Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
358501000 | Image reproduction | 12 |
20080304119 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has an improved structure, so that it is able to clean an ACR sensor in accordance with an ACR operation, and without requiring a user manipulation. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive media on which color images are formed respectively, a transfer unit to receive color images from the plurality of photosensitive media and transfer the received color images onto a printing medium, an auto color registration (ACR) unit to perform the ACR operation with respect to the transferred image, and a cleaning member to clean the ACR unit in association with the ACR operation. | 12-11-2008 |
20090073515 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - When forming images in respective colors each being formed on each block obtained by dividing one circumference of a photoreceptor drum into n parts, there are provided an image forming section that has photoreceptor drums respectively for Y, M, C and BK colors which form respective color images, encoder that detects TRIG signal of any one photoreceptor drum, corrected index generating section that corrects reference index signals based on the TRIG signal and generates Y-IDX signals after correction for each image forming color and timing control section that compares the pulse number of Y-IDX signals with the pulse number of reference index signals, and adjusts output timing of image data for Y, M, C and BK colors based on the aforesaid comparison. | 03-19-2009 |
20090086290 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR COLOR VARIATIONS ACROSS A PRINTED PAGE USING MULTIPLE COLOR PROFILES - A method for compensating for color variations introduced by printer hardware limitations and other factors is described. First, the extent of color variation throughout a printed page is determined. Based on this determination, each page is partitioned into a plurality of image areas. A color profile is generated for each image area. The partition and the multiple color profiles are stored in the printer. In an actual printing process, the page of image to be printed is divided into a plurality of image areas based on the paper size and the stored partition, and the respective stored color profiles for the image areas are retrieved and used to process the digital image for printing. | 04-02-2009 |
20090116082 | IMAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGE CONVERSION PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The image conversion apparatus includes: an image data acquiring section that acquires print image data for a print system, the print image data indicating a print image to be printed by the print system; a data conversion section that converts the print image data to display image data for a display system such that the print image is reproduced by the display system; a degree specification accepting section that accepts a specification operation that specifies a degree of visible color difference between the print image and a reproduced image, the degree of difference generated by a comparison environment that compares colors therebetween; and a conversion adjusting section that adjusts data conversion by the data conversion section based on a degree specified by the specification operation so that the color of the print image and the color of the reproduced image are seen as an identical color. | 05-07-2009 |
20110043875 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus which reads an original document and generates a monochrome image, includes a scanner configured to output a color signal from a color sensor which reads the original document and a monochrome signal from a monochrome sensor which reads the original document, a signal conversion unit configured to convert the color signal into a monochrome signal based on a conversion characteristic in which an increase rate of a density of the monochrome signal after conversion is lower than an increase rate of a density of the color signal before conversion, a signal processing unit configured to process the monochrome signal converted by the signal conversion unit or the monochrome signal output from the scanner to generate an image, and an image generation unit configured to generate the monochrome image from the processed monochrome signal. | 02-24-2011 |
20110096380 | COPYING APPARATUS - A copying apparatus with a color copy function includes: a reading unit configured to read images on a document; an input unit configured to input commands from a user; an image forming unit configured to form a mark for image adjustment, perform an image adjustment on the image read by the reading unit based on the formed mark for image adjustment and print the adjusted image; and a judging unit configured to trigger the image forming unit to form the mark for image adjustment if the command for executing color copying is input into the input unit. | 04-28-2011 |
20110122463 | COPYING APPARATUS - A copying apparatus includes: a reader that reads an image on a document; an image forming unit that forms on a recording medium the image read by the reader; and a detector configured to detect a color image from the image read by the reader and trigger the image forming unit to form a mark for image adjustment before forming the color image on the recording medium if the detector detects the color image. | 05-26-2011 |
358502000 | Ink-Jet | 5 |
20080247007 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires image data for recording with a liquid droplet ejecting head having a plurality of ejection nozzles that eject liquid droplets onto a recording medium, and data relating to a faulty ejection nozzle of the liquid droplet ejecting head; a generation unit that generates recording data in units of pixels corresponding to the ejection nozzles based on the image data; a conversion unit that, based on data relating to the faulty ejection nozzle, converts the recording data in units of rows of pixels to be recorded by each of the ejection nozzles so as to reduce the number of pixels to be recorded by the faulty ejection nozzle; and an output unit that outputs the converted recording data to the liquid droplet-ejecting head. | 10-09-2008 |
20090086291 | METHOD OF PRINTING MARKS ON AN OPTICAL ARTICLE - A method of printing comprising, placing a plurality of optically detectable marks on an optical article using a ink-jet printing method, wherein a mark of the plurality of marks has a thickness of less than or equal to about 1 micrometer, and wherein the plurality of optically detectable marks have uniform thickness. | 04-02-2009 |
20090161180 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that ejects ink from nozzles toward a recording medium to thereby perform printing, vibration detection unit that is provided in an apparatus body to detect vibration of the apparatus body, a determination unit that, if vibration is detected by the vibration detection unit while printing by the printing unit is being performed, determines an abnormality, and a display control unit that, if an abnormality is determined by the determination unit, informs a user of the abnormality after the printing has ended, and controls a display unit to display an image that was being printed when the abnormality was determined. | 06-25-2009 |
20090290201 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An image recording apparatus, comprising: an image recording unit which has a recording head for recording process to a recording medium; a transport mechanism which transports the recording medium; an ascent/descent mechanism which comprises an ascent/descent drive unit used for moving the transport mechanism between a recording position to a retract position; a bumping unit which is constituted by a bumping member and a bumped member and which bumps the present bumping member to the bumped member, thereby balancing the transport mechanism; a balance detection unit for detecting the balance of the transport mechanism; and an ascent/descent control unit which judges whether or not a bumping process for balancing the transport mechanism by means of the bumping unit is to be carried out on the basis of the detection result of the balance detection unit when the transport mechanism is moved from the retract position to the recording position. | 11-26-2009 |
20140063575 | MULTI-RESOLUTION SEGMENTED IMAGE SENSOR - A multi-resolution imaging device ( | 03-06-2014 |