Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
358450000 | Plural images combined into a single image | 33 |
20080252938 | COMBINING AN ORIGINAL IMAGE AND A MODIFIED IMAGE INTO A SINGLE IMAGE FILE - A method is provided for storing an original image and a modified image into a single image file. The method comprises selecting the original image, selecting the modified image. The method further comprises creating a single image by combining the original image with the modified image. The method further comprises storing the single image into a single image file on a memory device. | 10-16-2008 |
20080259410 | Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus and computer-readable medium - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including a reading section to read a document and to obtain image data, the document including a plurality of sheets and having a binding portion; a storage section to store the image data; an operating section to accept an operating instruction to designate a position of the binding portion of the document, to designate a page order on one side of the binding portion of the document, and to designate one face out of faces of the sheets, from which a reading operation is started; and a controller, in accordance with the designation, to determine an image area corresponding to one page of the document, to divide the image data into pieces of page image data based on the image area, and to respectively give identifiers to the pieces of the divided page image data following a page order of the document. | 10-23-2008 |
20080316545 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method which are capable of reducing waiting time of an operator, and improving operation feeling and productivity. An input image is registered as usable data before completion of generation of vectorized data from the input image stored in a HDD. Even for a job in which the vectorization of the input image has not been completed, it is possible to set various processes, such as preview, change of the order of pages, and designation of editing of an image, other than printing. | 12-25-2008 |
20090051977 | Image processing to reduce image printing time - A digital image containing design elements to be printed and a background not to be printed is processed before printing to prepare a cropped version of the image by detecting and removing areas of background from the top, bottom, right, and left sides of the image. The cropped version of the image and associated positioning information are supplied to the printing system for printing. By reducing the size of the image provided to the printing system to eliminate areas that will receive no color ink, the area that must be traversed by the inkjet print heads is reduced, thereby reducing the time required to complete the printing process and allowing a larger number of items to be printed during a given period of time. | 02-26-2009 |
20090073503 | Imaging device and method for concurrent imaging of opposite sides of an identification card or document - A device and method for imaging dual sided documents for authentification of the document. A document such as a driver's license traverses a linear flowpath into and out of a housing having a darkened interior. The document is segmentally imaged under a plurality of different light spectrums during travel along the flowpath. A data processor and software engaged to an imager capturing the segmented images assembles complete images of the document under one or a plurality of the light spectrums employed to yield a viewable rendition of both sides of the document to ascertain the presence of proper indica to validate the document. Also provided are a magnetic strip reader and bar code reader engaged to the data processor wherein data may be extracted therefrom for comparison to the images reviewed. | 03-19-2009 |
20090080032 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MAKING DIGITAL IMAGE TRANSFER THERMOFORMED OBJECTS - A method and system is provided for forming a three-dimensional image and, more particularly, for making three-dimensional digital image transfer thermoformed objects on, e.g., generic molds. The method includes manipulating digital images of a subject into a single image; printing the single image onto a media; and thermoforming the media with the single image using a generic mold. The system comprises a computer infrastructure operable to: receive images of a subject; display the images; stitch together the images to form a single image; adjust portions of the images or single image to compensate for deformation during thermoforming of the single image; register the single image with points on a mold; and print the single image. | 03-26-2009 |
20090116078 | Method and system for processing an electronic document using streaming optimization via programmatic analysis of XML use - A method for processing an electronic document may include performing a programmatic analysis to determine all required portions of an input document to produce an output document. The method may also include generating an executable transformer to produce the output document from the input document. The method may further include producing the output document by transforming any streamable parts of the input document directly to corresponding parts of the output document without extraneous intermediate buffering. | 05-07-2009 |
20090135452 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - With reference to any one of a plurality of images, the other images are moved by a distance greater than or equal to one pixel width in a main scanning direction and/or a sub-scanning direction. Then, the plurality of images are combined to form a composite image. | 05-28-2009 |
