Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet having at least one receptor layer and at least one heat insulation layer on a support, wherein a Vickers hardness of the heat insulation layer is in the range of from 2 to 20, and a moisture content of the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet is in the range of from 5% by mass to 8% by mass.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material, includes transparent support having provided thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the average equivalent-sphere diameter of the silver halide grains contained in each layers is 0.35 ?m or less, and an upper layer of the green-sensitive emulsion layer contains a fixed magenta dye, an upper layer or the red-sensitive emulsion layer contains a fixed cyan dye, and the green-sensitive layer contains a pyrazolotriazole, pyrazolopyrrole or 4-thio-pyrazolo-5-one coupler having a specific structure, and an image-recording method uses the photographic material.

Abstract: An image-forming method of recording a digital image data in resolution of 2,000 dpi or more, the method comprising: recording a digital image data on a silver halide photographic material with little deterioration.

Abstract: An image-forming method of recording a digital image data in resolution of 2,000 dpi or more, the method comprising: recording a digital image data on a silver halide photographic material with little deterioration.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material composing respectively at least one red-, green-, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the color photosensitive material containing a magenta dye which is fixed in the specific layer and is not colored by a coupling reaction with developing agent oxidation products, and/or containing a cyan dye which is fixed in the specific layer and is not colored by a coupling reaction with developing agent oxidation products, and containing an ultraviolet absorptive polymer latex represented by the formula (I) which is impregnated with a non high molecular weight ultraviolet absorptive compound. wherein a phenyl ring or a benzo ring may be optionally substituted, either of m or n is 1 and another is 0, and M and K are represented by the following formula (II): wherein R3 is H or an alkyl group, L is a divalent binding group, and p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: In order to allow an arbitrary combination of image processing function blocks and an arbitrary processing order to be executed with a single command and avoid calculation loads on a host CPU even when image processes in varying output image sizes are combined, the image signal processing apparatus of the present invention includes an individual processing sub program that operates image processes in page units or with an arbitrarily specified number of lines for each image processing function block and an individual processing parameter table that determines the individual processing contents and also provides a composite processing parameter table including image processing order information and image size related information and when an individual image processing command is issued, the image signal processing apparatus sets an individual processing parameter table in an image processing function block and executes the individual processing sub program.

Abstract: A silver halide color photosensitive material composing respectively at least one red-, green-, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, the color photosensitive material containing a magenta dye which is fixed in the specific layer and is not colored by a coupling reaction with developing agent oxidation products, and/or containing a cyan dye which is fixed in the specific layer and is not colored by a coupling reaction with developing agent oxidation products, and containing an ultraviolet absorptive polymer latex represented by the formula (I) which is impregnated with a non high molecular weight ultraviolet absorptive compound. wherein a phenyl ring or a benzo ring may be optionally substituted, either of m or n is 1 and another is 0, and M and K are represented by the following formula (II): wherein R3 is H or an alkyl group, L is a divalent binding group, and p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: In a digital camera recycle system, image data of an image picked-up by a digital camera is encoded by the digital camera. The coded image data is decoded at a sales side terminal based on information transmitted from a server apparatus, and provided to the user. One business proprietor may manage (operate) the server apparatus and the sales side terminal as well as manufacture and sales of the digital camera. Alternatively, the consumer may use his/her own personal computer in place of the sales side terminal, to receive service to obtain image information, at a specific site provided by the server apparatus operated by the business proprietor.

Abstract: This image processing apparatus comprises a plurality of coding/decoding devices performing encoding and decoding by different codes, internal memory which the each coding/decoding device shares, and a control section controlling operation of the each coding/decoding device, wherein the coding/decoding devices, internal memory and control section are integrated on one chip and encoded data are converted to the encoded data with a different form within one chip.

Abstract: An image processing/communication system provided with a processing unit for performing a coding processing on image data, a plurality of line memories for storing image data related to the coding processing and coding data, an external-bus connection control unit for controlling a connection between the external bus and the system, an internal bus for transferring data to the processing unit, the external-bus connection control unit and the plurality of line memories, and an operation control unit for causing the processing unit, the plurality of line memories and the external-bus connection control unit to simultaneously perform an input operation of inputting image data from the external bus to the line memory and an output operation of outputting coding data to the external bus from the processing unit or the line memory in parallel with one another. Thus, in each operation of this system, a coding processing can be effected by using the line memory.

Abstract: A high sensitivity silver halide emulsion excellent in keeping quality and rapid processing in which tabular silver halide grains having {100} faces as two main planes parallel to each other, an aspect ratio of 2 or more and a mean silver chloride content of 50 mol % or more occupy 50% or more of the total projected area of the silver halide grains, said silver halide emulsion being spectrally sensitized with a trimethineoxathiacyanine dye, etc., and a photographic material using the emulsion.

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion is described, which contains tabular silver halide grains having {100} faces as the parallel two major planes, having an aspect ratio of 2 or more and having a mean silver chloride content of 50 mol % or more, in an amount of 50% or more of the total projected area of all the silver halide grains therein, and which is spectrally sensitized with a particular trimethine dye of formula (I). A photographic material having the emulsion has a high sensitivity and good storability and can be processed rapidly.

Abstract: An image processing/communication system provided with a processing unit for performing a coding processing on image data, a plurality of line memories for storing image data related to the coding processing and coding data, an external-bus connection control unit for controlling a connection between the external bus and the system, an internal bus for transferring data to the processing unit, the external-bus connection control unit and the plurality of line memories, and an operation control unit for causing the processing unit, the plurality of line memories and the external-bus connection control unit to simultaneously perform an input operation of inputting image data from the external bus to the line memory and an output operation of outputting coding data to the external bus from the processing unit or the line memory in parallel with one another. Thus, in each operation of this system, a coding processing can be effected by using the line memory.

Abstract: An image data encoding/decoding apparatus having an encoder and decoder for processing image data such as facsimile data, in which two different streams of image data can be encoded concurrently by using a single encoding circuit section, and two different streams of encoded data can be decoded concurrently using a single decoding section. The encoded data obtained for each scan line portion of the image data are modified, if necessary, to be converted to an integral number of fixed-size amounts of data such as bytes, for subsequent storage in memory. During decoding processing, the encoded data line portions are restored to their respective original forms prior to decoding processing, by controlled operation of registers in which the encoded data are temporarily written in and then serially read out.

Abstract: A data encoding apparatus, applicable for example to a facsimile apparatus, increases the degree of image data compression that can be achieved by a variable length encoding scheme, by limiting the maximum amount of data outputted from the encoding apparatus for each scan line to the amount of unencoded image data in a scan line. Generation of increased amounts of data in the case of certain types of image content, as a result of the variable length encoding, is thereby eliminated with a consequent increase in encoding efficiency.