Abstract: A remote control system in which an equipment and a remote controller are connected with each other through a network, wherein the remote controller includes: a first display section which displays an operation screen sent from the equipment, an input section which sets an operation guide position, and a first controlling section which displays the operation screen on the first display section and sends operation guide position information corresponding to the operation guide position to the image forming apparatus, and wherein the equipment comprises: a second display section which displays a function item of the equipment, and a second controlling section which executes a server to send the operation screen displayed on the first display section to the remote controller and displays a guidance to guide an operation of the equipment on the second display section based on the operation guide position information.

Abstract: A method of detecting the base concentration of a film is provided comprising the steps of generating a concentration histogram from the film image in each of the RGB color components read out with an image pick up device, shifting and stretching the histograms in the other colors towards the histogram in the reference color in the concentration axial direction, calculating an superimposed area between the two histograms in the two color components after the stretching process, and finding the shift rate and the stretch ratio when a total of the respective superimposed areas calculated is the greatest value. As the minimum of the lowest concentration in the histograms at the shift rate and the stretch ratio determined is specified to represent the location of the base concentration in the original histogram, the base concentration in each color component of the film can be calculated from the location of the base concentration in the histogram.

Abstract: The operating apparatus having: a display section to display an operation screen showing an item of a function of an equipment; an operating section to accept input of message information for the operation screen displayed on the display section and setting of a display position of the message information on the operation screen; and a controlling section to link the message information and the display position with information of the operation screen at the time when the message information and the display position are set and input.

Abstract: There is disclosed a photographic image processing apparatus for effecting image processing on inputted photographic image data though a plurality of image correcting modules and generating print data for outputting a photographic print. The apparatus includes a pre-judge screen making section for making a pre-judge screen for displaying the plurality of photographic images one after another, a photographic image selecting section for selecting a particular photographic image from the photographic images displayed on the pre-judge screen, a photographic scene allocating section for allocating a photographic scene to each selected photographic image, and an image correction module setting section for setting at least one of the plurality of image correcting modules to be used for the photographic scene allocated by the photographic scene allocating section.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a print job control system in which image-forming apparatus and computers are coupled each other through a network.

Abstract: An image processing method for suppressing granular noise in photographic image data comprises steps of: selecting a target pixel from a group of pixels constituting the photographic image data; selecting a plurality of directions extending from the target pixel; selecting a pair of basis pixels located on each of the selected plural directions, with one pixel located on one side of the target pixel and the other pixel located on the opposite side of the target pixel; calculating an unevenness degree of a pixel value of the target pixel relative to pixel values of the basis pixels; obtaining, as a maximum unevenness degree, a maximum value of unevenness degrees calculated for all of the plurality of directions; and calculating a corrected pixel value for the target pixel based on the pixel values of the target pixel and the basis pixels and on the maximum unevenness degree.

Abstract: Luminance of defective pixels is adjusted. A target pixel is selected form the plurality of defective pixels. A normal pixel is searched and detected on each of opposed sides across the target pixel along each of a plurality of search lines extending through the target pixel. There are calculated a first pixel value ratio which is a ratio between a pixel value of one normal pixel located on one side across the target pixel and a pixel value of a further normal pixel located on the other side across the target pixel, a second pixel value ratio which is a ratio between the pixel value of said one normal pixel and a pixel value of the target pixel after the luminance adjustment thereof, and a third pixel value ratio which is a ratio between the pixel value of the further normal pixel and the pixel value of said target pixel after the luminance adjustment thereof. A weight coefficient for each search line is calculated, based on the first, second and third pixel value ratios.

Abstract: One target pixel is selected from a plurality of defective pixels. By adjusting a searching interval based on the number of pixels included in image data to be processed, one or more normal pixels are searched and detected on each of opposed sides across the target pixel along each search line. By using pixel values of the detected normal pixels, an interpolation value for the target pixel for each search line is calculated. And, by using pixel values of the normal pixels detected along the search line, a weight coefficient is calculated for each search line. Then, by using the interpolation value for the target pixel for each search line and the weight coefficient, a weighted average value of the interpolation value is calculated to be used in correction of the target pixel.

Abstract: A method of determining image correction includes the steps of: obtaining image data representing a photographic frame image as source image data, effecting an image correction by a predetermined correction degree on the obtained source image data, thus generating corrected image data, displaying a correction reproduced image based on the corrected image data on a monitor, and fixedly determining a final correction degree for an image correction to be eventually effected on the source image data while monitoring the correction reproduced image. At the step for generating corrected image data, a plurality of corrected image data are generated by effecting the correction on the source image data with a plurality of differing correction degrees, and at the displaying step, a plurality of correction reproduced images based on selected ones from the plurality of corrected image data are displayed according to the order of correction degrees.

Abstract: A bright point detecting method is provided comprising a first step of selecting a cluster of pixels in the image to be processed which are higher in the luminance than a predetermined threshold, a second step of counting the number of the pixels of each group, which continuously extend from one target pixel in the cluster selected by the first step, along two or more directions and selecting the group of pixels of which the number is not higher than a bright point permissive size of the pixels, a third step of calculating the evaluation of each pixel in the cluster, which is selected by the second step, with the use of an evaluation function based on the count and identifying the center pixel of the group from the evaluation, and a fourth step of selectively determining as the bright point pixel the center pixel at the highest evaluation among the center pixels which are identified by the third step as located in a given area based on the bright point permissive size of the pixels.

