Abstract: A book readout system and method for reading out information described in a book at a high speed, while the book, in a bound form, is flipped through. A page state measuring unit (2) measures a page state of a book being flipped through. A book image acquisition unit (1) comprises a plurality of first cameras (11) which respectively acquire book images with respect to a page of the book, from mutually different directions, for a plurality of number of times. A data processing unit (3) corrects the book image acquired by the book image acquisition unit (1) using the information of the page state of the book measured by the page state measuring unit (2).

Abstract: The page descriptions in a document description describe individual document pages. Some of those pages require special processing. Special processing is accomplished by applying subtasks to page descriptions. The subtasks are associated with subset criteria. A subtask is applied to a page description if and only if the page description meets a subset criterion associated with that subtask. In essence, subtasks are prepress operations applied to and limited to the scope of individual page descriptions with the document description. As such, a modified prepress module is ideal for subtask application. In general, page descriptions are evaluated against the subset criteria and the subtasks applied before the more generalized prepress processing converts the document description into a print ready document description.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing section, a power source section, a power source operation section, and a controller. The controller may be configured to perform determining whether or not a state of the image processing apparatus is a special state when a power control operation is started, determining whether or not the power control operation is the special power control operation, and controlling the power source section to carry out an operation according to the power control operation when the state is not the special state, or when the state is the special state and when the power control operation is the special power control operation, but controlling the power source section not to carry out the operation when the state is the special state and when the power control operation is not the special power control operation.

Abstract: When a printer apparatus is allowed to execute a printing of a document using paper based on a print setting set by the user, the following processes are executed in order to allow the user to recognize a paper saving print setting. Whether or not there is a print setting which can save an amount of paper compared to the print setting set by the user is determined. If it is determined that a paper saving print setting exists, the user is notified of such a paper saving print setting.

Abstract: In a method of controlling an image processing apparatus having a rechargeable secondary battery, in response to reception of a job, an amount of electricity stored in the secondary battery is detected and, whether the detected amount of electricity exceeds a specified value is determined. If it is determined that the stored electricity amount exceeds the specified value, a volatile memory is selected as a storage destination of information to be stored when the job is executed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the stored electricity amount does not exceed the specified value, a nonvolatile memory is selected as the storage destination of the information to be stored when the job is executed.

Abstract: One embodiment is a method that analyzes a print request that is transmitted over an internet and received at a cloud print system. The method then executes with priorities a list of job tasks to print the print request at a web-enabled printer.

Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for ranking a networked rendering device with one or more or a set of visual cues. A client device can be configured with a rendering application in order to select and transmit a rendering job along with one or more job criteria to a back end system. Each network rendering device having one or more print capabilities can be evaluated based on the job criteria in order to generate an ‘overall ranking’ utilizing the back end system. Sorting the rendering devices based on the ‘overall ranking’ can generate a ranked list. Such ranked list can be displayed in a user interface associated with the client device based on a set of visual cues in order to permit a user to select a best-fit rendering device in a simple and efficient manner.

Abstract: A medium stores computer-executable instructions. In a case that a display instruction of a print setting screen is outputted by a first application program executed by an information processing apparatus, the instructions cause the information processing apparatus to perform: a display process for displaying the print setting screen on a display section; and a storage judgment process for judging whether a shared printing condition shared by different application programs is stored in a predetermined storage section. In a case that it is judged that the shared printing condition is not stored in the predetermined storage section, the instructions cause the information processing apparatus to perform: a shared printing condition accepting process for accepting setting of a new shared printing condition; and a storage process for storing the new shared printing condition and identification information of the first application program in the predetermined storage section being correlated with each other.

Abstract: An exemplary method for creating a composite image includes the steps of capturing a plurality of images with an image capture device which includes a sensor, determining an image capture device pose corresponding to each of the images based on data from the sensor, transforming each of the images based on its corresponding pose, projecting the transformed images to a common projection space, and combining the projected images to form a composite image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a protected area determining unit that determines a protected area to be protected by forming a transparent color material pattern made of a transparent color material on recording paper; a grain-direction acquiring unit that acquires a grain direction of the recording paper; a pattern determining unit that determines a direction of the transparent color material pattern based on the acquired grain direction; a pattern generating unit that generates the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction; and a color material forming unit that forms the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction on the protected area of the recording paper.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and method includes executing a series of processes utilizing a plurality of functions based on a plurality of setting values, storing, as a history, an execution result of the processing, a plurality of setting values, and an error content in a case where the execution result is failure, determining whether the execution result of a previous processing is successful based on the stored in a case where the processing execution unit re-executes processing, specifying a setting value potentially causing the failure based on the error content in a case where the determination unit determines that the execution result of the previous processing is failure and performing display control of a setting field for setting the setting value.

