Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080199079 | Information Processing Method, Information Processing Apparatus, and Storage Medium Having Program Stored Thereon - An information processing method of the present invention includes acquiring scene information of image data from supplemental data appended to the image data, identifying a scene of an image represented by the image data based on the image data, and storing the identified scene in the supplemental data when there is a mismatch between a scene indicated by the scene information and the identified scene. | 08-21-2008 |
20080199084 | Category Classification Apparatus and Category Classification Method - A category classification apparatus includes: a first classifier that classifies whether an image belongs to a certain category, based on a probability information indicating a probability that the image belongs to the certain category; and a second classifier that classifies whether the image belongs to the certain category, and that does not perform classification of the image, when the probability indicated by the probability information is within a probability range, specified by a probability threshold, for which it can be decided that the image does not belong to the certain category. | 08-21-2008 |
20080199085 | Category Classification Apparatus, Category Classification Method, and Storage Medium Storing a Program - A category classification apparatus includes: a partial characteristic amount obtaining section that obtains a plurality of partial characteristic amounts indicating characteristics of portions that are respectively represented by each of a plurality of partial image data, based on each of the plurality of partial image data obtained by dividing image data representing an image; an overall characteristic amount obtaining section that obtains an overall characteristic amount indicating an overall characteristic of the image, based on the plurality of partial characteristic amounts; and a category classifier that classifies a category to which the image belongs, based on at least one of the partial characteristic amounts and the overall characteristic amount. | 08-21-2008 |
20080199098 | Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon - An information processing method includes: obtaining, from image data, data indicating a characteristic of an image indicated by the image data; obtaining, from supplemental data appended to the image data, data other than data relating to a scene; and identifying a scene of the image with data indicating the characteristic of the image and the data other than data relating to the scene as characteristic amounts. | 08-21-2008 |
20080232696 | Scene Classification Apparatus and Scene Classification Method - A scene classification apparatus includes: a characteristic amount obtaining section that obtains a partial characteristic amount indicating a characteristic of a partial image that is a portion of a classification-target image; a partial classification section that classifies, based on the partial characteristic amount, whether or not the partial image belongs to a predetermined scene; a detection section that detects the number of the partial images classified as belonging to the predetermined scene; and a decision section that decides, according to the number of the partial images detected by the detection section, whether or not the classification-target image belongs to the predetermined scene. | 09-25-2008 |
20080259372 | Printing Method, Printing Apparatus, and Storage Medium Storing a Program - A printing method includes obtaining scene information concerning image data from supplemental data that is appended to the image data; classifying a scene of an image represented by the image data, based on the image data; comparing the classified scene with a scene indicated by the scene information; and printing a printout that is used to urge a user to make a continuation when a mismatch between the classified scene and the scene indicated by the scene information exists. | 10-23-2008 |
20080279456 | Scene Classification Apparatus and Scene Classification Method - The present invention is provided with: a characteristic amount obtaining section that obtains a partial characteristic amount indicating a characteristic of a partial image that constitutes a part of a classification target image; a partial evaluation section that carries out an evaluation based on the partial characteristic amount obtained by the characteristic amount obtaining section as to whether or not the partial image pertains to a specific scene; and a determining section that determines whether or not the classification target image pertains to the specific scene by using an evaluation result of the partial evaluation section for only the partial images corresponding respectively to a predetermined M number of partial areas among an N number of the partial areas (M11-13-2008 | |
20080279460 | Scene Classification Apparatus and Scene Classification Method - The present invention is provided with: a scene classification apparatus, that includes: a first partial classifier that determines that a classification target image pertains to a first scene, according to an evaluation result indicating that a partial image pertains to the first scene, by carrying out an evaluation as to whether or not the partial image pertains to the first scene, based on a partial characteristic amount indicating a characteristic of the partial image that constitutes a part of the classification target image; and a second partial classifier that determines that the classification target image pertains to a second scene having a characteristic different from that of the first scene, based on the partial characteristic amount, in the case where it is not determined that the classification target image pertains to the first scene with the first partial classifier; wherein the first partial classifier determines that, in the case where it is not determined that the classification target image pertains to the first scene, according to an evaluation result indicating that the partial image pertains to the first scene, the classification target image does not pertain to the second scene. | 11-13-2008 |
20080292181 | Information Processing Method, Information Processing Apparatus, and Storage Medium Storing a Program - An information processing method includes: for image data of each of a plurality of images, obtaining scene information concerning the image data from supplemental data that is appended to the image data, classifying a scene of an image represented by the image data, based on the image data, comparing the classified scene with a scene indicated by the scene information; and if there is a mismatch image for which the classified scene does not match the scene indicated by the scene information, displaying information concerning the mismatch image on a confirmation screen. | 11-27-2008 |
