Abstract: A printing system includes a print engine, and one or more controllers configured to perform a data obtaining process of obtaining print data, a print controlling process of controlling the print engine to print an image corresponding to the print data on a printing medium based on a print setting value, and a fee determining process of determining a fee corresponding to a plurality of the print setting values to be applied when the print engine prints the image on the printing medium.

Abstract: Disclosed are an image dehazing method and system based on CycleGAN. The method comprises: acquiring a to-be-processed hazy image; and inputting the image into a pre-trained densely connected CycleGAN, and outputting a clear image. The densely connected CycleGAN comprises a generator, the generator comprises an encoder, a converter and a decoder, the encoder comprises a densely connected layer for extracting features of an input image, the converter comprises a transition layer for combining the features extracted at the encoder stage, the decoder comprises a densely connected layer and a scaled convolutional neural network layer, the densely connected layer is used for restoring original features of the image, and the scaled convolutional neural network layer is used for removing a checkerboard effect of the restored original features to obtain a finally output clear image.

Abstract: Keypoint extraction is done for extracting keypoints from images of documents. Based on different keypoint extraction approaches used by existing keypoint extraction mechanisms, number of keypoints extracted and related parameters vary. Disclosed herein is a method and system for keypoint extraction from images of one or more documents. In this method, a reference image and a test image of a document are collected as input. During the keypoint extraction, based on types of characters present in words extracted from the document images, a plurality of words are extracted. Further, all connected components in each of the extracted words are identified. Further, it is decided whether keypoints are to be searched in a first component or in a last component of all the identified connected components, and accordingly searches and extracts at least four of the keypoints from the test image and the corresponding four keypoints from the reference image.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores a plurality of images captured by a camera. The processor: accesses visual data associated with an image captured by the camera; determines a tile size parameter for partitioning the visual data into a plurality of tiles; partitions the visual data into the plurality of tiles based on the tile size parameter, wherein the plurality of tiles corresponds to a plurality of regions within the image; compresses the plurality of tiles into a plurality of compressed tiles, wherein each tile is compressed independently; generates a tile-based representation of the image, wherein the tile-based representation comprises an array of the plurality of compressed tiles; and stores the tile-based representation of the image on the storage device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a partition region for dividing a rolled print medium into a plurality of rolls, the partition region being set within a group of images that are sequentially printed accompanying feeding from a feeding apparatus in which the rolled print medium is set; and a printing unit configured to print, on the print medium fed from the feeding apparatus, the group of images reflecting the partition region set by the setting unit. The printing unit prints, on the partition region, an identification image indicating a cutting position for dividing into the plurality of rolls, and the setting unit sets a position at which the identification image is printed, based on information of the group of images.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a print controller configured to perform color conversion on data using a color profile to generate image data for use in printing. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to acquire information regarding characteristic information of at least one illumination apparatus via a network, acquire first characteristic information based on the information regarding the characteristic information of the at least one illumination apparatus, acquire second characteristic information based on a color chart of the apparatus, and generate a color profile based on the first and second characteristic information.

Abstract: A preview processing unit obtains a print setting and rendering data, generates a preview image for print from the rendering data of a corresponding page, and displays the generated preview image on a preview screen. In a case where the print setting includes a crease setting, the preview processing unit displays, in a superimposed manner on the preview image, an object indicating a position at which a cease is to be applied. In a case where the print setting includes a perforation setting, the preview processing unit displays, in a superimposed manner on the preview image, an object indicating a position at which a perforation is to be applied.

Abstract: Described are methods and systems for detecting fraud in documents. First images of a first set of genuine documents and second images of a second set of genuine documents are obtained. A printed feature, spacings between printed features in the first images, and positions of printed features in the second images are selected. Selected features, spacings and positions are annotated to obtain original landmark locations for each printed feature, spacing and position. Annotated features, spacings and positions are transformed to obtain transformed features, transformed spacings and transformed positions. The transformed features, spacings and positions are combined with a noise model to generate modified features, modified spacings and modified positions. Each modified feature, modified spacing and modified position comprises annotations indicating modified landmark locations. Input data for a machine learning model is generated using original landmark locations and modified landmark locations.

