Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a virtual light source for a captured image; a brightness correction unit configured to correct brightness of a partial region of an object using the virtual light source set by the setting unit; an attribute detection unit configured to detect an attribute of the partial region; a glossy component generation unit configured to generate a glossy component that is to be applied to the partial region, according to the attribute of the partial region detected by the attribute detection unit; and a glossy appearance correction unit configured to correct a glossy appearance of the partial region using the glossy component generated by the glossy component generation unit.

Abstract: A system for visualization of a building material on a building, the system adapted to provide a rendered image having a ?E, as measured according to a Color Test, of less than 10, less than 8, less than 6, less than 5, less than 4, less than 3, less than 2, or even less than 1.

Abstract: An area separation unit 22 determines a character in an input image on the basis of image data of the input image. The filter processing unit 23 performs a filter process for a character edge area of a character in an input image, and the color conversion unit 24 performs a color conversion process for a pixel in the character edge area in accordance with a color conversion characteristic that (a) is different from a color conversion characteristic for a pixel other than a pixel in the character edge area and (b) compensates a color error due to the filter process.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to multiple payload pantograph. Some examples may include a first pattern generation engine to generate a first pattern. The first pattern may be a data-bearing pattern encoding a first payload. Additionally, some examples may include a second pattern generation engine to generate a second pattern, the second pattern (by itself or in combination with the first pattern) may represent a second payload. The second payload may be camouflaged by a combination of the first pattern and the second pattern. Some examples may also include a pantograph generation engine to generate a multiple payload pantograph including the first pattern and the second pattern. The multiple payload pantograph may include the first pattern in one of the pantograph background or the pantograph foreground.

Abstract: When ink is discharged more than once to one pixel area, the ink is discharged without focusing on specific scans among a plurality of scans if the attribute in an image is a first attribute, and the ink is discharged intensively in specific scans among the plurality of scans if the attribute in the image is a second attribute.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to identify a form document in an image using a digital fingerprint of the form document. To do so, the image is evaluated to detect features of the image and generate a boundary around each feature. For each boundary, dimensions of the boundary may be stored in a color channel of a pixel in a second image. Thus, the color of the pixel represents the size of the boundary. The second image is the digital fingerprint of the form. To identify the form corresponding to the digital fingerprint, the digital fingerprint may be compared to digital fingerprints of known forms.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing computing, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing transient state computing with optics. In various embodiments, a chromatic transient state computing system might receive one or more input values and might assign a “chromabit value” to each of the one or more input values. The chromatic transient state computing system might include a plurality of sets of colored light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) and a corresponding set of photoreceptors. Each distinguishable color as detected by one of the photoreceptors might correspond to a combination of colors emitted by a set of colored LEDs, each distinguishable color representing a chromabit value. The chromatic transient state computing system might perform a computing operation using the assigned chromabit values each corresponding to each of the one or more input values, and might output one or more output values resulting from the computing operation.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention performs halftone processing with respect to first image data to generate second image data. In such a case, based on a threshold and values of a plurality of pixels in a reference area that includes a target pixel of first image data, whether or not the target pixel is included in an edge portion is determined, and a pixel value of second image data corresponding to the target pixel determined to be included in the edge portion is corrected by using correction data generated from the value of the target pixel.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first nozzle which ejects first ink containing a black coloring material, a second nozzle which ejects second ink with a low content rate of the coloring material compared to the first ink, and a control unit which controls ejecting of the ink from the first and second nozzles, in which, in a case of printing a darkest point, the control unit causes the second ink to be ejected after causing the first ink to be ejected, and causes the second ink to be ejected from the second nozzle so that a use rate of the second ink becomes 1% or more and 15% or less, when causing the second ink to be ejected.

Abstract: In printing, it is possible to more easily reduce a change in color that is caused by the surface form of an image to be formed. A color correction unit configured to correct color data representing a color by using a correction value in accordance with gloss data representing gloss, a color conversion unit configured to convert the corrected color data into color material amount data, a first generation unit configured to generate, based on the color material amount data, data that is used to form a color development layer among the print data and which makes the color development layer flat and smooth, and a second generation unit configured to generate, based on the gloss data, data that is used to form a glossy layer among the print data are included.

