of 2.5 mm and a cut-off value of 0.8 mm; and (iii) an envelop sheet surrounding said plurality of ink-jet recording sheets and said protective sheet thereby forming said package.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material comprising a substrate having thereon layers which include a light-sensitive layer, wherein the light-sensitive layer contains a compound which is capable of producing a chemically inert and a colorless compound by chemically bonding with an aromatic amine color development agent which remains in the light-sensitive layer after the color photographic material has been subjected to color development using a development solution which contains the development agent, a total amount of a hydrophilic binder contained in the layers which are provided on the silver halide emulsion layer side of the substrate is less than or equal to 6.3 g/m2, and a total thickness of all the layers is less than or equal to 7.0 &mgr;m.

Abstract: There is described an image processing method for providing a highly versatile and convenient way of recording the captured-image data for stereoscopic vision display and an image-capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus and image recording apparatus based on this method. The image-processing method is applied. The image-processing method, for outputting one of a plurality of captured image data sets, each of which represents each of a plurality of images acquired by photographing a same subject from plural viewpoints being different relative to each other, includes the steps of: selecting a reference image data set out of the plurality of captured image data sets; extracting differential image data between the reference image data set and other captured image data sets; and attaching the differential image data, extracted in the extracting step, and attachment-identifying information of the differential image data to the reference image data set.

Abstract: A method for preparing a bleach-fixing processing solution for a silver halide color photographic light sensitive material, the method comprising the step of:

Abstract: There is described a display system, which makes it possible to display a process chart by which an operator can easily and visually recognize a residual working time, when the operator performs a job including more than two steps. The display system, which displays steps included in a consecutive operation on a display screen, includes: a measuring section to measure a working time for every step; a first storage section to store current data of the working time; a second storage section to store cumulative data of working times for every step performed in a past; and a displaying section to display the steps included in the consecutive operation on the display screen. The displaying section also displays working times, which are derived from the cumulative data of working times for every step performed in a past and the current data stored in the first storage section.

Abstract: A recording medium set comprising: a plurality of recording media for recording a plurality of images; and a recording medium set for recording the thumbnails of the pluriality of images and storage information of the plurality of images in mutually associated form; an image recording apparatus comprising; an image recording section for recording a plurality of images on a plurality of recording media; and a storage information recording section for recording the thumbnails of the aforementioned plurality of images and storage information of the aforementioned plurality of images in mutually associated form; and an image recording method implemented by the aforementioned image recording apparatus.

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion is disclosed, comprising silver halide grain, wherein the silver halide emulsion is subjected to spectral sensitization by adding a sensitizing dye and further subjected to chemical sensitization by adding a chemical sensitizer, the emulsion contains at least one alkaline earth metal salt selected from the group consisting of a magnesium salt, calcium salt and a strontium salt and a compound having a function of permitting injection of at least one electron into silver halide upon reaction with an oxidized sensitizing dye or a valence band hole.

Abstract: A process control system, including:

Abstract: There is described an image-capturing apparatus, which has plural kinds of image sensors, sensitivities of which are different relative to each other, for recording wide dynamic range image data, and an image processing apparatus for applying optimization processing to the wide dynamic range image data.

Abstract: There is described an image-processing method for applying a predetermined image processing to image signals, to output processed image signals. The method includes the steps of: applying a first processing for increasing a signal intensity deviation to a first-objective pixel, which is included in objective pixels having a spatial frequency in a range of 1.5-3.0 lines/mm, and whose signal intensity deviation is in a range of 30-60% of a maximum signal intensity deviation; and applying a second processing for decreasing the signal intensity deviation or keeping the signal intensity deviation as it is to a second-objective pixel, which is included in objective pixels having a spatial frequency in a range of 0.7-3.0 lines/mm, and whose signal intensity deviation is in a range of 0-6% of the maximum signal intensity deviation. The first processing includes a sharpness-enhancement processing, while the second processing includes a noise-reduction processing.

Abstract: An input data recording apparatus is provided with a data inputting section 7 for inputting image data, moving data image and music/sound data; a data edit section 8 for editing to display a slide show using the inputted data; a data conversion section 9 for converting the slide show data into the data of Video-CD format or DVD-Video format that can be reproduced by the image reproducing equipment 21 such as a DVD player and a game console; and a data transfer section 10/data recording section 11 for recording the aforementioned data and application on such a recording medium as a CD-R and DVD-R, with consideration given to the order of seeking data in the equipment, in such a way that they can be reproduced by computer equipment and image reproducing equipment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photographic production system and photographic production programs to avoid duplicated processes and to complete the necessary processes on an alternative production line. The photographic production process comprises an order entry process, a character data input process, an image capturing process, a monitor judging process, an image synthesizing process and a printing process.

Abstract: There is described a method for processing an input image, so as to output a processed image. The method includes the steps of: deriving image characteristic information of a predetermined area, which includes adjacent pixels and is located in a vicinity of an image-processing object pixel other than the adjacent pixels, from information of the adjacent pixels residing in the predetermined area, both the adjacent pixels and the image-processing object pixel being included in the input image; and applying a sharpness-enhancement processing to the image-processing object pixel, based on the image characteristic information. The image characteristic information includes at least one of a sum of differential signal absolute-values between the adjacent pixels residing in the predetermined area, a variance of each signal value of the adjacent pixels residing in the predetermined area and a standard deviation of each signal value of the adjacent pixels residing in the predetermined area.

Abstract: An image processing method has the steps of dividing the image information into data of sound pixels and data of defective pixels, calculating an interpolation signal value of each of the defective pixels on the basis of data of a plurality of sound pixels existing in the surrounding area, calculating a provisional correction value on the basis of the signal value and the interpolation signal value of each of the defective pixels, and calculating a modified pixel correction value of each of the defective pixels on the basis of the provisional correction value of each of the defective pixels and the provisional correction value of neighboring defective pixels, and correcting the data of each of the defective pixels by the use of the modified pixel correction value.