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20100225784 | CAMERA - An image-capturing device includes: an instruction unit that issues a photographing instruction signal; an image sensor that obtains frame images over predetermined time intervals; a storage unit into which a plurality of frame images obtained via the image sensor are sequentially stored; a save candidate designation unit that designates a plurality of frame images obtained before and after an output of the photographing instruction signal among a plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit as save candidate images that may be saved into a recording medium; and a control unit that controls the save candidate designation unit so as to designate as the save candidates a plurality of frame images obtained before and after a second photographing instruction signal issued within a predetermined length of time following the output of the photographing instruction signal. | 09-09-2010 |
20110164147 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: an instruction unit that issues a photographing instruction signal; an image sensor that obtains frame images over predetermined time intervals; a storage unit in which a plurality of the frame images obtained via the image sensor are sequentially stored; a save candidate determining unit that designates, among the plurality of the frame images stored in the storage unit, a plurality of the frame images obtained before and after an issue of the photographing instruction signal as candidates of images to be saved into a recording medium; and a candidate number determining unit that automatically determines, based upon specific information, a candidate number of the frame images that are to be designated as candidates by the save candidate determining unit. | 07-07-2011 |
20120002076 | CAMERA AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A camera includes: a photographing unit that generates image files by consecutively capturing subject images at an electronic shutter speed high enough to ensure that no image blur occurs in the subject images; an image file recording unit that records image files into a storage medium; a setting unit that sets a movie image frame rate; a synthetic image generation unit that generates a plurality of synthetic images each by combining sets of image data in image files among a plurality of image files generated by the photographing unit, a quantity of the sets of image data being set by taking into consideration the frame rate set by the setting unit; and a movie image file generation unit that generates a movie image file containing a movie image, each frame of the movie image being constituted with one of the synthetic images. | 01-05-2012 |
20120206619 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising an image acquiring section that acquires a plurality of images captured in time sequence; a subject extracting section that extracts a plurality of different subjects contained in the plurality of images; and a main subject inferring section that determines the position of each subject in each of the images, and infers which of the subjects is a main subject in the images based on position information for each of the subjects in the images. | 08-16-2012 |
20130002936 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus is characterized in that it includes an imaging element having imaging pixels and focus detecting pixels, a determining unit determining an amount of noise superimposed on an image obtained by driving the imaging element, and a pixel interpolation unit executing the interpolation processing from among a plurality of interpolation processings with different processing contents in accordance with a determination result of the amount of noise determined by the determining unit, with respect to the image, to generate interpolation pixel values with respect to the focus detecting pixels. | 01-03-2013 |
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20100277508 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an image processing system in which a client apparatus transmits RAW image data to a server apparatus, receives a result developed by the server apparatus, and displays onto a display area. The client apparatus reduces the RAW image data to a size suitable to display, transmits to the server apparatus, and requests a development processing. At this time, the client apparatus also starts a transmission processing of original RAW image data to the server apparatus. While making adjustment of the development processing to reduced RAW image data, the client apparatus and the server apparatus also execute a transmission and reception processing of the original RAW image data in parallel therewith. After the development processing of the reduced RAW image data, if there is a request from the client apparatus, the server apparatus also executes the development processing of the original RAW image data in a manner similar to the reduced RAW image data. | 11-04-2010 |
20120072472 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a system, in order to allow transfer of information relating to image data and the like to a desired directory in a directory structure in a host information processing apparatus, without performing an operation at the host information processing apparatus, in a first apparatus, a directory-information management unit acquires and manages directory information of a storage unit managed by a filing system of a second apparatus, and a display unit displays the directory information managed by the directory-information management unit. The user assigns a directory to which the image data and the like are to be transferred in the storage unit of the second apparatus, using an assignment unit. | 03-22-2012 |