Abstract: An image generation apparatus includes an image-data generation unit, an image-data output unit, and a retaining unit. The image-data generation unit generates image data of an evaluation image having a first reference color, a second reference color, a first evaluation color, and a second evaluation color, the first and second reference colors being paired in a predetermined color space, the first and second evaluation colors being different colors between the first and second reference colors in the predetermined color space. The image-data output unit outputs the image data to a display device. The retaining unit retains image data of the first and second evaluation colors obtained when an image having the first evaluation color looks the same as an image having the second evaluation color in terms of brightness or tint in a case where the evaluation image is displayed on the display device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for driving a display, including: step 1, obtaining a tone of each sub-pixels in an input image; step 2, determining whether a color of each sub-pixel to be calculated in the input image is capable of being distinguished from a reference color by a two-color blind viewer; and step 3, calculating the tone of each sub-pixel in an output image based on a result of the determination in step 2.

Abstract: One or more embodiments provide a neurosynaptic circuit that includes multiple neurosynaptic core circuits that: perform image sharpening by converting a source image to a sharpened destination image by: taking as input a sequence of image frames of a video with one or more channels per frame, and representing the intensity of each pixel of each channel of each frame as neural spikes; processing the source image to obtain the sharpened destination image for a particular frame and channel that enhances certain high frequency components of the source image; and processing neural spike representations of the destination image for outputting a spike representation of the sharpened destination image.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an image containing a number of colors is received. The image is divided into a number of sections, and an importance value is determined for each section. For each section of the image, a frequency of each color is determined. For each color in the image, a weighted score is calculated based on the frequency of that color in a particular section, and the importance value in the particular section. The weighted scores are used to adjust an error metric used to determine an approximation function for a color profile to transform the image from a first color space to a second color space, where the error metric measures the difference between the approximation function and an ideal function curve for the transformation.

Abstract: The present invention is a calibration apparatus comprising a calibration unit configured to perform calibration for an image display apparatus; an acquiring unit configured to acquire a color deviation direction that represents a direction of deviation in a color space between a color measurement value and a theoretical value, for each of color patches of a plurality of colors after executing the calibration; and a control unit configured to determine degrees of similarity of the color deviation directions in relation to the color patches of at least some of the plurality of colors included in the plurality of colors and control whether or not the calibration unit is allowed to perform the calibration for the image display apparatus again, on the basis of a result of the determination.

Abstract: An information retrieval method for retrieving documents relevant to a user's search inquiry from documents stored in the storage device using an arithmetic operation. The method includes receiving from a user a search query including a plurality of keywords, calculating relevance to a plurality of documents on the basis of the plurality of keywords and the influence set for each keyword, and displaying on the display device documents in the order of relevance. The method also includes displaying on the display device the influence set for each keyword, receiving changes to the displayed influence by the user, and recalculating the relevance on the basis of a change to the influence and displaying on the display device documents in the order of relevance.

Abstract: A method for managing a hardcopy document (HD). The method includes: obtaining an image of the HD; identifying, within the image, a plurality of linking labels and a plurality of regions corresponding to the plurality of linking labels; extracting a plurality of strings from the plurality of regions; generating a combined string by combining the plurality of strings based on the plurality of linking labels; and generating an editable electronic version of the HD specifying the combined string.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present embodiment generates image data representing an image which reproduces anisotropy. The image processing apparatus of the present embodiment has a receiving unit configured to receive an input of image data having anisotropy information and a generating unit configured to generate a signal corresponding to a printing material based on the anisotropy information. The generating unit generates an ejection signal so that a first area and a second area have different smoothnesses, the first area being formed by the printing material adjacently ejected in a first direction, the second area being formed by the printing material adjacently ejected in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving print job data at a printing system, tracking resource objects in print job data while the print job data is rasterized to generate rasterized print data and updating a count of resource objects for print job data confirmed as printed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable image carrier; an image forming unit configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier based on information defining at least one of a toner region and a non-toner region; a development unit configured to develop the electrostatic latent image as a toner image; a cleaning unit configured to remove toner remaining on the image carrier, after transfer of the toner image; an application unit configured to apply lubricant on the image carrier; and a hardware processor configured to control an amount of the lubricant applied, calculate a ratio of a toner region for each of regions obtained by dividing a surface of the image carrier in a direction perpendicular to a rotation direction of the image carrier, and control the amount of the lubricant applied according to a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the ratio.

