Abstract: An image reading device, in which two LED chip groups, light emission thereof being separately controlled, are disposed along a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of a photographic film. Acrylic blocks for guiding light to a vicinity of the photographic film, a lens unit for focusing light transmitted through the frame image, and a three-line CCD for receiving and conducting photoelectric conversion of the transmitted light are respectively disposed at positions corresponding to the LED chip groups. Hence, by simultaneously conveying photographic films, each having a width corresponding to the width of each LED chip group, and separately irradiating each of the photographic films from one LED chip group, frame images of each film can be read simultaneously.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for sending and receiving data such as photographic or other color images. The apparatus includes a housing and a data entry module such as a number were keypad for dialing. It also includes a recording mechanism, for example a color printer for recording data received onto the fixed medium, for example to produce color photographs.

Abstract: There is described a method and apparatus for producing prints, such as post cards, etc. The print producing apparatus includes a processor to generate a second character information by applying a first processing to a first character information and to generate a second image information by applying a second processing, being different from the first processing, to a first image information, after extracting the first character information and the first image information separately from a first image data which includes the first character information and the first image information, so as to generate a second image data which includes the second character information and the second image information, and a printer to produce prints by forming images, based on the second image data generated by the processor.

Abstract: A router can consider two color vectors for a path including multiple links through a network. One color vector indicates colors that all of the multiple links include. Another color vector indicates the colors that none of the multiple links include. In setting up a constraint-based label switched path (LSP), a router can use a program that includes a logical process. With the process, the router can automatically compute the color vectors for the path whenever the path of an LSP changes and/or the characteristics (colors) of one or more of the multiple links constituting the LSP changes. Computing whether the path is eligible for inclusion in the LSP includes calculating whether the path includes all colors that must be included in an LSP and calculating whether the path includes any of the colors that must be excluded from the LSP.

Abstract: To improve operationality in color adjustment of an image quality, colored characters, or the like of a document including one of a character image, a photographic image, and a screened halftone image of chromatic or achromatic color, the invention comprises image processing means (36) for identifying a character area, a photographic area, and a screened halftone area of a document on the basis of a first parameter and determining whether one or more of the character area, the photographic area, and the screened halftone area of the document are chromatic or achromatic on the basis of a second parameter to perform image processing according to them; operation setting means (14) for setting the first and second parameters; and control means (15) for displaying a first parameter adjustment content for use in identifying one or more of the character area, the photographic area, and the screened halftone area of the document and a second parameter adjustment content for use in determining whether one or more of t

Abstract: A network facsimile and an network facsimile operation method include storing received facsimile data until an amount of the received facsimile data is more than a predetermined amount if the facsimile data corresponding to a facsimile document is received from an outside source when there is no printing paper on which the facsimile data is to be printed; converting and transmitting the stored facsimile data into a form of an electronic mail to the mail server, if the amount of the received facsimile data is more than the predetermined amount or if the facsimile data is completely received; and determining whether the facsimile data is completely received, and proceeding to the operation of storing the received facsimile data if the facsimile data is not completely received.

Abstract: The printing apparatus of the present invention comprises a scanner unit for reading an image in an original; an instruction unit for receiving an instruction from a user and instructing operation of reading the image with the scanner unit; and a printer unit for printing the image that has been read on a medium. In the printing apparatus of the present invention, each reading operation with the scanner unit is started by receiving an instruction from the user with the instruction unit when the reading operation is to be performed with the scanner unit for a plurality of number of times and a plurality of the images that have been read are to be printed in their respective predetermined positions on the medium. The printing apparatus makes it possible to perform. N-up printing of a new procedure that is different from conventional N-up printing.

Abstract: If the user specifies a color mode, an image reader previously moves a read head to a position where a first read target position r and a read start position on an original are identical with each other. If the user specifies a monochrome mode, the image reader previously moves the read head to a position where a second read target position and the read start position on an original are identical with each other. After this, an image can be read from the same range without increasing the time required for image read processing.

