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20100245442 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE LIQUID EJECTION, AND DEFECTIVE LIQUID EJECTION DETECTION DEVICE - A method for detecting a defective liquid ejection that includes a) reading, by means of a sensor, an image which is formed on a medium by nozzles ejecting a fluid onto the medium in accordance with image data while being moved relative to the medium in a relative movement direction, b) obtaining differences between pixel values of read data pixels continuously arranged in a row in a direction intersecting with the relative movement direction in data read by the sensor and pixel values of image data pixels corresponding to the read data pixels, and c) detecting a defective liquid ejection of the nozzle by comparing a maximum difference value at a point where the differences show a maximum value with a non-maximum difference value at a time when the differences do not show a maximum value. | 09-30-2010 |
20100245941 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE LIQUID EJECTION - A method for detecting defective liquid ejection includes: reading an image with a sensor, the image being formed on a medium on the basis of image data by ejecting liquid from a nozzle while relatively moving the nozzle in a direction of relative movement with respect to the medium; specifying a maximum pixel among pixels of read data continuously arrayed in rows in a direction intersecting the direction of the relative movement in the data read with the sensor, the maximum pixel having the maximum pixel value among pixels of the read data; selecting a selected pixel in the data read with the sensor, the selected pixel being included in a line constituted by a plurality of pixels including the maximum pixel arrayed in line in the direction of the relative movement; and detecting defective liquid ejection in the nozzle by comparing the selected pixel with the pixel of the image data corresponding to the selected pixel in the image data. | 09-30-2010 |
20100251915 | DISCHARGE DEFECT DETECTING METHOD AND DISCHARGE DEFECT DETECTING DEVICE - A discharge defect detecting device including a sensor that reads an image, which has been formed on a medium by relatively moving nozzles in a movement direction relative to the medium based on the image data and discharging a fluid, at a reading resolution lower than the resolution of image data in the relative movement direction; standard data writing unit that writes standard data having the same resolution as the reading resolution in the relative movement direction, based on the image data; and a detecting unit that compares the data read by the sensor with the standard data, to detect the discharge defects of the nozzles. | 10-07-2010 |
20110025681 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic display includes: a plurality of spatially divided cells; and plural types of color substances contained in each of the cells wherein a display color is controlled by controlling electrophoresis of the colored substances within the cells, wherein each of a first cell, a second cell and a third cell included in the plurality of cells includes a first color substance corresponding to a mutually differing one of three primary colors in additive color mixing or subtractive color mixing and a second color substance in a relationship of complementary colors with the first color substance, wherein the first cell is controlled to be in a display state by the first color substance, and the second and third cells are controlled to be in a display state by the second color substance, respectively. | 02-03-2011 |
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20100067030 | Image color adjustment - At least one of a plurality of achromatic object color ranges is selected based on the image targeted for processing, and a color adjustment process is executed based on the selected achromatic object color range. Image may be reproduced using a color image data after a color correction of the color image data, the color correction being performed according to illumination light source associated with the color image data. Image data may also be output after the color correction. Image data may also be output associated with data related to the illumination light source, to reproduce the image after the color correction. | 03-18-2010 |
20100226565 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION USING A PARTICULAR COLOR SPACE - The image processing apparatus executes a prescribed basic color space conversion regardless of content of the color space identification information when a reduced image is a processing target. The image processing apparatus executes a specified color space conversion utilizing a color space specified by the color space identification information when a main image is a processing target. | 09-09-2010 |
20110150333 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION USING A PARTICULAR COLOR SPACE - If an image reproducing apparatus has a device-dependent color space conversion function that converts the color space of target image data to a device-dependent color space using a particular color space, reproduction image data is generated (i) by carrying out basic color space conversion to image data for which the color space specified by identification information is the standard color space, and (ii) by carrying out device-dependent color space conversion to image data for which the specified color space is the particular color space. If the apparatus does not have the device-dependent color conversion function, (i) reproduction image data is generated by carrying out basic color space conversion to image data for which the specified color space is the standard color space, but (ii) a notification indicating that the specified color space is not the standard color space is output where the specified color space is the particular color space. | 06-23-2011 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
20080309700 | Liquid Delivery Device and Liquid Delivery Method - A liquid delivery device includes a first nozzle row that has a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction and delivers a first liquid. A second nozzle row has a plurality of nozzles in the predetermined direction and delivers a second liquid having a concentration different from that of the first liquid. A controller forms first dots on a medium at predetermined intervals by delivering the first liquid from the plural nozzles of the first nozzle row without using a part of the nozzles of the first nozzle row, and forms second dots on the medium at the predetermined intervals by delivering the second liquid from the plural nozzles of the second nozzle row without using a part of the nozzles of the second nozzle row such that each of the second dots is located between the first dots in the predetermined direction. | 12-18-2008 |
20080309709 | Liquid Ejection Device and Liquid Ejection Method - A liquid ejection device includes a plurality of deep nozzle lines each having a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction, for ejecting a first liquid, and a smaller number of light nozzle lines than the number of the deep nozzle lines, each having a plurality of nozzles in the predetermined direction, for ejecting a second liquid having a lighter color depth than the first liquid. A controller forms deep dots on pixels on a medium using the plurality of deep nozzle lines, and forms light dots on a smaller number of pixels than the number of the pixels on which the deep dots are formed using the smaller number of light nozzle lines. | 12-18-2008 |
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 |
20090238456 | Image Data Analysis Apparatus, Image Data Analysis Method, and Program - An image data analysis apparatus adapted to receive color image data having three components for every pixel, detect a color gamut as a range of colors the color image data represents in a predetermined color space, and determine a plurality of apexes defining the color gamut in the color space is disclosed. The image data analysis apparatus includes: a first apex determining unit that detects a minimum grayscale value as a smallest grayscale value among the three components with respect to the pixels included in the color image data, and determines a first apexe, which defines the color gamut in the color space, based on the minimum grayscale value; a color image data converting unit that converts the color image data of each of the pixels having the three components into a coordinate point on a predetermined chromaticity plane; a color gamut triangle detecting unit that detects a color gamut triangle as a triangle including the coordinate points of the color image data converted on the chromaticity plane; a second apex determining unit that determines a second apex defining the color gamut in the color space based on a coordinate value of the apex closest to a reference R (red) point of the apexes of the color gamut triangle; a third apex determining unit that determines a third apex defining the color gamut in the color space based on a coordinate value of the apex closest to a reference G (green) point of the apexes of the color gamut triangle; and a fourth apex determining unit that determines a fourth apex defining the color gamut in the color space based on a coordinate value of the apex closest to a reference B (blue) point of the apexes of the color gamut triangle. | 09-24-2009 |