20140337416 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an image processing system in which a client apparatus transmits RAW image data to a server apparatus, receives a result developed by the server apparatus, and displays onto a display area. The client apparatus reduces the RAW image data to a size suitable to display, transmits to the server apparatus, and requests a development processing. At this time, the client apparatus also starts a transmission processing of original RAW image data to the server apparatus. While making adjustment of the development processing to reduced RAW image data, the client apparatus and the server apparatus also execute a transmission and reception processing of the original RAW image data in parallel therewith. After the development processing of the reduced RAW image data, if there is a request from the client apparatus, the server apparatus also executes the development processing of the original RAW image data in a manner similar to the reduced RAW image data. | 11-13-2014 |
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20110058853 | PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A plastic optical element for use in an optical scanning device including light effective portions that focus light, and at least one link portion that connects the light effective portions in the sub-scanning direction, the link portion forming a border arc having a curvature radius R of 2 mm or greater and contacting the light effective portions such that the tangent of the light effective portion at the connection point of the light effective portion and the border arc matches the tangent of the border arc at the connection point. | 03-10-2011 |
20130070324 | PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGING FORMING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A plastic optical element for an optical system of an optical scanner includes a plurality of optical effective portions through which a plurality of light beams transmit, respectively, formed on at least one of an incidence surface and an exit surface in a sub scan direction, and an optical ineffective portion formed between neighboring optical effective portions not to allow the light beams to transmit therethrough, and including an area in which a local contraction occurs at a time of resin molding. | 03-21-2013 |
20150226938 | PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGING FORMING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A plastic optical element for an optical system of an optical scanner includes a plurality of optical effective portions through which a plurality of light beams transmit, respectively, formed on at least one of an incidence surface and an exit surface in a sub scan direction, and an optical ineffective portion formed between neighboring optical effective portions not to allow the light beams to transmit therethrough, and including an area in which a local contraction occurs at a time of resin molding. | 08-13-2015 |
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20120229556 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURAL BODY, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A photosensitive resin composition includes: a cation polymerizable compound; a photoacid generator having an anion portion represented by the formula 1 and a cation portion, | 09-13-2012 |
20120292412 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRUCTURE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A photosensitive resin composition includes (a) a compound polymerizable in the presence of an acid, and (b) a photoacid generating agent including an onium salt having a cationic part structure represented by formula (b1) below and an anionic part structure represented by formula (b2) below, wherein the component (b) absorbs 50% or more of the amount of 365 nm wavelength light absorbed by the photosensitive resin composition, | 11-22-2012 |
20120306961 | NEGATIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A photosensitive resin composition includes a cationically polymerizable compound, a photoacid generating agent having an anion portion and a cation portion, and a salt having a cation portion having either one of a quaternary ammonium structure and a quaternary phosphonium structure and an anion portion, wherein the anion portion of the salt is exchanged with the anion portion of a first acid derived from the anion portion of the photoacid generating agent to form a second acid having acid strength that is lower than acid strength of the first acid. | 12-06-2012 |
20120306969 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF - Without being dependent on design changes, a liquid ejection head and a method of production thereof are provided in which when time-division driving, liquid drop landing deviance in the direction of printing is capable of being corrected. In order to achieve this, before performing an exposure in order to form an ejection port, after forming a cavity that is shifted with respect to the location at which the ejection port is formed, exposure is performed. | 12-06-2012 |
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20080239380 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof configured to input PDL data and render the PDL data into image data to form an image, wherein a rendering speed in rendering the PDL data into the image data and an image forming speed are changeable, and by changing the rendering speed and the image forming speed within a predetermined power consumption, suppresses degradation in image forming speed. When an amount of rendered and stored image data yet to be used for image forming equals or exceeds a first threshold, the speed of an image data rendering process is reduced while image forming speed is increased. Conversely, when the amount of rendered and stored image data yet to be used for image forming equals or falls below a second threshold, the speed of an image data rendering process is increased while image forming speed is reduced. | 10-02-2008 |