20090185236 | IMAGE BINARIZATION USING DYNAMIC SUB-IMAGE DIVISION - Image binarization methods and devices for converting a grayscale image into a black and white binary image are provided. The grayscale image is divided into sub-images dynamically created from pixel to pixel containing a given pixel as well as neighboring pixels. The color value of the pixels in the sub-image is averaged and the threshold between the given pixel and the average color value is determined. Therefore, at a certain color value, this given pixel is converted to white and at another color value the pixel is converted black. The foregoing is effectuated pixel by pixel in a dynamic fashion evaluating each pixel relative to its neighboring pixels in order to produce a binary image. A small sub-image provides greater clarity whereas a large sub-image gives a better broad view. In an image having a border surrounding characters, a smaller sub-image is used for the characters and the larger sub-image is used for the border thereby providing two binary images. The border in the image obtained for the characters is removed to be combined with the image obtained for a clear border. | 07-23-2009 |
20090273815 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In a control method for a processing apparatus connected to an image reading apparatus, in a case where the processing apparatus receives a cancellation instruction while the image reading apparatus performs a reading step, the processing apparatus causes the image reading apparatus to terminate the reading step and deletes image data of a page being read, and in a case where the processing apparatus receives a cancellation instruction after the image reading apparatus has performed the reading step, the processing apparatus performs controlling processing for deleting image data that has been acquired in the last reading step and has yet to be stored. | 11-05-2009 |
20090316219 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a region segmentation unit configured to perform region segmentation based on a black pixel connected region in a document image, a selection unit configured to select a processing target region from regions segmented by the region segmentation unit, an internal region combining unit configured to generate a combined internal region by combining internal regions which are included in the regions selected by the selection unit and satisfy a predetermined condition, a table region determination unit configured to determine whether a region based on the combined internal region obtained by the internal region combining unit is a table region, and an extraction unit configured to extract the region determined by the table region determination unit as a table region. | 12-24-2009 |
20100277772 | METHOD FOR MANAGING SETS OF DIGITALLY ACQUIRED IMAGES AND METHOD FOR SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DIGITALLY ACQUIRED DOCUMENTS - Method for managing sets of digitally acquired images, the images of each set being acquired from the same original, comprising the steps of handling said sets of images as units and restricting use of predetermined operations to all images of one or more of said sets only. Further, a method for managing sets of digitally acquired images, the images of each set being acquired from the same original, each set comprising at least one front side image and at least one back side image, the method comprising the step of substantially simultaneously performing a first operation on the at least one front side image and a second operation on the at least one back side image, the second operation mirroring the first operation. Further, a method for separation and identification of digitally acquired documents, comprising the steps of: (i) calculating a signature for an incoming document on the basis its image, and (ii) correlating said signature with a database of signatures identifying document types. | 11-04-2010 |
20100296130 | A4-SIZE SCANNER HAVING FUNCTION OF SCANNING A3 DOCUMENT AND SCANNING METHOD THEREOF - An A4-size scanner capable of scanning an A3 document. The A4-size scanner includes a scanning part, a transferring roller member that is disposed at an upper side of the flat glass to be orthogonal to a length direction of the automatic document feeding unit and the scanning sensor so that the document having a double size of a scanning capacity of the scanning sensor and introduced onto the flat glass in the length direction of the automatic document feeding unit and the scanning sensor is transferred to a transferring roller, and a transferring roller member driving motor that is connected with the transferring roller which dividedly scans the document having a larger size than the scanning capacity of the scanning sensor; and an image processing part which performs an image processing for composing two images which are dividedly scanned through the scanning part. | 11-25-2010 |
20100296131 | REAL-TIME DISPLAY OF IMAGES ACQUIRED BY A HANDHELD SCANNER - A computer peripheral that may operate as a scanner. The scanner captures image frames as it is moved across an object. The image frames are formed into a composite image based on computations in two processes. In a first process, fast track processing determines a coarse position of each of the image frames based on a relative position between each successive image frame and a respective preceding image determine by matching overlapping portions of the image frames. In a second process, fine position adjustments are computed to reduce inconsistencies from determining positions of image frames based on relative positions to multiple prior image frames. As a result, a composite image of an object being scanned may be presented in real time to a user, providing a user feedback or portions of the object that have been scanned and those that have not. | 11-25-2010 |
