Abstract: A compressed data amount calculation section calculates the data amount of compression-coded data corresponding to input multimedia information in advance before a code image is recorded. A precode image data generation section generates precode image data determined on the basis of the calculated data amount and displays the precode image data on a display section. The user changes various coding parameters through a user setting section while observing the displayed precode image data to regenerate the precode image data, thereby obtaining the desired size. A code image data generation section generates actual code image data in accordance with the changed coding parameters.

Abstract: The operation mode control section sets an operation mode flag that authorizes the loudspeaker to replay the speech input through the microphone while the speech is being compressed and encoded into speech data by the compression/encoding section and then further processed by the encoding processing section. When an order is issued by the user to confirm the input speech by means of the replay operation section during the encoding operation, the speech output control section receives a permit signal for reproducing the speech through the loudspeaker after expanding the speech data by means of the speech data expansion processing section. The encoding operation proceeds concurrently during the speech reproducing operation.

Abstract: A compressed data amount calculation section calculates the data amount of compression-coded data corresponding to input multimedia information in advance before a code image is recorded. A precode image data generation section generates precode image data determined on the basis of the calculated data amount and displays the precode image data on a display section. The user changes various coding parameters through a user setting section while observing the displayed precode image data to regenerate the precode image data, thereby obtaining the desired size. A code image data generation section generates actual code image data in accordance with the changed coding parameters.

Abstract: An operation mode control section sets an operation mode flag so as to prohibit any speech replay operation using the loudspeaker when the printer is driven for a printing operation and permits the speech replay operation only after completing the printing operation. When a speech replay/input operation using the loudspeaker is specified by the replay operation section, the operation of the speech output control section is prohibited as the operation mode flag is set to prohibit any speech replay operation using the loudspeaker so that the loudspeaker is held to a standby state until a speech replay operation using the loudspeaker is permitted by the operation mode flag or the operation of the printer is terminated.

Abstract: The operation mode control section sets the operation mode flag so as to prohibit any speech input operation using the microphone when the printer is driven for a printing operation and permits the speech input operation only after completing the printing operation. When a speech input operation using the microphone is specified by the speech input start operation section, the operation of the speech input processing section is prohibited as the operation mode flag is set to prohibit any speech input operation using the microphone so that the microphone is held to a stand-by state until a speech input operation using the microphone is permitted by the operation mode flag or the operation of the printer is terminated.

Abstract: A receivable input data computing section drives a subtraction performing section to determine the difference between the accumulated number of compressed and encoded frames that has been counted by the number of accumulated audio frames counting section and the preset volume of receivable input data. The receivable input data computing section then normalizes the obtained difference to make it conform to the display format of the volume of the data volume display section. The data volume display drive section turns on each of five LEDs when a speech input operation is started and turns off the leftmost active LED each time data have been input by a volume corresponding to a ⅕ of the receivable data volume.

Abstract: An information recording transmitting medium (30) has a code pattern printed and recorded thereon, containing processing information necessary to subject data to edit processing in accordance with a reproduction process for reproducing, to original multimedia information, a dot pattern which is read out from the information recording medium. A multimedia paper MMP reproduction apparatus (28) as the information reproducing apparatus performs data processing based on the processing information.

Abstract: A code pattern of an information recording medium contains processing information necessary for editing data according to a restoration processing procedure for restoring multimedia information. The restoration processing procedure has a hierarchical structure of layers 1 to 5. The layer 5 has a file management function. The layer 4 has a function of collecting subset elements to create a subset and converting the same to create a data transfer unit or sector which the layer 5 deals with. The layer 3 or lower layer has a function of reading the code pattern from the information recording medium, subjecting the code pattern to a preset restoration process and outputting the subset elements.

Abstract: In a system for printing and recording multimedia information on an information recording medium in the form of an optically readable code pattern, reading the code pattern and restoring the original multimedia information, the code pattern of the information recording medium includes processing information necessary for editing and processing data according to the restoration processing procedure for restoring the multimedia information. Further, the restoration processing procedure includes a hierarchical structure of layers 1 to 5 and an application process. In the layer 5 and application process, a set specification identifier determining section selects the decoding section, selects the reproducing output section and sets parameters according to the set specification name identifier and SDCH supplied as header information prior to user data of the subset from the layer 4.

Abstract: A compressed data amount calculation section calculates the data amount of compression-coded data corresponding to input multimedia information in advance before a code image is recorded. A precode image data generation section generates precode image data determined on the basis of the calculated data amount and displays the precode image data on a display section. The user changes various coding parameters through a user setting section while observing the displayed precode image data to regenerate the precode image data, thereby obtaining the desired size. A code image data generation section generates actual code image data in accordance with the changed coding parameters.