20090109493 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a color removing unit, a determining unit, and a preventing unit. The color removing unit is configured to remove a specified color from an input image. The determining unit is configured to determine whether information is embedded in the input image. The preventing unit is configured to prevent an image in an area where the information is embedded in the input image from being removed by the color removing unit when the determining unit determines that the information is embedded in the input image. | 04-30-2009 |
20100321711 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - This invention provides an image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and program for executing efficient image formation while ensuring user friendliness. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus according to this invention permits changing an image forming condition during execution of an operation of forming an image while conveying a plurality of sheets each on which the image is to be formed at the first interval, and restricts changing the image forming condition during execution of the operation of forming an image while conveying the plurality of sheets at the second interval shorter than the first interval. | 12-23-2010 |
20140333956 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a printing system capable of supplying a sheet of a job having undergone print processing by the printing unit of a printing apparatus to a post-processing unit capable of executing at least a specific type of post-processing among a plurality of types of post-processes, when the target job requires the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is inhibited from executing print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by a user using a user interface unit. When the target job does not require the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is permitted to execute print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by the user using the user interface unit. | 11-13-2014 |
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20080273055 | PRINTING APPARATUS - For a serial color ink jet printing apparatus that forms an image using a symmetric printing head that ejects large dots and small dots, the configuration of a printing head is provided for suppressing, to the extent possible, a cyclic fluctuation in the main scanning direction. According to the present invention, individual nozzle arrays are arranged so that two nozzle arrays, i.e., a cyan nozzle array c | 11-06-2008 |
20090116069 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROCESS AND PROGRAM - In an image processing method, on the basis of input image data with respect to a target pixel, independent multi-level data (g | 05-07-2009 |
20120062651 | PRINTING APPARATUS - For a serial color ink jet printing apparatus that forms an image using a symmetric printing head that ejects large dots and small dots, the configuration of a printing head is provided for suppressing, to the extent possible, a cyclic fluctuation in the main scanning direction. According to the present invention, individual nozzle arrays are arranged so that two nozzle arrays, i.e., a cyan nozzle array c | 03-15-2012 |
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20080266316 | Color processing apparatus and method thereof - In order to obtain an excellent color processing result by calculating an optimal white point in partial adaptation, first white point data which indicates white of a device is input, the first white point data is projected onto a predetermined curve, and white point data in the partial adaptation located on the predetermined curve is calculated using the projected first white point data and the second white point data located on the predetermined curve. Color processing of input color data is performed using the white point data in the partial adaptation, which is corrected in accordance with the positional relationship between the first white point data and projected first white point data, and the color reproduction characteristics of the device. | 10-30-2008 |
20120148150 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS DETERMINING GROUP CORRESPONDING TO INPUT SPECTRAL DATA - An error calculation unit calculates a difference between approximate spectral data obtained by approximating input spectral data using principal component data and the input spectral data for each of a plurality of groups. An error determination unit determines to which of a plurality of groups the input spectral data belongs based on a comparison result by the error calculation unit. | 06-14-2012 |
20120230549 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - To enhance the accuracy of the search of a corresponding point in a plurality of sheets of images photographed by a camera array and to acquire more pieces of color information on a subject. First color information is calculated from pixel values of the plurality of pieces of photographed image data photographed by the camera array, and the first color information is used to calculate a corresponding point between images indicated by the plurality of pieces of photographed image data. The calculated corresponding point is used to calculate information on the depth of the subject in the image indicated by the photographed image data. Second color information that is used for reproducing the color of the subject faithfully is calculated from the pixel values of the plurality of pieces of photographed image data. The calculated depth information and second color information are used to combine the plurality of photographed images. | 09-13-2012 |