Abstract: A method of image processing in which a plurality of channel input signals are a function of unknown recorded signal levels and unknown signal sensitivities, the method involving the sampling and measuring of the recorded signals and sensitivities at each channel to determine weighting values that eliminate the contribution of the unknown signal sensitivities, the weighting values being used to further process the input signals to form output signals representing the unknown recorded level signals.

Abstract: Upon executing auto color select (ACS) generally, since a prescan for ACS must be done before a main scan for capturing actual image data, a long processing time is required, resulting in low productivity. In this invention, an ACS task is executed while the scanner is making an image capture scan. If the ACS task determines that the captured original is a color original, the ACS task informs the printer of that information, and then normally terminates itself. After the end of scan, if it is not determined that the original is a color original, information indicating that the original is a monochrome original is sent to the printer. Hence, appropriate ACS can be done without any prescan.

Abstract: A system and method for editing an image provided on a hard copy print. The system includes a marking device for placing an instruction indicia on the hard copy print for modifying the image; and a scanning device for reading the instruction indicia and the image. A template may be provided for use in providing instruction indicia on a hard copy print.

Abstract: Color reproduction method in a computerized image forming apparatus, which comprises performing heuristic analysis of the configuration of the apparatus in order to infer color environment of the apparatus, and automatically setting color reproduction parameters of the computerized image forming apparatus based on the color environment of the apparatus. The color environment includes color perceptions and color preferences of the user of the apparatus as well as the viewing condition at the apparatus. The configuration of the apparatus may include the type and class of user installed software, language setting of the user interface, and the time zone setting. The user has the option of overriding the heuristically determined factors by manually entering them through a user interface.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus has a photoelectric converting unit composed of a color line sensor and a monochromatic line sensor. In a color read mode, the image reading apparatus starts reading a document image at a color read start position. In a monochromatic read mode, the image reading apparatus starts reading a document image at a monochromatic read start position.

Abstract: An image reader is provided with a display changing signal input means for inputting a signal to change the display of the display panel, wherein the control unit is provided with a function of, when a display changing signal is inputted from the display changing signal input means and an image data of the operation keys described by closed areas in the layout of the operation keys written on the document is read by the image reading means, analyzing the image data and determining display operation keys to be displayed on the display panel in correspondence with the operation keys, a function of displaying the display operation keys on the display panel, a function of displaying a function selection screen used to allot functions to the display operation keys after the display operation keys are displayed on the display panel, and a function of allotting the functions selected from a function list on the function selection screen to the display operation keys.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a scanner includes a driving motor which is rotated in both directions, a driving gear which is driven by the driving motor, a driving pulley which rotates a timing belt coupled to the scanner body, a reduction gear which is engaged with a gear portion of the driving pulley, a power transmitting unit for directly transferring a rotational force of the driving gear to the driving pulley or transferring the rotational force through the reduction gear to the driving pulley, where, when reading a colored image, the driving force is decelerated and then transferred to the driving pulley under the same speed of the driving motor as a case of reading a black-and-white image, in accordance with the rotating direction of the driving motor.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to automatically select an optimum printing device according to the characteristics of a page in units of pages to print the page, thereby reducing the load on the operator in print processing. For this purpose, it is determined in units of pages whether data to be printed contains color information. If color information is present, a color flag is set to ON. When the color flag is ON, print data prepared and developed in a page buffer is sent to a color printer. When the color flag is OFF, the print data prepared and developed in the page buffer is sent to a monochromatic printer.

Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to transmit an image, which has been captured as by a digital camera, in the form of a file by facsimile communication. To this end, if an X bit of a FIF (Facsimile Information Field) from a receiving machine is ON, the facsimile apparatus according to this invention judges that the receiving machine has a JPEG-receive function in sYCC color space and a function for receiving an image that has been captured by a digital camera and stored on a memory card. If transmission of image files on a memory card has been specified, the image files on the card are transmitted successively when the X bit of the FIF from the receiving machine is ON. Even if there is a change in number of pixels of file information in the main-scan direction and a color-monochrome change at this time, a PPS-MPS signal is transmitted and the individual image files are transmitted.