Abstract: A method comprises identifying a representation of first statistical information in a document, identifying descriptive text that describes the first statistical information, determining whether the descriptive text accurately describes the first statistical information, and upon determination that the descriptive text does not accurately describe the first statistical information, generating alternative descriptive text that accurately describes the first statistical information.

Abstract: An image reception apparatus including a reception unit that receives a first image from an image transmission apparatus and a transmission unit that transmits information on an attention area designated by a user in the first image to the image transmission apparatus. When the transmission unit transmits the information to the image transmission apparatus, the reception unit receives, from the image transmission apparatus, the first image together with one or more partial images corresponding to the attention area and constituting a second image of a resolution higher than a resolution of the first image.

Abstract: A customized resorbable three-dimensional scaffold for oral and maxillofacial bone grafting involves merging two sets of three-dimensional information obtained from a patient, the first set includes three-dimensional bone information and the second set includes three-dimensional teeth and tissue information. The merged information is used to generate a three-dimensional shape of the bone to be regenerated, a three-dimensional position of the missing tooth/teeth, and a three-dimensional model of the customized resorbable three-dimensional scaffold for oral and maxillofacial bone grafting. The three-dimensional model is used to generate the customized resorbable three-dimensional scaffold and resorbable connectors for the customized resorbable three-dimensional scaffold.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an input device that inputs a document image; and a controller, wherein the controller removes a streak from the image by a first method, removes a streak from the image by a second method that differs from the first method, and executes crop processing on the image from which the streaks have been removed.

Abstract: A system and method are provided wherein, in at least one form, artificial intelligence is used to identify objects in a document to be considered for metallic rendering or printing on a substrate. Then, the options for printing, including the considerations for rendering in metallic toner or ink, are, in at least one form, presented to the user for acceptance or rejection before the actual printing is initiated.

Abstract: An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for translating words in a picture, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: recognizing words embedded in a target picture to obtain at least one text line, each of which corresponds to one line of words; perform paragraph combination on the at least one text line to obtain at least one text paragraph; translating the at least one text paragraph into at least one target text paragraph in a specified language; and replacing the words in the target picture with the at least one target text paragraph.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires at least one of attribute information of image data to be image processed and setting information related to the image process on the image data, and a prediction unit that predicts, based on a machine-learned model that accepts input of at least one of the attribute information and the setting information to output a period required for the image process, a period required for the image process on the image data from information acquired by the information acquisition unit.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises one or more processors and one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause: capturing a digital image of one or more contents of the item of mail using the image capture device; extracting, by an image processing device, information from one or more of the image of the item of mail or the image of the one or more contents of the item of mail, the extracted information comprising identifying data and characteristic data; based, at least in part, on the characteristic data, determining a priority level for the item of mail; causing displaying, on a client computing device, a graphical user interface comprising the identifying data and the priority level for the item of mail.

Abstract: A data processing method includes detecting a first operation for a first page, determining a layout type of the first page, the first page including a first section and a second section, and in response to the layout type being same as a preset type, adjusting a relative position between the first section and the second section so that both of the first section and the second section are visible when moving along a first direction in a display area.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method, each of which associates a region subjected to image processing with identification information, receives, in response to a device accepting selection from a user, the identification information and image data from the device, and outputs a result of the image processing performed on the region subjected to image processing associated with the identification information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing an image, a device and a storage medium are provided. An implementation of the method includes: acquiring a template image, the template image including at least one region of interest; determining a first feature map corresponding to each region of interest in the template image; acquiring a target image; determining a second feature map of the target image; and determining at least one region of interest in the target image according to the first feature map and the second feature map.