Abstract: An information reproduction apparatus performs reproduction of a recording medium in which multimedia information is recorded in a multichannel code to be separable in units of channels. An optical image pickup system reads a code, and a block data reconstruct section reconstructs blocks of data. A block selection section selects blocks corresponding to a plurality of types of channels. A channel selection section selects only a desired channel from a plurality of channels. An information reproduction section reproduces a plurality of pieces of information in the individual forms in accordance with the respective channels. An output information management section recognizes the types of plurality of pieces of information, and manages the respective information. An information output selection section selects and assigns an optimal output in accordance with the types of information. An output section outputs the information through a plurality of output devices.

Abstract: A code pattern of an information recording medium contains processing information necessary for editing data according to a restoration processing procedure for restoring multimedia information. The restoration processing procedure has a hierarchical structure of layers 1 to 5. The layer 5 has a file management function. The layer 4 has a function of collecting subset elements to create a subset and converting the same to create a data transfer unit or sector which the layer 5 deals with. The layer 3 or lower layer has a function of reading the code pattern from the information recording medium, subjecting the code pattern to a preset restoration process and outputting the subset elements.

Abstract: A code recording apparatus code images voice data, records and prints the voice data, and prints and records the image data or text data on a recording sheet. A recording time arithmetic section calculates the inputtable time of the voice data, and displays the inputtable time in a recording time display section.

Abstract: To minimize shifting of the line of sight of an operator and accomplish proper association of a medium surface and a display screen with each other to ensure data presentation with standardized media, an information reproducing system includes a code book in which code information with respect to multimedia information including at least voices and images is recorded, a reading section for reading codes recorded in the code book. A processing section is provided for processing and outputting data read by the reading section is provided and a face mounted display is provided for outputting at least voices and images based on the processed data output by the processing section. The face mounted display forms at least a real image or an imaginary image of the output image at a position of a predetermined distance on the same line of sight.

Abstract: In a system for printing and recording multimedia information on an information recording medium in the form of an optically readable code pattern, reading the code pattern and restoring the original multimedia information, the code pattern of the information recording medium includes processing information necessary for editing and processing data according to the restoration processing procedure for restoring the multimedia information. Further, the restoration processing procedure includes a hierarchical structure of layers 1 to 5 and an application process. In the layer 5 and application process, a set specification identifier determining section selects the decoding section, selects the reproducing output section and sets parameters according to the set specification name identifier and SDCH supplied as header information prior to user data of the subset from the layer 4.

Abstract: A marker detecting section detects markers formed at four corners of a block using binary image data of a two-dimensional code stored in a data memory. A marker's approximate center calculating section calculates the approximate centers of the detected markers. A pattern code detecting means detects a pattern code in accordance with format information of the two-dimensional code stored in a format memory. A marker's real center calculating section calculates the real centers of the markers from the detected pattern code and the format information using the error minimizing method. Based on the calculated real centers of the markers, a data code reading coordinate calculating section calculates reading coordinates for reading data dots of address code and data code areas from the data memory.

Abstract: An information recording medium (30) has a recorded system control file (SCF) (96) representing processing parameters necessary for reproduction processing for reading out a print-recorded code pattern and reproducing original multimedia information. With an SCF readout switch (88) operated, an initially determined SCF read-out parameter is input from a parameter memory (92) to a controller (66). The controller (66) controls each part in accordance with the input parameter and outputs read-out image data as a 1-SDU.sub.1 to an overlying layer and a state signal, that is, a signal showing that the SCF is being read out, as a 1-SDU.sub.2 to the overlying layer. The overlying layer decodes the contents of the SCF (96) and a parameter setting signal is input as the 1-SDU.sub.3 from the overlying layer and it is stored in the layer 1 parameter memory (92).

Abstract: An information (transmission) medium (30) has a code pattern printed and recorded thereon, containing processing information necessary to subject data to edit processing in accordance with a reproduction process for reproducing, to original multimedia information, a dot pattern which is read out from the information recording medium. A multimedia paper (MMP) reproduction apparatus (28) as the information reproducing apparatus performs data processing based on the processing information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image input section, a color image/monochrome image converting section for performing image area division, a binarization circuit for binarizing a converted monochrome image, a reducing section for reducing a binary image, a boundary extracting section for extracting the boundaries between the areas of constituent elements constituting an input image, e.g., a binary image and a continuous gradation image, and a kind-of-image determining section for determining the kinds of images in partial areas defined by the extracted boundaries. For example, the image processing apparatus further includes a data compressing section.

Abstract: An image region dividing apparatus includes a same-kind image region extraction unit for dividing a digital image into blocks by extracting boundaries, from the background, of regions where same kinds of images are present, from the digital image; horizontal and vertical difference detectors for obtaining the difference values of the luminance levels of adjacent pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions from a discrimination target block; a feature pattern discrimination unit for performing recognition processing on the basis of a correlation between the shapes of a calculated corrected luminance level histogram ys and a calculated gradient vector direction histogram .theta.r; and an image kind determination unit for determining image kinds. The apparatus performs image kind discrimination of each discrimination target block.