Abstract: A bright line plot processing method of plotting a blight line which starts from the pixel at a bright point in an image to be processed is provided where a more natural mode of the cross filter effect can be applied to any digital photographic image. The bright line plot processing method comprises: a first bright line plotting step for generating an image of the bright line using a predetermined bright line definition format; a second bright line plotting step for generating data of the pixel at the bright point; a third bright line plotting step of generating data of each pixel for the bright line from the pixel data produced by attenuating the data of the pixel at the bright point at a predetermined attenuation rate along the lengthwise and/or widthwise direction of the bright line and the pixel data of the image to be processed; and a fourth bright line plotting step of plotting the data of the pixels for the bright line on the image to be processed.

Abstract: For correcting a defective portion in image data having a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first target pixels are selected one after another from normal pixels. Any defective pixel is detected within a predetermined area extending about each selected first target pixel as its center and also a normal pixel present on an extension line connecting the first target pixel and the defective pixel is detected and set as a second target pixel. For each defective pixel present between the first target pixel and the second target pixel, an interpolation value is calculated. Further, for each pair of the first target pixel and the second target pixel, a weight coefficient is calculated. The technique stores such plurality of interpolation values and weight coefficients. Then, by using the weight coefficient, a weighted average value of the interpolation values for each defective pixel is calculated and this weighted average value is used for the correction of each defective pixel.

Abstract: An image processing method correcting a defective portion in color image data having a plurality of color components.

Abstract: To provide a region detecting method capable of setting a proper threshold independently of a photographing condition and moreover, quickly and accurately detecting a specific region, which uses an image data storing section 10 for storing a sample image 12 and a purposed image 11, a first computing means 1 for obtaining the extraction-region-identifying threshold data for a plurality of sample images including a common extraction region but having average color values different from each other in accordance with a genetic algorithm and generating a threshold table 8 for the average color values, a second computing means 2 for adaptively computing the extraction-region-identifying threshold data for the purposed image 11 in accordance with the average color value of the purposed image and the threshold table 8, and a third computing means 3 for detecting an extraction region in accordance with the threshold data computed by the second computing means 12.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for recovering reading faults produced in time of scanning photographic film due to imperfections present on the film such as scratches, dust or stains. The apparatus comprises a defective pixel detecting unit (11) for detecting defective pixels influenced by the imperfections, an interpolating unit (12) for performing an interpolating process for the defective pixels to create corrected pixel values for the defective pixels, a standard deviation calculating unit (13) for calculating standard deviations of pixel values forming image data, and determining granularity of an input image based on the standard deviations, and a graininess adding unit (14) for adding a value obtained by multiplying the granularity by a random number to the corrected pixel values for each defective pixel.

Abstract: An image processing method for correcting pixel values of each pixel constituting color image data by shifting, in a coordinate system, a mathematical correction function defining correction values for input values.

Abstract: An image correction processing apparatus for correcting a pixel value of each pixel constituting image data obtained from an original image affected by the peripheral light-off is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pixel coordinate transforming unit for converting a distance between each pixel of a group of pixels which have an equal amount of peripheral light amount reduction and which are located on a common contour line of an oval about a predetermined reference pixel located at the center thereof and said predetermined reference pixel into a radius of a true circle having a diameter corresponding to the major axis of the oval; a cos4 calculating unit for obtaining, for each pixel, an angle value thereof in proportion to the radius obtained by the conversion and then obtaining a cos4 value of the angle value; and a correction calculating unit for multiplying an inverse of said cos4 value obtained for each pixel by a pixel value of this pixel, thereby to obtain a corrected pixel value for the pixel.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has an image processing section for synthesizing image information in the form of digital signals and template information. The apparatus stores in advance the template information having a reference posture set to correspond to either a horizontal posture or a vertical posture of the image information. The vertical and horizontal postures have different vertical and horizontal sizes from each other. The template information thus stored is rotated by rotation processing section in accordance with the posture of the image information. During this rotation process, the template information is converted by a conversion processing section according to a predetermined rule.

Abstract: An information sharing system capable of transferring determined data between a plurality of image forming apparatuses each other extremely efficiently and accurately, and an image forming apparatus for the information sharing system. The image forming apparatus has: a storage for storing determined data for controlling image formation; a determined data providing section for performing a processing concerning a predetermined request; a determined data obtaining section for making the predetermined request; and a controller for controlling the determined data providing section and the determined data obtaining section.

Abstract: An image processing system for correcting digital image data read from a photographic medium. This system includes a diffusing process unit (23) for effecting a diffusing process on an original image composed of the digital image data, thereby to generate a diffused image, and an image correcting unit (25) for generating a corrected image by effecting synthesis between the original image and the diffused image. The system further includes a synthesizing coefficient calculating unit (24) for calculating a synthesizing coefficient for each pixel of the diffused image by using a pixel value of the diffused image as a parameter. The image correcting unit (25) generates the diffused image by effecting the synthesis between the original image and the diffused image according to the synthesizing coefficient. In this, the synthesizing coefficient determines a ratio of the pixel value of the diffused image relative to the pixel value of the corrected image.