Abstract: In a method for white balance of an optoelectronic color scanner element of a color scanner device for pixel-by-pixel and line-by-line scanning of a color original rated voltage values are calculated from the optical densities of the white point of the color original and a predetermined white level. Scan light that represents the optical density zero of the color original is simulated with an illumination means and is converted in actual voltage values in a light/voltage transducer means. The gains of the light/voltage transducer unit are set such and held constant for the duration of the following originals' scanning such that the actual voltage values are equal to the calculated rated voltage values, it being thereby achieved that the color signals of the white point correspond to the white level in the later scanning of the original.

Abstract: To provide a color image forming and correcting method and apparatus for reducing the difference in color reproducibility in the image system or image device and achieving proper color reproduction. Constitution An information value specifying a color gamut in coordinate system of the perceptual color space is entered and associated with an information value specifying a pre-set other color gamut defined by a pre-set other color gamut by fuzzy processing. By such association, the color gamut in the perceptual color space is converted into a pre-set color gamut in the coordinate system of the perceptual color space. The information value specifying the converted color gamut in the coordinate system of the perceptual color space is outputted.

Abstract: A technology of matching the real output color of a color printer with the color to be reproduced on a monitor by estimating spectral reflectivities precisely with consideration of an optical phenomenon peculiar to the color printer output. A coefficient calculating section calculates coefficients representing color characteristics of the color printer output and concerning the respective spectral reflectivities of 3 reference color chips for a side, which is neither a side where the dot-area percentage of black is 100% nor a side representing black gradation, based on the spectral reflectivities of the color chips.

Abstract: An image transmitting device includes a scanner that scans an image of a document, a memory that stores scanned image data, a controller that connects to a communication medium and an extracting unit that extracts various pieces of information other than image data included in the stored image data. A converter converts the extracted various pieces of information into extracted image data and transmits the extracted image data along with the scanned image data as transmission image data.

Abstract: A color image communication device includes a transmission unit which carries out a facsimile transmission of image data of a sYCC-Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) color space, and a control unit which controls a facsimile transmission of the image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space without setting size information in a facsimile communication protocol when the image data to be transmitted by facsimile is the image data of the sYCC-JPEG color space.

Abstract: Disclosed is a color-file communicating facsimile apparatus that is capable of communicating non-document image files through a simple method. A FIF (Facsimile Information Field) is provided with bits indicating that a color file to be transmitted is an sYCC JPEG-encoded file in which the concept of resolution is absent and bits specifying the sYCC full-color mode. If these bits have been set, a transmitting side sets resolution information and image-width information to any values. If these bits are valid, a receiving side ignores resolution information and image-width information in the FIF and performs print-out using information that has been obtained from header information of the received JPEG file. If these bits are invalid, ordinary transmission, reception and print processing are carried out.

Abstract: A method for providing direct control of the ink supply for printing presses based on an output of a multispectral measurement device includes: obtaining an output of the multispectral measurement from a plurality of printed items which are printed while varying the amount of ink dispensed, utilizing percentage dot area information in print editing from a printing plate for the printed item; determining a transfer function to calculate the amount of ink dispensed corresponding to the amount of change in the multispectral; and computing the amount of ink dispensed to be changed, by using the output deviation in the multispectral measurement output from the target colors for a commercially printed item, and the percentage dot area information related to the target colors of the commercially printed item to control the amount of ink dispensed by the foregoing ink dispensing apparatus.

Abstract: A color image communication device includes a transmission unit which can transmit color image data to a recipient under a first method and a second method, and a control unit which determines whether to transmit the color image data under the first method or whether to transmit under the second method in accordance with a determination of whether or not to print out the color image data at the recipient.