Abstract: With this invention, color shifting correction is performed first based on shifting amount information indicating a shifting amount with respect to the scanning direction on an image carrier of each image forming unit, and halftone processing is then performed, thus suppressing generation of moiré due to the color shifting correction, and forming a high-quality image. To this end, an image forming engine has color shifting amount storage units C, M, Y, and K (black) which store actual shifting amounts with respect to ideal scan directions on image carriers C, M, Y, and K in image forming units C, M, Y, and K. Color shifting correction amount arithmetic units C, M, Y, and K calculate color shifting correction amounts for respective color components on the basis of the stored color shifting amounts.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus counts at least one of the number of pixels having an identical color to a target pixel, the number of pixels having a similar color to the target pixel, and the number of pixels having a different color from the target pixel in a target window, and determines an attribute of the target pixel based on a result of the counting.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a search unit that, in a case where job data in which a sheet type in sheet feeding setting information is specified is received, searches for a sheet cassette of which a sheet type in sheet setting information of the sheet cassette is unregistered, and an execution unit that, in a case where, as a result of the search, there is a sheet cassette of which a sheet type in the sheet setting information is unregistered, executes processing of sheet type detection for detecting a type of a sheet set in the sheet cassette.

Abstract: A display device and method of adjusting luminance of a logo region of an image displayed on the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel configured to display an image including a logo region and a display driving integrated circuit configured to detect a logo estimate region of the image and determine a logo surrounding region that surrounds the logo estimate region. The integrated circuit is further configured to analyze a histogram of the logo surrounding region so as to determine a background maximum luminance, determine a high-gray-scale maximum luminance of the logo estimate region based on the background maximum luminance and adjust a gamma curve of the logo estimate region.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate an image processing method and system for classification of halftone frequencies. Pixel values of a first pixel block in a binary image are converted into first pixel values. A second pixel block comprising second pixel values is generated, based on pixel shifting in the first pixel block by a pre-determined count. A frequency value for a pixel-of-interest in the first pixel block is determined, based on a count of a pre-specified type of third pixel values. Other plurality of frequency values for other pixels-of-interest in other plurality of first pixel blocks are estimated when a mode value, corresponding to a plurality of frequency values of pixels-of-interest in a plurality of first pixel blocks, exceeds a pre-determined threshold mode value. Based on the determined plurality of frequency values, one or more image processing operations on the binary image are performed.

Abstract: An image processing method and an image forming apparatus using the same. The method of processing includes dividing an image into a predetermined number of blocks, calculating an average of color signals of pixels existing in each of the blocks divided, classifying the blocks into color blocks and monochrome blocks using the calculated average, and determining whether the image is a color image or a monochrome image using a proportion of the color blocks. Accordingly, for a document wherein color and monochrome images are mixed, it is automatically determined whether an image is a color image or a monochrome image.

Abstract: Provided is a print data processing apparatus including an intermediate data acquisition section that acquires intermediate data which is generated from document data described in a page description language and includes plural image elements, an extraction section that extracts image elements of a watermark from among the image elements of the intermediate data acquired by the intermediate data acquisition section, a deformation section that deforms each of the image elements of the watermark extracted by the extraction section into a shape that does not include an overlapping portion between the image elements of the watermark, and an output section that outputs an image element group of the watermark deformed by the deformation section, to an image data generation device that generates image data for a printing device from the intermediate data.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a first gradation processor to apply first pseudo halftone processing to image data, an edge detector to detect an edge portion of the image data to output a detection result, a correction value calculator to calculate an edge correction amount and convert the image data to corrected image data based on the edge correction amount, a second gradation processor to apply, to the corrected image data, second pseudo halftone processing for edge processing, and an output selector to adopt a processing result at the first gradation processor to a non-edge portion of the image data, and a processing result at the second gradation processor to an edge portion of the image data, based on the detection result at the edge detector.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus includes a candidate image acquisition unit acquiring candidate images for use in creating a composite image, a processed image determination unit determining about whether candidate images are unprocessed original images or processed images, an image count determination unit determining about whether or not the number of original images included in the candidate images is equal to or greater than a threshold value set in advance based on the determination result by the processed image determination unit, and a use image determination unit which determines when the number of original images is equal to or greater than the threshold value, only the original images are used in creating the composite image and determines when the number of original images is less than the threshold value, the original images and the processed images are used in creating the composite image or stops the creation of the composite image.

Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided with a plurality of analyzing units, and a control unit. Each of the plurality of analyzing units analyzes each of different pages of print data, and notifies an error in a case that an analysis error occurs. The control unit receives the error notification from the analyzing unit, at which the analysis error occurs, among the plurality of analyzing units. And, the control unit notifies a cancel to another analyzing unit at which the analysis error does not occur. The control unit is further configured to notify, on a condition that a printing of all pages before a page at which the analysis error occurs is completed, the cancel to the another analyzing unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for increasing sharpness is provided. The apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can improve sharpness of an image by applying different sharpness gains to a center of the image and to a periphery of the image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an image data generation unit that generates image data of a gloss control plane including a type of a surface effect given to at least a region of a recording medium, coordinates to identify the region, and designation to emphasize, among a first region and a second region adjacent to each other, a surface effect of the first region as compared with a surface effect of the second region; a change unit that changes the surface effect of the second region when the designation to emphasis is given to the first region; a print data generation unit that generates print data on the basis of the image data of the gloss control plane in which the surface effect of the second region has been changed by the change unit; and an output unit that outputs the print data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment determines whether a target character string is registered in a first dictionary, the target character string being a compression target contained in input data, outputs a compression code corresponding to the target character string when the target string is registered in the first dictionary, searches the target character string in first data when the target character string is not registered in the first dictionary, the first date accumulating character strings that are a part of the input data and have been determined to be not registered in the first dictionary, registers a matched character string in a second dictionary different from the first dictionary when the target character string is searched in the first data and outputs a compression code corresponding to a registration number of the target character string in the second dictionary.

Abstract: An image forming system according to an embodiment includes: a first image forming apparatus that forms an image using a decolorable color material, a second image forming apparatus that forms an image using a non-decolorable color material, an information terminal that communicates over a network with the first and second image forming apparatuses. When a trial printing operation is initiated from the information terminal, the information terminal prompts a user for an input selecting the first image forming apparatus to perform the trial printing operation using the decolorable color material.

Abstract: A white reference plate includes in addition to a rectangular portion disposed at an optical adjustment position, white reference portions between an optical adjustment position and a document size detection position outside a document reading region (i.e., outside contact glass) in a main scanning direction. In response to an opening and closing detecting section detecting opening and closing of a document conveyance unit during optical adjustment, a drive section moves a scanning section from the optical adjustment position to the document size detection position. The white reference portions are disposed at locations above respective opposite end parts of the scanning section in a main scanning direction, so that optical adjustment can be performed using an output value that the scanning section obtains by reading the white reference portions without interruption even during or after the movement.

Abstract: A method of setting a plurality of depth values of a plurality of objects in a scene. The method comprises providing an image dataset depicting a scene comprising a plurality of objects having a plurality of depth values with a plurality of depth differences thereamong, selecting a depth range, simultaneously adjusting the plurality of depth values while maintaining the plurality of depth differences, the adjusting being limited by the depth range, and instructing the generation of an output image depicting the scene so that the plurality of objects having the plurality of adjusted depth values.

Abstract: A gamma correction table generation method includes: obtaining density information by reading, with a reading sensor, a density patch output by an image forming device in a range wider than a cell, the density patch including a plurality of cells disposed such that a part of the cells as a unit representing a tone overlaps with each other and dots included in each of the cells are separated from each other to an extent that no influence is exerted on each other on a recording medium which the image forming device outputs; correcting the density information according to a number of the cells in the density patch; and generating a gamma correction table based on the corrected density information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an attribute image generation part that analyzes image data of an original image and generates image data of an attribute image for each pixel, the attribute image having a first attribute value, a compression image generation part that generates image data of a first compression image that includes a compression image of the first part image and image data of a second compression image, and a format part that generates, based on the image data of the attribute image, image data that shows the first attribute value for each pixel as selection data being used to select a pixel value of each pixel, and generates data in a multilayer data format that includes the selection data, the image data of the first compression image and the image data of the second compression image.

Abstract: A method is provided for processing a relief raster image, comprising customary color channels for indicating a color of each pixel and a height channel for indicating a height of each pixel into several pass images that are printed using a printer with several colorants including a white colorant. For each pixel a relief part, a white part and a skin part are discriminated in order to combine the demands for height and color variation across the surface of the image. The skin part comprises pixels for which a colorant composition based on the color channels of the relief raster image is established. In order to print a color in the skin part that is independent of a height of the pixel, the relief part comprises an arbitrary colorant composition and the white part comprises mainly white colorant.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to display a management screen, used for managing a connected peripheral device, based on control information described with respect to a function that can be instruct d from the management screen includes a storing unit, and a registration unit. The registration unit may register in the storing unit a type of language displayed on a screen provided by software that runs on the information processing apparatus. A display about the software is performed on the management screen based on the type of language registered by the registration unit and the control information.

