Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive information regarding a size of an image, a setting value regarding N-in-one printing, and a post-processing position from an information processing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether the received setting value regarding the N-in-one printing is a predetermined setting value, a change unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the received setting value regarding the N-in-one printing is the predetermined setting value, change the received post-processing position based on the received information regarding the size of the image, and an image forming unit configured to form the image received from the information processing apparatus on a recording medium.

Abstract: A facial recognition method includes receiving, by an electronic device, a first instruction triggering the electronic device to perform facial recognition, emitting in response to the first instruction, infrared light with a light spot using an infrared projector, collecting first image information of a first object using a first camera, collecting second image information of the first object using a second camera, calculating depth information of the first object based on the first image information, the second image information, the first length, a lens focal length of the first camera, and a lens focal length of the second camera, and performing user identity verification on the first object using the first image information and the depth information of the first object.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a displayer capable of displaying an operation guide for the image forming apparatus; a first communicator that performs communication for acquiring the operation guide from an external device via a network; a second communicator that performs short-range wireless communication with a terminal of a user operating the image forming apparatus; and a controller that performs control of notifying, from the second communicator, the terminal of access information of accessing the external device for acquiring the operation guide, in a case where a failure has occurred in communication by the first communicator.

Abstract: The printing device includes a print head, a plurality of measuring members, and a controller. The print head is configured to print a patch chart on a print medium. The patch chart includes a plurality of patches including a plurality of first patches and one or more second patches. Each first patch has a predetermined color. Each second patch has a user specified color represented by an input color value. Each of the plurality of measuring members is configured to measure a color of a patch. The controller is configured to perform: a second-patch measurement process to control each of the plurality of measuring members to measure a color of each second patch to acquire a plurality of color values for the each second patch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of generating “expanded color chart” representing various ink combination, for profiling a multi-color printing device or printer, using “reduced set of color chart”, printed using the printer, where a. The expanded color chart is computed by applying “Error Correction” function to the expanded color chart predicted using a theoretical model of color prediction for a given ink combinations in the expanded chart. b. Error Correction function is computed/modelled as function of the variance/difference observed between the color values predicted by the theoretical model and the actual values measured for the ink combinations in the printed “reduced set of color chart”.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The information processing apparatus acquires a print job, selects printing paper according to an operation on an operation device, acquires a color conversion dictionary from among color conversion dictionaries corresponding to respective representative paper sorted into a plurality of groups based on physical property of the selected printing paper, presents information on the color conversion dictionary through a display, receives an operation input indicating whether to accept or to reject a presented color conversion dictionary through the operation device, and converts color information of the print job using the color conversion dictionary accepted by the operation input received through the operation device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and a method for detecting and tracking objects. The method includes permuting an order of frames in a sequence of radar image frames to produce multiple permuted sequences with different frames at a dominant position in a corresponding permuted sequence of radar image frames. Each permuted sequence of radar image frames is processed with a first neural network to produce temporally enhanced features for each of the frames in the sequence of radar image frames. Further a feature map is reconstructed from the temporally enhanced features of each of the frames in the sequence of radar image frames to produce a sequence of feature maps. The method further includes processing a list of feature vectors from each feature map with a second neural network to produce temporally enhanced heatmaps.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a color enhancement method, an image-forming apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes dividing color band data to-be-processed into a plurality of color blocks; counting a quantity of exposure points of each color channel of each color block in an apparatus color space, and generating an exposure point distribution image corresponding to each color block; converting the exposure point distribution image into a color image in a preset color space; calculating a color feature value corresponding to each color block according to the color image in the preset color space; and determining whether the color block needs image enhancement; and if the color block needs the image enhancement, modifying a weight of each color channel in the apparatus color space according to the color feature value, and outputting modified data of each color channel according to the modified weight of each color channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for comparing a reference colour profile or the color space value of the reference color profile of an analogue reference pattern with a decorative-element-specific color profile or the color space value of the decorative-element-specific color profile of a digital or analogue decorative element. In the course of the process, a reference color profile is created by reading in and storing measurement data of at least one portion of an analogue reference pattern by means of a hyperspectral area measuring device. According to the invention, a decorative-element-specific color profile is created either from the digital data of a digital decorative element or using hyperspectral area measurement of at least one portion of an analogue decorative element.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first obtainment unit configured to obtain high dynamic range (HDR) data that represents a high-dynamic range (HDR) image, a second obtainment unit configured to obtain print information to perform printing based on the HDR data obtained by the first obtainment unit, a third obtainment unit configured to obtain display information of a display apparatus that is to perform a display based on the HDR data, and a conversion unit configured to perform dynamic range conversion based on the display information obtained by the third obtainment unit, and then to perform dynamic range conversion based on the print information obtained by the second obtainment unit.