Abstract: In an information processing method, input color data indicating a plurality of color components including a black color component is converted into output color data that indicates a plurality of color components including a black color component. A relationship between lightness levels and simple black colors is determined for an output device based on the characteristics of the output device. When input color data indicates a simple black color, output color data for the simple black color having a lightness level equivalent to the lightness level of the input color data is determined based on the relationship between lightness levels and simple black colors.

Abstract: An analog to digital converter oversamples an image signal, and uses the oversampled information to obtain additional resolution. The analog to digital converter is included in an image sensor device having a photosensor array of photosensitive of pixels and a plurality of analog to digital converters. Each of the analog to digital converters is adapted to produce a digital output with a first specified bit resolution. An interpolator is adapted to receive an output thus produced from an analog to digital converter and produce a digital output with a second specific bit resolution.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus is provided that prints image information with a designated printing color (such as magenta) stored in a designated calling-party printing color storage unit in an operation of receiving a document from a designated calling party that has been registered beforehand in association with the designated printing color. Such a document printed with the designated printing color can be clearly distinguished from a document that is printed with a default printing color (such as black) for an undesignated calling party.

Abstract: A contact image sensor fixing device for an office machine having a frame, a contact image sensor, and a white roller, the contact image sensor fixing device including an elastic unit mounted on the frame to push the contact image sensor against the whiter roller with a particular pressure, the contact image sensor reading data from a document as the document passes between the contact image sensor and the white roller; a holder unit to accommodate and support the contact image sensor; and at least one holder-movable unit freely moving the holder unit against the elastic force of the elastic unit applied to the contact image sensor to maintain an even pressure between the white roller and the contact image sensor when the contact image sensor receives a rotation force of the white roller.

Abstract: In a communication system, a call center is connectable via a communication line to a facsimile apparatus having a printing function. The facsimile apparatus reads ribbon-ID data of an ink ribbon mounted therein, and sends the read ribbon-ID data to the center device. The call center receives the ribbon-ID data from the facsimile apparatus, judges whether or not the ribbon-ID data is valid, and returns a result of the judgment to the facsimile apparatus.

Abstract: There is disclosed a printing system, with a memory, and a plurality of document processing related subsystems The printing system, which is adapted to receive a facsimile document via a network, includes a facsimile user profile stored in a memory of the printing system. The facsimile user profile includes one or more attribute sets with each attribute set, along with a corresponding set of attribute values, defining a manner in which a portion of the facsimile document is to be processed at a printing subsystem. The printing system further includes a facsimile processing subsystem for reading the facsimile user profile to determine whether a selected one of the plurality of document processing related subsystems is enabled to process the portion of the facsimile document in accordance with one of the one or more attribute sets if the facsimile user profile.

Abstract: The facsimile apparatus comprises a control portion for performing control of the whole of the facsimile apparatus, an operation portion, a display portion, a RAM for image memory, a ROM for storing programs and data, a communication control portion for performing connection to the other facsimile, a JPEG coding portion for coding a transmitting color original document, a monochrome coding portion for coding the transmitting monochrome original document, and an original document reading portion. The facsimile apparatus converts the color original document to the monochrome original document when transmitting the color original document in monochrome and adds the message indicating that the color original document was transmitted in monochrome to the color original document when the facsimile apparatus tries to transmit the color original document and the other facsimile declares that the other facsimile has only an ability of receiving the color original document in monochrome.

Abstract: A method and a system are described for characterizing a printing device, wherein the system includes a forward look up table for obtaining color values as a function of given colorant values for the printing device. The forward look up table includes a plurality of sampling points, wherein at least one of the sampling points is an ink changing point.

Abstract: When an L*a*b* value of a certain color is outside a target color gamut to be converted, it is judged whether the L*a*b* value is located within the range of the color gamut set under a predetermined condition. This set range is a range in which the accuracy is degraded if colors are converted using only a first method, for example, a range in the neighborhood of the color gamut. If a color to be converted is located within the range, colors are converted using a second method. If the L*a*b* value of the color to be converted is outside of the set range, it is converted using the first method until the conversion result is contained within the range. Then, the occurrence of both a problem which the first conversion method has for colors in the neighborhood of the color gamut when colors are converted and a problem which the second method has in the conversion of a color far from the color gamut can be suppressed.