Abstract: Because the ejection state of a printing element in a printing apparatus may vary at all times, an inspection item for inspecting a printed image may be set in consideration of the ejection state of the printing element. An inspection item for inspecting a printed image may be set based on information including a temperature characteristic of a printing head and a state of ink such as an elapsed time from the last ejection. This allows image inspection that matches with variations in the ejection state of the printing element.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a total amount control unit that applies a total amount controlling process to perform correction such that a sum of density values of all pixels composing the color plane data and clear plane data becomes not larger than a certain value; a clear toner plane generating unit that generates clear toner plane data based on gloss control plane data, the clear plane data and the color plane data; a difference calculating unit that calculates a difference between the density value of a pixel of the clear toner plane data and the density value of the pixel of the clear toner plane data to which the total amount controlling process is applied, for each pixel; and a display unit that displays an inconsistent region composed of a pixel in which the difference is not smaller than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An imaging unit photographs an object, and obtains a visible light signal and an invisible light signal. A visible light luminance extraction unit extracts a visible light luminance signal. An invisible light luminance extraction unit extracts an invisible light luminance signal. A color signal extraction unit extracts color signals from the visible light signal and corrects the color signals. An image synthesis unit uses the visible light luminance signal and the invisible light luminance signal to synthesize a luminance signal and generates a color image using the synthesized luminance signal and the corrected color signals. In accordance with the value of the visible light luminance signal, the control unit controls a synthesis ratio between the visible and invisible light luminance signals, a gain for the color signals to be corrected in the color signal extraction unit, and color noise removal to be performed in the color signal extraction unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: an image forming section; a reading section which reads the image formed by the image forming section over a predetermined width in a width direction of the sheet; a colorimeter which reads the image over a width smaller than the predetermined width; a calibration section which calibrates the reading section on the basis of a difference between first reading section measurement data and first colorimeter measurement data; a specification section which specifies adjacent images having a largest difference in brightness of a predetermined threshold value or more from among images for color adjustment formed on the sheet; and a color adjustment section which controls the colorimeter to read at least one of the adjacent images and adjusts a color of the image formed by the image forming section on the basis of second colorimeter measurement data.

Abstract: An image processing device may generate text image data and background image data, based on original image data. The background image data may be generated by performing a correction process on target image data for setting a value of a first-type pixel having a tone value within a specific range before the correction process is performed to a tone value within the specific range after the correction process is performed, and setting a value of a second-type pixel having a tone value out of the specific range before the correction process is performed to a tone value within the specific range after the correction process is performed. The specific range may include a plurality of consecutive tone values that include a peak tone value. The peak tone value is included in a tone value distribution of the original image data and corresponds to a background of a text.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus of an embodiment includes: an image generation unit configured to generate a first image which is an original image, from a medical image taken by a medical imaging unit; an image conversion unit configured to process the first image to output a second image where a color tone of a predetermined region in the first image is kept and a color tone of a region other than the predetermined region is converted; and an image output unit configured to supply the second image to an output apparatus.

Abstract: A printing control device includes a glossiness target value determining unit that determines a glossiness target value indicating a target of glossiness of image data as a print target, a color separation amount determining unit that determines color separation amounts of a plurality of colored color materials as amounts of the colored color materials to be allocated to the respective colored color materials based on a sum of respective amounts of the colored color materials for the glossiness target value, a color separation processing unit that executes color replacement among a plurality of pieces of colored plane data based on the color separation amounts of the respective colored color materials, and an image data generator that generates the image data based on the pieces of colored plane data on which the color replacement has been executed.

Abstract: A method of creating a sample page in an image system, the method includes: a step of holding a color measurement result of a colorimeter, with respect to an output image of a special color, as a history color measurement result; a step of determining whether a creation condition of the sample page is satisfied; and a step of creating the sample page having a first color sample image and a second color sample image formed on a recording medium, the first color sample image being according to printer device values calculated based on the history color measurement result of the special color, and the second color sample image being according to printer device values of the special color determined from a special color table, when the creation condition of the sample page is determined to be satisfied.

Abstract: A determining unit determines for each of pages which one of a color output or a monochrome output to perform, based on a color intensity of determination image data containing generated color pixel data and monochrome pixel data on each of pixels generated by a determination image data generating unit based on print job data. An image generating unit generates color image data by extracting the color pixel data on each of the pixels for each of color components upon determination that the color output is to be performed, and generates monochrome image data by extracting the monochrome pixel data on each of the pixels upon determination that the monochrome output is to be performed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a corrected tone value of a target pixel using a tone value of the target pixel and an error value of a previously processed pixel; determine a dot value of the target pixel by comparing the corrected tone value with a threshold value; calculate an error value of the target pixel using the corrected tone value and a first density value when the dot value indicates to form a dot and the dot to be formed is a first dot formed in isolation; and calculate an error value of the target pixel using the corrected tone value and a second density value when the dot value indicates to form a dot and the dot to be formed is a second dot formed at a particular location in consecutive dots.