20110194156 | DATA PROCESSOR AND SCANNER DEVICE - A data processor includes an image acquiring unit, a reference file acquiring unit, and a file generating unit. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire a plurality of sets of image data indicating a plurality of images. The reference file acquiring unit is configured to acquire a reference file including a reference object including first information indicating a layout of at least two images among the plurality of images. The file generating unit is configured to generate a file in which the plurality of images are laid out based on the first information. | 08-11-2011 |
20130027757 | MOBILE FAX MACHINE WITH IMAGE STITCHING AND DEGRADATION REMOVAL PROCESSING - A method of scanning an image of a document with a portable electronic device includes interactively indicating in substantially real time on a user interface of the portable electronic device, an instruction for capturing at least one portion of an image to enhance quality. The indication is in response to identifying degradation associated with the portion(s) of the image. The method also includes capturing the portion(s) of the image with the portable electronic device according to the instruction. The method further includes stitching the captured portion(s) of the image in place of a degraded portion of a reference image corresponding to the document, to create a corrected stitched image of the document. | 01-31-2013 |
20130107327 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS, AND FILE EDITING METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
20130155471 | FUSING OF UNASSOCIATED IMAGES - As set forth herein, methods and systems facilitate the fusing of unassociated images into an original document image. An unassociated image is received into a set of unassociated images in computer memory by an associated scanning device, and the size for each unassociated image is determined. The size of each unassociated image is then compared to at least one other known image size, and a matching related unassociated image is retrieved from the set of unassociated images corresponding to each unassociated image based at least in part on an output of the comparison. The matches of related images are then aligned and fused to form an original document image. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155472 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - The object of the present invention is to provide an image reading apparatus having a large depth of field and being compact in size. | 06-20-2013 |
20130182293 | IMAGE READER, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reader includes a reading unit that reads an image; a detection unit that detects marks from the read image read by the reading unit; a creation unit that creates a hiding image, which hides a region including the marks, on the basis of the marks detected by the detection unit; and a combining unit that combines the read image and the hiding image to create an electronic document. | 07-18-2013 |
20130201534 | DOCUMENT ASSEMBLY AND AUTOMATED CONTEXTUAL FORM GENERATION - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for displaying one or more pages of a first document in a first region on a user interface; displaying thumbnail images of the one or more pages of the first document in a second region on the user interface; receiving user input for inserting one or more pages from a non-digitized second document into the first document; and in response to the user input, digitizing the one or more pages of the non-digitized second document using a document scanning device, and inserting the one or more pages of the digitized second document into the first document, wherein the inserted pages are displayed as part of the first document on the user interface. | 08-08-2013 |
20130208324 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an original document to generate image data, a first file generation unit configured to generate a first file based on first image data that is generated by reading a first original document using the reading unit, a second file generation unit configured to generate a second file based on second image data that is generated by reading a second original document using the reading unit, and an attaching unit configured to attach the second file to the first file, wherein the reading unit reads the second original document after reading the first original document. | 08-15-2013 |
20140022606 | SCANNING APPARATUS FOR LARGE SCALE DOCUMENT - A scanning apparatus for scanning a large scale document, includes a main body, a scanning sensor, and a document transferring apparatus. The main body includes a transparent document placing portion. The scanning sensor is slidably mounted below the document placing portion. A scale of the scanning sensor is smaller than a scale of the transparent document placing portion. The transparent document placing portion supports the document thereon. The scanning sensor moves in at least two dimensionalities below different portions of the transparent document placing portion to scan different portions of the document. | 01-23-2014 |
20140043658 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An input apparatus having a scan function according to the disclosure includes a position detecting unit to acquire position information of each unit image of a scan target object; a unit image acquiring unit to acquire each unit image by using the position information of each unit image; and an object image acquiring unit to acquire an object image of the scan target object by merging the acquired unit images. | 02-13-2014 |