Abstract: The color facsimile apparatus comprises communication result report generating means for synthesizing a part of unsent image data with communication result data of the communication so as to be output. When the image data is color image data, the part of image data is converted to monochromatic image data so as to generate image data to be synthesized with the transmission result report. When an absence of any one of printing material occurs, color image data is converted to image data of a single color to be printed, and data, showing that received data has been color image data, is displayed on a printing paper.

Abstract: An image quality analysis system is provided for image output devices, such as printers and copiers, that overcomes problems with differences in analysis results caused by use of different image input devices. This is achieved by computing a differential transfer function that makes subsequent analysis device independent. Moreover, the analysis is performed on an image that has been blurred to also reflect absolute image quality metrics as seen by a human observer. By determining the resolving characteristics of the input scanner, the scanned image can be processed, with little or no artifacts, to resemble the image as perceived by a human observer, while at the same time eliminating differences that would arise when using a scanner having a different spatial resolving power.

Abstract: In carrying out a copy operation, the optimum operation mode for image data read by a scanner is determined. This operation mode is shown to a user. When a command is given to change the operation mode to the shown operation mode, this operation mode is set, otherwise, an operation mode told by the user is set.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus includes at least one main control circuit is provided in each module, and a control circuit in each module controls the circuit elements in the module.

Abstract: The method of the invention converts colors resident in a first device color space to gray levels for reproduction in a color or monochrome rendering device. The method initially converts the color values resident in the first device color space to corresponding color values in a device independent color space. Next, the resulting color values in the device independent color space are converted to further color values in the same color space that correspond to color values resident in the color space of a target color rendering device. The further color values from the device independent color space are then converted to corresponding gray levels so that they may be rendered by either the target color rendering device or a different color or monochrome rendering device. The use of an intermediate gamut conversion within the device independent color space enables more precise gray representations to be achieved for certain color representations.

Abstract: A method for transforming an image, containing an arbitrary number of colors from a full color process printing mode to a spot color printing mode while preserving the user's intended color usage as much as possible. The method is contained in a utility and referred to as “Spot Color Transformation” (SCT). The SCT utility provides a user the ability to transform an image generated by a computer program module, such as a desktop publishing computer program module, from a full color mode into a spot color mode. The SCT utility operates on an object-by-object basis to map objects within an image to one of several partitions: a black partition and a color partition. The SCT utility maps each object that has an associated color that is substantially black or a tint of black to the black partition. Next, the SCT utility converts the colors of unmapped objects to a tint of the spot color based on the luminance value of the particular color relative to the lowest luminance value found in the image.

Abstract: Due to high resolution of color printers and the increased number of colors in image formation from four colors (Y, M, C and K) to six or seven colors including pale colors, the number of times of referring to LUT data and the number of times of calculation are increasing in interpolation operation for generating print data. In view of this, when inputted R, G and B data are converted to Y, M, C and K data by performing interpolation operation using a conversion table which expresses the input-output relations, if output values corresponding to eight vertices of a unit cube used for interpolation are the same value, the calculation is not performed but the value is outputted as the interpolation result.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a printing system and technique correctly reflecting supplied color information, and a technique of managing color information in a centralized manner thereby facilitating maintenance of data. The printing system has a color information database DB in which color information is registered, and the color information has respective items of “color name”, “ink name”, “printing order”, “screen angle”, “process colorization instruction”, “pseudo color” and “ink type”. In print processing, it acquires a color name specified as the color of a prescribed area in digital data subjected to printing, and retrieves and extracts color information corresponding thereto from the color information registered in the color information database DB. Then, it performs raster image processing and performs print processing on the basis of the extracted color information.