Abstract: A processing condition setting device for setting a processing condition in an image processing apparatus comprises a history storage section storing a plurality of previous setting details includes a combination of a plurality of setting conditions in correlation with processing objects, a first display section displaying processing objects stored in history storage section, a candidate selecting section selecting as a setting candidate setting details corresponding to processing object, which is selected from processing objects displayed by first display section, from plurality of previous setting details stored in history storage section, a second display section displaying setting candidates selected on basis of selected processing object by candidate selecting section, and a history updating section storing setting details of process, which is performed in a state where one setting candidate is selected from setting candidates displayed by second display section, in history storage section.

Abstract: A method for image processing a digital color image uses a single array of threshold values in a halftoning process if a total density value, which is found adding up the color density value for each of the process colors of a pixel, is lower than a predetermined density threshold. However, when the total density value exceeds the density threshold, the individual color density values are split in a basic part and an excess part, the basic parts adding up to the predetermined density threshold. In the halftoning process the basic parts still use the single array of threshold values, but the excess parts use uncorrelated arrays of threshold values that are associated with each individual process color. This provides for a balance between graininess at low color density and registration independent color rendering at high color density.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for predictively tracking expected print jobs. The system comprises a memory that identifies categories of print jobs, and that stores rules that indicate how often print jobs will be received at a presentation system. The system also comprises a control unit operable to identify a rule for a category of print jobs, to analyze the rule to generate a predicted schedule of print jobs expected for receipt at the presentation system, and to determine whether expected print jobs have been received at the presentation system in accordance with the schedule. The control unit is further operable to generate an alert if an expected print job has not been received at the presentation system in accordance with the schedule.

Abstract: The advantage of the invention is to prevent malicious use of a leaked e-mail address. A printing system has a printer, and a server device which causes the printer to conduct printing of print target data included in an e-mail when receiving the e-mail that designates the printer as a printing place. The printing system has an expiration date setting section that sets an expiration date in an e-mail address that uses the printer as the printing place, a mail address registering section that registers the generated e-mail address and the set expiration date by being associated with each other, and an expiration date managing section that manages the registered expiration date and disables the e-mail address whose expiration date has expired.

Abstract: A printing system includes a management server and an image forming apparatus connected to each other via a network. The management server executes an authentication of a logged-in user of the image forming apparatus, manages a remaining quota and a temporary allowance, reserves the temporary allowance of the logged-in user, and provides a notification to the image forming apparatus of the reserved temporary allowance. The image forming apparatus provides a notification to the management server of a requested sheet count, executes printing within a range of the temporary allowance notified of by the management server, and provides a notification to the management server of a printed sheet count.

Abstract: A self-contained mobile optical scanning system having an image scanner contained within a hollow inside space defined by mated engagement of an upper housing and a lower housing having corresponding upper and lower transparent windows having reduced margins and a scanning control interface rotatable through the enclosed space which allows scanning through the upper transparent window in either the upright or inverted condition by alignment of viewable indicator marks and overlap indicators in relation to an article which allows stitched alignment of a plurality of scanning cycles to generate images embeddable with metadata or data files.

Abstract: A color adjustment apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring the color value for specified paper of a desired image forming apparatus and a color value for unspecified paper, a generation unit generating a relational expression associating the color value for the specified paper with the color value for the unspecified paper, a registration unit obtaining and registering an association between the property information of a reference color for the unspecified paper and the relational expression, a calculation unit calculating the predicted color value for the specified paper of another image forming apparatus based on a relational expression associated with the property information of the reference color of arbitrary paper and the color value for the same paper of the other image forming apparatus, and a setting unit setting the predicted color value as a color value to be reproduced by the desired image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming device provided in a print system displays a shared use request screen operated by a user other than a manager of the image forming device, and for a request shared use of the image forming device. The external print service provided in the print system receives the shared use request of the image forming device by the user through the shared use request screen, and generates a setting screen for setting by the manager of whether or not to approve the received shared use request of the image forming device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of performing gradation correction without causing a user to perform a troublesome operation. The image forming apparatus includes an image reading unit that reads an original. A chart is formed on a recording material, and the recording material having the chart formed thereon is conveyed to the image reading unit via a shared conveying path used for both of reading the original and forming an image on the recording material. The conveyed recording material is read by the image reading unit, and gradation correction is performed based on the chart read by the image reading unit.