Abstract: An antenna device is provided as a near-field communication antenna device that is configured by arranging a plurality of loop antennas. Each loop antenna includes a plurality of parallel circuits each having a capacitor and a resistance element; and a plurality of looped conductors in a shape of a loop that is divided. The divided looped conductors are connected to each other via the parallel circuits, and the plurality of looped conductors and the plurality of parallel circuits form a loop.

Abstract: In a drawing method and device, an electron beam is radiated to a surface of an object to draw a pattern along scan lines on the surface of the object. A pattern is drawn along the scan lines on the surface of the object by the electron beam through relative movement of the object relative to the electron beam. The electron beam is deflected at a speed that does not cause a pattern to be formed on the object surface, in one of a first direction intersecting the scan lines and a second direction opposite to the first direction, without performing blanking of the electron beam, so that a beam spot of the deflected electron beam is positioned to one of the scan lines on the object surface. The drawing step and the deflecting step are repeated alternately.

Abstract: The methods and systems according to the current invention allow the use of slower and inexpensive image-processing components by approximating or compressing color image data prior to image processing such as enlarging, reducing and cutting an original image without sacrificing the output image quality or overall reproduction speed.

Abstract: A conveyance apparatus includes an extendable and retractable mechanism, which includes a plurality of linked member pairs rotatably coupled across each other horizontally in a predetermined direction in pantograph form, a multiple-layer slider, which includes a carrier slider to hold a work product and fixed at one end of the extendable mechanism and at least one movable slider to move in a predetermined direction keeping a predetermined relative position to the carrier slider, and a drive mechanism configured to cause the linked member pairs to expand by changing a relative angle of the crossing linked member pairs.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plate-like body formed of first and second members stuck together through liquid includes(a) applying the liquid on a surface of the first member and (b) feeding gas between the first and second members at an instant of initial contact of the liquid with the second member when the second member is superimposed on the first member.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plate-like body formed of first and second members stuck together through liquid includes the steps of (a) applying the liquid on a surface of the first member and (b) feeding gas between the first and second members at an instant of initial contact of the liquid with the second member when the second member is superimposed on the first member.

Abstract: The methods and systems according to the current invention allow the use of slower and inexpensive image-processing components by approximating or compressing color image data prior to image processing such as enlarging, reducing and cutting an original image without sacrificing the output image quality or overall reproduction speed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plate-like body formed of first and second members stuck together through liquid includes the steps of (a) applying the liquid on a surface of the first member and (b) feeding gas between the first and second members at an instant of initial contact of the liquid with the second member when the second member is superimposed on the first member.

Abstract: The system and method of controlling the olfactory stimuli release a specified aroma-causing agent from a first specified location in environment. In order to simulate the movement of the released aroma-causing agent in space, the same aroma-causing agent is released from a second specified location in the environment.

Abstract: A method and a system for correcting output color component values for a color image output used in devices such as a printer and a digital copier based upon independently selected input and output values and an interpolated curve line based upon a predetermined conditional polynomial equation.

Abstract: The improved image compression method and system optimizes a wavelet transform compression technique by further compressing the transformed data by an edge operation before encoding by a conventional technique.

Abstract: The system for and a method of generating a scent and an image based upon a coded signal transmitted from a remote location, and the scent is generated from a dry scent carrying medium which contains a plurality of independent sources of scent causing agents. The coded signal is indicative of simultaneously activating the independent sources of scent causing agents so as to generated a complex mixture of the scents on the fly.

Abstract: The current methods and systems for correcting image information improve input and output characteristics. Although .gamma. correction curves have been used in prior art, the current invention allows more refined control in the correction process without additional parameters or hardware. The refined control includes adjustments at a localized area of the correction curve, an efficient conversion between a standard range value and a device-dependent value, a color-specific correction and a flexible user interface. Furthermore, the above described advantages are provided on demand rather than storing the pre-calculated information.

Abstract: The current disclosure is directed to a method of and a system for processing input image data based upon a predetermined periodic control signal which promotes predetermined patterns at a desirable orientation and reduces undesirable texture in an output image. One example of the desirable predetermined patterns includes parallel lines in a sub-scanning direction.

Abstract: A system for and a method visualizes a color system for specifying a portable color system representation. The portable color system representation does not require a large table or a large amount of calculation. The same system and the method allows the user to interactively edit each of color components of a given color system so as to generate a portable color system framework representation between unrelated devices whose input and output ranges are different.

Abstract: The current invention generally discloses a method of and a system for color balancing colorants independent of their colorant composition ratios over an output intensity range.

Abstract: An image-data transmitter, applicable to a FAX and an image file apparatus, receives image data including a plurality of image-data portions, and identifies the image data for each image-data portion so as to detect a kind of image data for each image-data portion, such as a binary image and a multilevel image. Then the image-data transmitter codes the image data for each image-data portion in accordance with a coding scheme corresponding to the kind of image data of the image-data portion. Thus, a coding efficiency and an image quality of a restored image are not so much degraded.

Abstract: A digital image processing method includes first through fifth steps. The first step is providing a first matrix pattern having a plurality of threshold values stored in a storage memory. The second step is defining a size of each of second matrix patterns based on a predetermined area of the first matrix pattern. The first matrix pattern is composed of the second matrix patterns each of which includes a partial set of the threshold values and has the defined size so that a line density of an output image is determined. The third step is reading two or more threshold values of one of a plurality of basic matrix patterns from the storage memory at specified addresses. Each second matrix pattern is composed of the basic matrix patterns each of which has two or more threshold values and corresponds to one pixel. The fourth step is comparing the digital image data relating to one pixel with the threshold values of the basic matrix pattern to produce a multilevel image signal based on the comparison result.

Abstract: An image synthesizing system is provided which uses an intermediate transfer belt on which a plurality of toner images are superimposed. The image synthesizing system is used for an image processing apparatus which forms a toner image on a recording sheet by using an electro-photographic method. The image synthesizing system comprises a photosensitive drum on which the toner image is formed and an intermediate transfer belt which makes contact with the photosensitive drum so that the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum is transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt. A plurality of toner images are formed on the intermediate transfer belt, each of the toner images being formed on the photosensitive drum in accordance with image data obtained from different image data sources, the toner images being transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt one after another. A command ejection mode can be set by an operator in which an additional image will be superimposed on a first superimposed image.

Abstract: An image-data transmitter, applicable to a FAX and an image file apparatus, receives image data including a plurality of image-data portions, and identifies the image data for each image-data portion so as to detect a kind of image data for each image-data portion, such as a binary image and a multilevel image. Then the image-data transmitter codes the image data for each image-data portion in accordance with a coding scheme corresponding to the kind of image data of the image-data portion. Thus, a coding efficiency and an image quality of a restored image are not so much degraded.