20130328900 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A bidirectional texture function image as a bidirectional reflectance distribution function for each pixel of a target object is input. An average bidirectional reflectance distribution function within at least a partial region of the bidirectional texture function image data, a power of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function of each pixel of the bidirectional texture function image data, and a peak position of each pixel of the bidirectional texture function image data are stored in a storage apparatus as information indicating the bidirectional reflectance distribution function for each pixel. | 12-12-2013 |
20140334729 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a first conversion unit configured to convert captured image data based on light source information under shooting illumination, and a second conversion unit configured to convert captured image data that has been converted by the first conversion unit, based on white balance setting information and the light source information. | 11-13-2014 |
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20100118321 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus for setting a setting value for print data to be transmitted to a printer, includes a selection unit configured to select a purpose from a plurality of printing purposes, and a display unit configured to display a screen for setting the setting value for the print data including a variable setting item for setting a setting value from a plurality of setting values associated with the printing purpose selected by the selection unit, and a fixed wherein setting values for the variable setting item and the fixed setting item are set by using different setting ways on the displayed screen. | 05-13-2010 |
20130215445 | STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - In a case where a parameter received from an application is a first parameter, an information processing apparatus receives data included in the parameter as string type data, converts the received data into binary data, and transmits the converted data to a printing apparatus. In a case where the received parameter is a second parameter, the information processing apparatus transmits data corresponding to the second parameter to the printing apparatus. | 08-22-2013 |
20150070728 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD WITH DISPLAY UNIT DISPLAYING SCREEN FOR SETTING VALUES - An information processing apparatus for setting a setting value for print data to be transmitted to a printer, includes a selection unit configured to select a purpose from a plurality of printing purposes, and a display unit configured to display a screen for setting the setting value for the print data including a variable setting item for setting a setting value from a plurality of setting values associated with the printing purpose selected by the selection unit, and a fixed wherein setting values for the variable setting item and the fixed setting item are set by using different setting ways on the displayed screen. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090279906 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes at least one image carrier and a recording medium conveyor forming a transfer nip therebetween, a conveyance member disposed closest to the transfer nip on an upstream side of the transfer nip to convey the recording medium to the transfer nip, and a conveyance control mechanism to deactivate the conveyance member to stop providing a conveyance force to the recording medium after the leading edge of the recording medium has entered the transfer nip and before the trailing edge of the recording medium passes a point of force application and remaining in the inactive state until the recording medium passes the point of force application. The conveyance force remains unapplied to the recording medium from when the conveyance control mechanism deactivates the conveyance member to when the trailing edge of the recording medium passes the transfer nip. | 11-12-2009 |
20100061752 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An image forming apparatus includes first and second belt members, at least one color image carrier, a separate image carrier, a primary transfer member, a secondary transfer mechanism, a direct transfer member, a first image detector to detect positional deviation of transferred images from reference pattern images, and a controller to transfer the reference pattern images formed on the at least one color image carrier and the separate image carrier onto the first belt member or onto the second belt member, convey the reference pattern images to the first image detector, cause the first image detector to detect the reference pattern images, and adjust one or more image forming conditions of the image forming apparatus to prevent positional deviation of the transferred images from the reference pattern images based on detection results obtained by the first image detector. | 03-11-2010 |
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20100010182 | Adhesive composition, film adhesive, and method for producing the adhesive composition - An adhesive composition is disclosed which includes a polymer prepared by copolymerizing a monomer containing a polymerizable group, the polymer including a low-molecular-weight component having a molecular weight equivalent to 1% or less of the weight-average molecular weight of the polymer, the low-molecular-weight component is contained in a range of not less than 0 weight % to less than 0.3 weight % of the total weight of the polymer. This allows provision of an adhesive composition having great adhesive strength in a high-temperature environment, especially at temperatures from 140° C. to 200° C., as well as high heat resistance and favorable crack resistance. | 01-14-2010 |