Abstract: A digital image reproduction apparatus including a scanner unit, a printer unit, a memory, an operator control unit integrated in the apparatus and provided with an input device and a display for the user to give operator control commands to the apparatus, a network connection unit for coupling to a network for the purpose of communication with a digital external environment including at least a number of workstations of users, a management unit connected to the scanner unit, printer unit, memory and network connection unit, and, via the network connection unit, to the workstations, which management unit maintains logic storage spaces in the memory, each allocated to a specific user.

Abstract: A control device and a method for controlling scanning speed of a scanner. The control device includes a decision device and a driving device. The decision device further includes an image buffer, an up-down counter and a comparator. The decision device receives the input image data and utilizes the up-down counter to compute data access volume inside the image buffer. The comparator decides whether to increase or decrease the scanning speed according to the data access volume and also outputs decision data to the driving device.

Abstract: In an image data server 200, a preview data generation unit 218 generates preview data corresponding to image data, and a transmission controller 211 transmits the preview data to a computer system 100 in an image receiver apparatus. In accordance with another possible application, the preview data is not generated by the image data server 200, but is generated by a computer system 300 in an image transmitter apparatus, which transmits the image data to the image data server 200, and transmitted to the image data server 200. In the computer system 100 in the image receiver apparatus, a display controller 113 causes the contents of the preview data to be displayed on the screen of a monitor 150. The user determines whether or not the image data corresponding to the displayed preview image is required. In response to an instruction for transfer of the image data input from the user, a transmission controller 111 transmits a request for transfer of the image data to the image data server 200.

Abstract: An apparatus for creating an ICC profile in a simple manner without using a specialized measuring instrument. A display control unit reads out a dot pattern image from a pattern image data holding unit and a grayscale pattern image containing a plurality of grayscale patches of gradually varying gray scale from a grayscale image data holding unit, and presents the thus readout images for display on a display device. A user selects the grayscale patch having brightness closest to the brightness of the dot pattern image by operating a selection unit. Based on the selection, a gamma coefficient value is calculated by a gamma coefficient value calculation unit, and based on this gamma coefficient value, a profile creation unit modifies the ICC profile held in a common information holding unit and thus creates a customized ICC profile.

Abstract: The present invention provides a presentation system for printing an electronic image directly to a writing surface. The present invention provides a printer configured to print an image on the writing surface. In one embodiment, the writing surface is made of an impervious or non-absorptive material and the printer is adapted to print with ink that is erased readily by wiping with cloth or paper.

Abstract: A color image processing apparatus which codes image data while suppressing image deterioration. A color character area discrimination unit divides an input color image into 16×16-pixel blocks, and determines whether or not each block expresses color characters. In accordance with the determination result, a sub-sampling ratio switching unit switches the sampling ratio for each of color components YCrCb composing the color image data so that the sample ratio is Y:Cr:Cb=4:2:2 or Y:Cr:Cb=4:1:1. Subsequently, sampling is performed in accordance with the switched sampling ratio, and DCT, linear quantization and entropy coding are then performed.

Abstract: A method of obtaining the gray level of a scanned object, comprising the steps of: providing at least three corrective elements, wherein each of the corrective elements has different light reflectivity, and the gray levels of the corrective elements are pre-defined and pre-stored; scanning those corrective elements to obtain the light reflectivities of each of the corrective elements; scanning the object to obtain its light reflectivity; comparing the light reflectivity of the object with the light reflectivity of each of the corrective elements to determine two corrective elements whose light reflectivities are closer to the light reflectivity of the object; and using the light reflectivities of the two determined corrective elements and their corresponding gray levels in conjunction with the interpolation method to determine the corresponding gray levels of the object.

Abstract: A raster generation system for a printing machine with an image-setting unit in which the system has at least one raster processor for generating raster data from raw image data, and a memory for storing the raster data. In order to have a raster generation system with a high operating speed in spite of the simple components that are used, the memory for storing the raster data is formed by a raster memory with random access, and the raster processor stores the raster data column by column in the raster memory.