20080316238 | Liquid Discharge Apparatus and Liquid Discharge Method - A liquid discharge apparatus. Each of a plurality of first nozzle rows includes a plurality of nozzles disposed in a predetermined direction that discharge cyan or magenta liquid. Each of a plurality of second nozzle rows includes a plurality of nozzles disposed in the predetermined direction that discharge yellow liquid. The number of second nozzle rows is smaller than the number of first nozzle rows. The first nozzle rows form cyan or magenta dots at pixels on a medium. The second nozzle rows form yellow dots at pixels whose number is smaller than the number of pixels at which the first dots are formed. | 12-25-2008 |
20090016616 | Category Classification Apparatus, Category Classification Method, and Storage Medium Storing a Program - A category classification apparatus includes: an overall classifier that classifies a category to which an image belongs, based on an overall characteristic amount that is obtained from image data, the overall characteristic amount indicating an overall characteristic of the image represented by the image data; and a partial classifier that classifies a category to which the image belongs, based on partial characteristic amounts that are obtained from partial image data included in the image data, the partial characteristic amounts indicating characteristics of portions of the image. | 01-15-2009 |
20090092312 | Identifying Method and Storage Medium Having Program Stored Thereon - An identification processing that matches a preference of a user is carried out. An identifying method according to the present invention is an identifying method, in which learning is carried out using a learning sample and, based on a learning result, identification is performed as to whether or not a target of identification belongs to a certain class, including: extracting a learning sample belonging to the certain class and a learning sample not belonging to the certain class, displaying a plurality of the extracted learning samples arranged on a display section, as well as displaying a mark between the learning sample belonging to the certain class and the learning sample not belonging to the certain class, and displaying the mark between a different pair of the learning samples by moving a position of the mark in response to an instruction of a user, changing an attribute information that indicates a class to which the learning sample belongs in response to the position of the mark determined by the user, and identifying whether or not a target of identification belongs to the certain class based on a result of relearning using the learning sample of which the attribute information has been changed. | 04-09-2009 |
20090237740 | Method for Obtaining Correction Values and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A method for obtaining correction values, includes: forming, on a medium, a correction pattern in which a plurality of dot rows extending along a predetermined direction are lined up in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction; obtaining a correction-pattern reading density of each of the dot rows of the correction pattern together with a standard-pattern reading density of a standard pattern, by reading the correction pattern together with the standard pattern; and obtaining a density correction value that is used in correcting a density of an image, for each of the dot rows, based on the correction-pattern reading density, with respect to a target density that is set based on the standard-pattern reading density. | 09-24-2009 |
20090262373 | METHOD OF CALCULATING CORRECTION VALUE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A method of calculating a correction value includes forming a correction pattern on a medium in a yellow color, acquiring blue color information by reading out the correction pattern, and calculating a correction value of the density of the yellow color based on the blue color information. | 10-22-2009 |
20100060691 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTER - [Task] To achieve reduction of the number of correction value tables. | 03-11-2010 |
20100201726 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A manufacturing method of a fluid ejecting apparatus includes: forming first and second test patterns by ejecting fluid from first and second nozzle rows which intersect with a relative movement direction of a medium, wherein the first nozzle row forms the first test pattern by ejecting the fluid in accordance with a first driving pulse and the second nozzle row forms the second test pattern by ejecting the fluid in accordance with a second driving pulse; measuring the density of the first test pattern and the density of the second test pattern; and correcting a parameter of the first driving pulse and a parameter of the second driving pulse such that the density of the first test pattern and the density of the second test pattern become a common target density. | 08-12-2010 |
20110138608 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTING DEVICE - A dither mask is used in a halftone process that is performed by the printer that includes the preceding and following heads. The dither mask includes preceding and following head storage regions. The preceding head storage region is used for a printing portion of the preceding head. The following head storage region is used for a printing portion of the following head. The dither mask is generated by determining, using comprehensive evaluation values, storage elements in which thresholds are to be stored under the condition that dots are permitted to be formed by the preceding and following heads at the same position in the region corresponding the overlapping regions. | 06-16-2011 |
20110141178 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING - A printing apparatus which prints a print image onto a printing medium based on image data, includes a plurality of nozzles which discharge ink onto the printing medium based on the image data while relatively moving with respect to the printing medium, an intensity detector which irradiates the printing medium with irradiation light to detect a light intensity for detection which is an intensity of light through the printing medium based on the irradiation light, and a defective nozzle detector which detects a bias of a distribution of dots with the ink formed on the printing medium based on the light intensity for detection to judge whether a defective nozzle is caused based on the bias of the distribution of the dots. | 06-16-2011 |