Abstract: In a case where a first print execution instruction including first user identification information is received from a first terminal device, a printer may execute printing and determine whether a usage amount of the printer by a first user identified by the first user identification information is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount by using first print history information in association with the first user identification information. In a case where it is determined that the usage amount of the printer by the first user is equal to or greater than the predetermined amount, the printer may display a first screen. In a case where it is determined that the usage amount of the printer by the first user is less than the predetermined amount, the first screen is not displayed.

Abstract: A moiré occurrence prediction means that predicts a region in which moiré will occur and implements a moiré suppression process only on a pattern including said region, thereby minimizing print deterioration, suppressing the occurrence of moiré, and enabling high quality printing. The moiré occurrence prediction means includes a communication unit for receiving an input image; a periodic structure inclusion determination unit for determining, in the input image; a periodic structure region that includes a periodic structure that induces occurrence of a moiré; and a moiré prediction unit for determining a risk of moiré occurrence in each periodic structure region by performing a predetermined frequency analysis process with respect to each of the determined periodic structure regions, generating a moiré occurrence notification that indicates the risk for each periodic structure region, and outputting the moiré occurrence notification.

Abstract: At the time of printing a color page image in monochrome, multi-dimensional color component values of each object included in the color page image are converted into a gray value. Then, in the processing to widen a difference between a first gray value and a second gray value, in a case where a color represented by the first color component value and a color represented by the second color component value do not belong to the same color group, the difference between the first gray value and the second gray value is made larger than that in a case where both the colors belong to the same color group.

Abstract: It is guaranteed that a designated color that is a target of spot color matching is converted correctly into a destination color thereof at the time of output. In a case where drawing data for causing an image output apparatus to perform drawing of an image is generated, whether a designated color in a first color space, which is included in an input image, is converted into a destination color in a second color space, which can be handled by the image output apparatus, is determined at the time of output of the image. Then, in a case where it is determined that the conversion is performed, control is performed such that color adjustment is not performed for at least the designated color of colors included the input image.

Abstract: A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store halftone calibration logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the halftone calibration logic determine an uncalibrated deposition distribution for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, determine a calibrated deposition distribution for each of the plurality of pel forming elements and determine calibration values for each of the plurality of pel forming elements.

Abstract: A print management system includes a printing section, a storage section that stores print information indicating a print status, a determination section that determines whether or not waste paper collection is necessary based on the print information, a print request section that prints a collection form based on a determination result of the determination section, and a collection request section that requests the waste paper collection using the collection form based on the determination result of the determination section.

Abstract: A security apparatus and a method for rendering a security mark can involve creating a security mark that includes a correlation mark having a correlation effect and comprising black pixels and white pixels, and subjecting the security mark to a filter that can removes at least some of the black pixels or the white pixels so that the correlation effect no longer functions and the security mark is not visible when rendered on a recording medium.

Abstract: It is guaranteed that a designated color that is a target of spot color matching is converted correctly into a destination color thereof at the time of output. In a case where drawing data for causing an image output apparatus to perform drawing of an image is generated, whether a designated color in a first color space, which is included in an input image, is converted into a destination color in a second color space, which can be handled by the image output apparatus, is determined at the time of output of the image. Then, in a case where it is determined that the conversion is performed, control is performed such that color adjustment is not performed for at least the designated color of colors included the input image.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including at least one processor configured not to shut down the image forming apparatus when a reply not permitting shutdown of the image forming apparatus is included in replies from remote operation devices other than the remote operation device that has transmitted a shutdown instruction among a plurality of the remote operation devices.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus performs the following. An imaging range imaged by each of the plurality of imaging sensors includes an overlapping portion between the imaging sensors adjacent in a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction along the conveying path. A hardware processor performs a calibration operation of a first sensor based on a color measuring result of a predetermined inspection image measured within a standard imaging range of the first sensor among the plurality of imaging sensors, and a standard imaging result within the standard imaging range imaging an inspection image with a same pattern as the inspection image. The hardware processor compares imaging results by the plurality of imaging sensors in the overlapping portions and performs the calibration operation of another sensor different from the first sensor using the standard imaging result as a standard.