20110065858 | Adhesive composition and adhesive film - An adhesive composition of the present invention includes a polymer as a main component. The polymer is produced by copolymerization of a monomer composition which includes chain-structured alkyl (meth)acrylate and a monomer containing a maleimide group. This makes it possible to provide an adhesive composition used for forming an adhesive layer in which adhesive strength is kept in a high temperature environment. That is, it becomes possible to provide an adhesive composition that allows forming an adhesive layer which has high adhesive strength in a high temperature environment (particularly at 200° C. to 250° C.). | 03-17-2011 |
20110079262 | DIFFUSING AGENT COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING IMPURITY DIFFUSION LAYER, AND SOLAR BATTERY - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a diffusing agent composition used in printing an impurity-diffusing component onto a semiconductor substrate, wherein the diffusing agent composition contains: a hydrolysis product of alkoxysilane (A); a component (B) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydrolysis product of alkoxy titanium, a hydrolysis product of alkoxy zirconium, titania fine particle, and zirconia fine particle; an impurity-diffusing component (C); and an organic solvent (D). | 04-07-2011 |
20110108095 | MASK MATERIAL COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING IMPURITY DIFFUSION LAYER, AND SOLAR BATTERY - A mask material composition that is used for diffusion barrier of an impurity diffusing component into a semiconductor substrate includes a siloxane resin (A1) containing a constituent unit represented by the following formula (a1): | 05-12-2011 |
20140030839 | METHOD OF DIFFUSING IMPURITY-DIFFUSING COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A method of diffusing an impurity-diffusing component including forming a first diffusing agent layer containing a first conductivity type impurity-diffusing component on the surface of a semiconductor substrate; calcining the first diffusing agent layer; forming a second diffusing agent layer containing a second conductivity type impurity-diffusing component on the surface of the semiconductor substrate excluding the region where the first diffusing agent layer is formed; and heating the semiconductor substrate at a temperature higher than the calcination temperature to diffuse the first and second conductivity type impurity-diffusing components to the semiconductor substrate. | 01-30-2014 |
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20120313083 | 6,12-DINAPHTHYLCHRYSENE DERIVATIVE AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE DERIVATIVE - Provided are an organic compound having high heat stability suitable for use in an organic light-emitting device, and an organic light-emitting device using the organic compound. The organic light-emitting device is an organic light-emitting device, including: an anode; a cathode; and an organic compound layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, in which at least one layer of the organic compound layer has a 6,12-dinaphthylchrysene derivative represented by one of the following general formulae (1) and (2): | 12-13-2012 |
20130001542 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Aspects of the present invention provide a blue organic light-emitting device having a continuous operation lifetime. | 01-03-2013 |
20130264550 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is an organic light emitting device that has high efficiency and high durability against continuous driving. The organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and organic compound layers placed between the anode and the cathode, in which the organic compound layers include a hole transport layer and an emitting layer, the hole transport layer and the emitting layer are in contact with each other, the hole transport layer has an arylamine compound and an aromatic hydrocarbon compound, and the emitting layer has a host and an electron trap dopant. | 10-10-2013 |
20150212450 | NOVEL FUSED POLYCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LIGHTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE COMPOUND - A novel organic compound suitable for blue-light-emitting devices and an organic light-emitting device including the compound are provided. | 07-30-2015 |
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20100198967 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, when a plurality of events are detected within a predetermined period of time, event relevant information is not transmitted for all of the detected events and the same event ID is set for event information so that event relevant information which is transmitted at least once can be associated with the plurality of events. In a management apparatus, the event information and the event relevant information which have the same event ID are managed in association with each other. | 08-05-2010 |
20110099272 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A management system includes an image forming apparatus that manages a phenomenon having occurred in the image forming apparatus as history information, inquires a management apparatus about status information indicating whether the management apparatus is ready for a remote operation of the image forming apparatus, receives the status information relating to the image forming apparatus, from the management apparatus, as a response to an inquiry, enables a function for starting connection to the management apparatus for communication if the managed history information includes an unprocessed phenomenon and the status information transmitted from the management apparatus indicates that the management apparatus is ready for the remote operation, and causes the image forming apparatus to start the connection to the management apparatus for communication in response to a user's operation to execute the enabled function. | 04-28-2011 |