Abstract: The image heating apparatus includes a flexible sleeve including a stainless base layer; a heater being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the flexible sleeve; and an elastic roller being in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the flexible sleeve and forming a nip portion with the heater, in which: a recording material bearing an image is heated while being pinched and conveyed at the nip portion; and the stainless base layer has an outer diameter of 18 mm to 24 mm and a thickness of 25 ?m to 30 ?m, and includes an outer circumferential surface being subjected to a blasting process. Bu the present invention, an image heating apparatus is capable of ensuring durability and a flexible sleeve used for the image heating apparatus.

Abstract: When a printing device inputs image data from a memory card, the printing device prints an order sheet whereon are arranged a chart of the image data and setting entry fields for filling in a variety of settings for generating a movie based on these image data. The user uses various marking fields provided on the order sheet to specify the display times for the various image data and the effects to be performed on the various image data. When the printing device uses a scanner to read in the filled-out order sheet, movie data is generated based on the content that is set using this order sheet. The user is able to generate movies easily using this type of printing device.

Abstract: There is provided an exposure determining device that determines whether exposure of an image represented by image data is appropriate. The exposure determining device includes a first evaluation value deriving unit that derives a maximum luminance reference value for each of blocks obtained by dividing the image into a plurality of blocks of the image data on the basis of luminance values of pixels constituting each block, and derives a first evaluation value for the image on the basis of the derived maximum luminance reference values for the blocks, and an exposure determining unit that determines whether exposure of the image is appropriate, on the basis of the derived first evaluation value.

Abstract: A printing method for printing an image based on image data, the printing method includes: loading the image data from a storage medium in which the image data is stored; printing an order sheet, wherein the order sheet includes an index image representing the loaded image data to receive from a user entry of information for printing the image; recognizing the information entered in the order sheet via scanning of the printed order sheet; and printing a corrected image made by executing image correction to the image based on the recognized entered information.

Abstract: A printing method for printing an image based on image data, the printing method includes: loading the image data from a storage medium in which the image data is stored; printing an order sheet, wherein the order sheet includes an index image representing the loaded image data to receive from a user entry of information for printing the image; recognizing the information entered on the order sheet via scanning the order sheet; and printing a trim image based on the recognized entered information, wherein the trim image is made by trimming the image.

Abstract: When image data are input from a memory card or the like, a printing apparatus detects face region captured in these image data. Where the size and position of a face region fall within permitted ranges therefor set in advance in a permitted range table derived via sense evaluation testing, the input image data is selected as a printing target candidate. If the face region size and position do not each fall within their permitted range, however, the image data is not selected as a printing target. As a result, image data suitable for printing can be efficiently selected as printing targets from image data that contain human faces.

Abstract: In order to detect an orientation of a human face included in an image consisted of a plurality of pixels, a face region is determined within the image so as to include the human face. A plurality of detecting regions are set so as to be adjacent to the face region. A plurality of first amounts are acquired. Each of the first amount is characteristic to one of the detecting regions. The first amounts are compared to each other to judge the orientation.

Abstract: A process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes, a drum; a process device actable on the drum; a cartridge frame supporting these elements; a cartridge guide; and a cartridge coupling member. The apparatus includes an opening through which the cartridge is mounted and demounted; an opening and closing member for opening and closing the opening; a main assembly side guide for supporting the cartridge guide and movable in interrelation with the opening and closing member; a main assembly coupling member, for connection with the cartridge coupling member to transmit a driving force to the cartridge coupling member; and a driving connector for effecting connection and disconnection between the main assembly coupling member and the cartridge coupling member by moving the main assembly coupling member in a direction substantially perpendicular to a cartridge mounting direction in interrelation with opening and closing of the opening and closing member.

Abstract: The image selection processing device of the present invention is an image selection processing device for selecting as still images part of a moving image based on specified setting conditions, comprising an image extraction unit for extracting a plurality of images from the image group that forms the moving image, a movement detection unit for detecting the parts with movement within the images for each of the extracted images, a sequence setting unit for evaluating the parts with movement within the detected images based on the specified setting conditions and doing sequence allocation for each of the extracted images, and an output unit for outputting the still images based on the sequence allocation. With this image selection processing device, it is possible to efficiently select desired images from a plurality of images.

Abstract: A still image generation apparatus of the invention includes an image acquisition module that obtains multiple first image data arrayed in a time series among multiple lower-resolution image data, an image storage module that stores the multiple first image data obtained by the image acquisition module, and a correction rate estimation module that estimates correction rates for eliminating positional shifts between images of the respective first image data, based on the multiple first image data stored in the image storage module. The still image generation apparatus further includes an image composition module that corrects the multiple first image data with the estimated correction rates to eliminate the positional shifts between the images of the respective first image data, and combines the multiple corrected first image data to generate higher-resolution second image data as resulting still image data.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus to which a process cartridge is detachably mountable, includes an opening through which the cartridge is mounted, an opening and closing member for opening and closing the opening, a main assembly side guide for supporting a cartridge guide and movable in interrelation with opening and closing of the opening and closing member, a main assembly coupling member, movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to a cartridge mounting direction for connection with a cartridge coupling member to transmit a driving force, and a driving connector for effecting connection and disconnection between the main assembly coupling member and the cartridge coupling member by moving the main assembly coupling member in interrelation with opening and closing of the opening and closing member.