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20080226310 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a data processor, a first calculating unit, a second calculating unit, an updating unit, and an instructing unit. The first calculating unit calculates estimated developer consumption necessary to form an image. The second calculating unit calculates developer consumption corresponding to a sum of density values of image pixels. The updating unit calculates remaining developer. The instructing unit issues an instruction to the data processor to reduce developer to be consumed when the estimated developer consumption exceeds the remaining developer. The data processor converts scanned image data into print image data in response to the instruction such that the image is to be formed with the remaining developer. | 09-18-2008 |
20090147313 | Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method - An information acquiring unit acquires information indicating whether a color material used at least for image formation is saved. An image-information generating unit creates, when the information acquiring unit acquires the information for saving the color material, image information using the color material of which consumption is saved. | 06-11-2009 |
20090213396 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product - An image determining unit determines a type of each of a plurality of images to be combined. A character identifying unit identifies a black character area in each of the images. A color-conversion processing unit performs a color conversion or a monochrome conversion on the images and a monochrome conversion on the black character area. When the images include a color image, a control unit controls the color-conversion processing unit to perform the color conversion on the images based on the type of the image and a current image processing mode. An image output unit combines color-conversion processed images on a single page and outputs combined images. | 08-27-2009 |
20090232528 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet-type determining unit that determines a sheet type of a recording sheet; a sheet-characteristic measuring unit that measures a sheet characteristic of the recording sheet; an image processing unit that performs an image processing on image data of an image for adjusting a consumption amount of color material that is used for forming the image on the recording sheet based on the sheet type and the sheet characteristic; and an image forming unit that forms the image of the image data processed by the image processing unit on the recording sheet. | 09-17-2009 |
20100053695 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image receiving unit, an image processing unit, an image storage unit, a usage-log managing unit, an operation display unit, and a control unit. The usage-log managing unit manages processing contents used for image data processed by the image processing unit in association with the processed image data as usage log information. When the operation display unit receives a request for an output process, the control unit acquires a processing content of the output process from the usage log information and displays information about the acquired processing content in association with image data processed based on the acquired processing content via the operation display unit. | 03-04-2010 |
20110141500 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product - An image processing apparatus includes: a setting unit that sets a color index representing a category to which an achromatic color and at least one chromatic color that are included in image data belong; an adjustment unit that adjusts a color tone of the achromatic color belonging to the category that is indicated by the set color index in accordance with a hue of the chromatic color belonging to the category; and a generation unit that generates image data including the chromatic color belonging to the category and the achromatic color of which the color tone is adjusted by the adjustment unit. | 06-16-2011 |
20120327467 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING CAPABLE OF ENHANCING USABILITY OF IMAGE DATA - An image processing apparatus includes a generator, a storage, an image data format converter, and a sender. The generator generates print image data for printing an image, based on image data sent from an external device. The storage stores the print image data. The image data format converter converts the print image data into image data in a format handled by an external device. The sender sends the converted image data via an IP (internet protocol) network to the external device. The image data format converter performs one of color space conversion, expansion, compression, resolution conversion, filtering, halftone processing, density gamma conversion, and noise removal in accordance with parameters determined based on at least one of property information of the print image data and property information requested by the external device. | 12-27-2012 |
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20090015651 | Voice Communication Device, Voice Communication Method, and Voice Communication Program - Provided is a voice communication device for carrying out voice communication among a plurality of locations, including: a sound source direction identification block for identifying a direction of a sound source; a voice sender block for sending the collected voice to a different location; a voice receiver block for receiving a voice from a different location; a player block for playing the received voice; a playing information setting block for setting playing information for the voice being played; a speaker volume storage block for acquiring the direction of the sound source for which the playing information is set from the sound source direction identification block and storing the direction of the sound source in association with the playing information; and a voice manipulating block for acquiring the playing information corresponding to the direction of the sound source of the voice and manipulating the voice based on the playing information. | 01-15-2009 |