20140320932 | System and Method for Extracting a Plurality of Images from a Single Scan - A user interface is presented to a remote user via a network, such as through a computer. A preview command is received from the user. A scanning process (e.g., scanning multiple photographs simultaneously) is initiated at a scanner coupled with the user's computer, in response to receiving the preview command. The act of initiating is performed from a location remote from the user. A single scanned image is obtained through the scanner. A plurality of crop selections are received from the user, all of which are made within the single scanned image. Several regions within multiple scanned photographs may be selected for cropping. A plurality of image files are created based on the crop selections. The plurality of image files may be created in response to the user clicking just once on a button presented by the user interface. | 10-30-2014 |
20150029560 | Image Processing Device, and Image Processing System and Computer-Readable Medium Therefor - An image processing device including an image information acquirer and a control device configured to detect encircling lines written on a document sheet, based on acquired image information, determine an arrangement order of a partial image formed within each encircling line, detect first symbols each written on the document sheet and added to a corresponding partial image, the first symbols relating to how to lay out the partial images, determine a layout of the partial images based on the arrangement orders and the first symbols, extract, from the image information, a plurality of pieces of image information each of which is image information of a partial image within a corresponding encircling line, and generate layout image information in which the pieces of image information are arranged according to the layout. | 01-29-2015 |
20150146265 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING DOCUMENT - A method of recognizing characters in a plurality of documents includes capturing a preview image of a plurality of document, cropping each of the plurality of documents in the captured preview image into respective document images, recognizing characters on each of the plurality of the document images, and generating a document containing the plurality of the document images with the recognized characters. An apparatus for recognizing characters in a document includes a camera configured to capture a preview image of a plurality of document images, a display configured to display the preview image, and a controller configured to crop each of the plurality of documents in the captured preview image into respective document images, recognize characters on each of the plurality of the document images, and generate a document corresponding to the plurality of the document images with the recognized characters. | 05-28-2015 |
20150350490 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE GENERATING COMBINED IMAGE DATA BY CALCULATING DEGREE OF SIMILARITY BETWEEN TWO IMAGES - An image processing device performs: calculating a degree of similarity between a reference region in a first image and a candidate region in a second image; identifying a corresponding region in the second image; determining whether a first variance condition is met; and generating combined image data representing a combined image in which the first image is combined with the second image by overlapping the reference region with the corresponding region. In a first case where the first variance condition is met, once the calculating finds the degree of similarity greater than or equal to a reference value, the candidate region corresponding to the degree of similarity is identified with the corresponding region. In a second case where the first condition is not met, the identifying identifies a candidate region having a maximum degree of similarity with the corresponding region. | 12-03-2015 |
20160127605 | Smart Copy Apparatus - A smart copy apparatus comprises a scanning module, a processing module and a printing module. The scanning module scans an original to obtain fragment scan images. The processing module electrically connected to the scanning module receives the fragment scan images, and determines a size of the original according to the fragment scan images to obtain a scan-size parameter, and generates print data according to the fragment scan images, the scan-size parameter and a print parameter. The printing module receives the print data, and prints the print data on a print medium. | 05-05-2016 |
20160156794 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
20160173716 | IMAGE PROCESSING FOR HANDHELD SCANNER | 06-16-2016 |
20160173717 | IMAGE CAPTURE UNIT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM USED IN COMBINATION WITH SAME | 06-16-2016 |
20160191734 | Scanner and Scanning Method - A scanner is configured to scan an original sheet to generate image data, an image on the original sheet being subject to scanning, obtaining a first side of the original sheet area within one of a leading end side part and a trailing end side part of the image, the first end side part being a part where two edges having a common end do not exist, an outer side edge in the first end side part being obtained as the first side, obtaining a second side of the original sheet area within a second side part, the second end side part being a part where a pair of edges having a common end exists, one of the pair of edges closer to the first end side part being obtained as the second side, and determining the original sheet area based on the first and the second sides. | 06-30-2016 |