20090207131 | ACOUSTIC POINTING DEVICE, POINTING METHOD OF SOUND SOURCE POSITION, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - There is disclosed an acoustic pointing device that is capable of performing pointing manipulation without putting any auxiliary equipment on a desk. The acoustic pointing includes a microphone array that retains plural microphone elements; an A/D converter that converts analog sound pressure data into digital sound pressure data; a buffering that stores the digital sound pressure data; a direction of arrival estimation unit that executes estimation of a sound source direction of a transient sound based on a correlation of the sound between the microphone elements obtained by the digital sound pressure data; a noise estimation unit that estimates a noise level in the digital sound pressure data; an SNR estimation unit that estimates a rate of a signal component based on the noise level and the digital sound pressure data; a power calculation unit that computes and outputs an output signal from the rate of a signal component; an integration unit that integrates the sound source direction and the output signal to specify a sound source position; and a control unit that converts, based on data in a DB of screen conversion, the specified sound source position into one point on a screen of a display device. | 08-20-2009 |
20110082690 | SOUND MONITORING SYSTEM AND SPEECH COLLECTION SYSTEM - Monitoring accuracy degrades due to a noise in an environment where there are many sound sources other than those to be monitored. Easy initialization is required for an environment where many apparatuses operate. A sound monitoring system includes a microphone array having multiple microphones and a location-based abnormal sound monitoring section as a processing section. The location-based abnormal sound monitoring section is supplied with an input signal from the microphone array via a waveform acquisition section and a network. Using the input signal, the location-based abnormal sound monitoring section detects a temporal change in a sound source direction histogram. Based on a detected change result, the location-based abnormal sound monitoring section checks for abnormality in a sound field and outputs a monitoring result. The processing section searches for a microphone array near the sound source to be monitored. The processing section selects a sound field monitoring function for the sound source to be monitored based on various data concerning a microphone belonging to the searched microphone array. | 04-07-2011 |
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20130228677 | Mass Spectrometric System - There is a tendency of the intensity and the shape of a spectrum to be measured transitioning with the passage of measured time, depending on the volatility and the reactivity of a component. A mass spectrometric system includes: a mass spectrometric unit that measures a specimen and outputs a mass spectrum; and an estimator that has an estimation rule on content information, the estimation rule being assigned to each component and each measurement time. The estimator estimates, based on a mass spectrum output from the mass spectrometric unit, content information on each component of a plurality of components that may be contained in the specimen in accordance with the estimation rule. | 09-05-2013 |
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20090123755 | CONTINUOUS EMULSIFICATION METHOD AND EMULSIFICATION APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to an emulsification method and an emulsification apparatus, capable of attaining easy control of particle size and particle size distribution, and simple scale-up and maintenance, and providing an emulsifying amount sufficient for industrial production. Namely, the method comprises continuously and successively passing two or more types of liquids which are substantially immiscible with each other through two or more mesh members disposed at certain intervals in the presence of an emulsifier to thereby perform emulsification, and the emulsification apparatus as an apparatus for carrying out the method comprises liquid feed pumps for feeding two or more types of liquids which are substantially immiscible with each other, and a cylindrical flow passage to which the two or more types of liquids are fed by the liquid feed pumps, the cylindrical flow passage including a predetermined number of wire gauzes disposed therein at a predetermined interval. | 05-14-2009 |
20100273951 | ANTI-BLOCKING AGENT MASTER BATCH AND POLYOLEFIN-BASED RESIN FILM USING THE SAME - An anti-blocking agent master batch is provided, obtained by compounding 100 parts by mass of a polyolefin-based resin with 1 to 40 parts by mass of polymer fine particles, the polymer fine particles obtained by: causing two or more fluids including a liquid medium, a monomer or monomers, and a polymerization initiator to continuously and successively pass through a plurality of net bodies which are disposed at given intervals in a cylindrical passage and each have a surface crossing a direction of the passage to obtain an emulsion including liquid droplets containing the monomer or monomers and the polymerization initiator, the liquid droplets being dispersed in the liquid medium; and heating this emulsion to polymerize the monomer or monomers. Also provided is a manufacturing method thereof. The anti-blocking agent master batch can prevent the generation of die build-up during the manufacture of a master batch for a polyolefin-based resin film by compounding an anti-blocking agent into a polyolefin-based resin. | 10-28-2010 |
20110135933 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PARTICLE DIAMETER AND PARTICLE DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION OF EMULSION PARTICLES IN EMULSION - A method for controlling a particle diameter and a particle diameter distribution of emulsion particles during manufacturing of an emulsion dispersion is provided. The method includes causing two or more types of liquids substantially immiscible with each other to continuously and sequentially pass through net bodies. The net bodies are disposed in a cylindrical flow passage at intervals of 5 to 200 mm, and the number of the net bodies is more than 50 and 200 or less. Each of the net bodies is equivalent to a gauze having a mesh number of 35 mesh to 4000 mesh in accordance with an ASTM standard and has a surface that intersects the direction of the flow passage. An emulsification apparatus used for the method includes a feed pump for feeding two or more types of liquids substantially immiscible with each other; and a cylindrical flow passage to which the two or more types of liquids fed by the feed pump are delivered. A predetermined number of net bodies are disposed in the cylindrical flow passage at predetermined intervals, and each net body has a surface intersecting the direction of the flow passage. | 06-09-2011 |