Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080260273 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An object of this invention is to increase the encoding efficiency of attribute data of each pixel of image data by using the fact that the probability that the attribute flag data of adjacent pixels have the same bit position is higher than the probability that the attribute flag data of adjacent pixels have the same value. In the first phase, to encode 32×32 attribute data having a size of 8 bits corresponding to one pixel, input attribute data is directly output to an encoding unit and encoded. In the second phase, “7” is set in a variable i as the initial value. Eight attribute data are input. Eight-bit data including bits i is generated and output to the encoding unit. The data of bits | 10-23-2008 |
20090083318 | DEVICE ADAPTIVELY SWITCHING IMAGE PROCESSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF OBJECT INCLUDED IN IMAGE - The present invention relates to a device configured to determine whether to perform transform processing from image data into vector data in accordance with characteristics of an object. The device is configured: to separate an object from image data; then to determine whether to transform image data corresponding to the object into vector data; subsequently, to extract contour data of the object that has been determined to be transformed into vector data; and to perform function approximation for the extracted contour data. | 03-26-2009 |
20090274369 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a dividing unit for dividing objects of an input image, a metadata adding unit for adding metadata to each of the divided objects by performing OCR processing and morpheme analysis, a display unit for displaying at least one of the divided objects and the metadata added to the divided object, and a metadata accuracy determining unit for determining accuracies of the added metadata. The display unit preferentially displays metadata determined as being low in accuracy by the metadata accuracy determining unit. | 11-05-2009 |
20090290797 | IMAGE PROCESSING FOR STORING OBJECTS SEPARATED FROM AN IMAGE IN A STORAGE DEVICE - An image processing apparatus has a separation unit for separating objects constituting an image input by an image input unit, a setting unit for setting a criterion to determine whether or not a separated object is stored, and a determination unit for determining whether the separated object is stored based on the criterion set by the setting unit. The image processing apparatus also has a unit for displaying the separated object, responding to a user access via an interface unit, when the separated object is determined to be stored by the determination unit and storing the separated object such that the separated object can be reused. | 11-26-2009 |
20090296157 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which sends attribute information to an output correction unit configured to determine based on the attribute information whether to print with only a black coloring material (K) or to print with a plurality of coloring materials (CMYK), includes an attribute change unit configured to make a determination to perform processing for changing the attribute information of compressed data, whose rendering color is monochrome and which is compressed by a compression format (MMR) for compressing a monochromatic image, from an attribute which is printed with a plurality of coloring materials to an attribute which is printed with only a black coloring material, and to perform the processing for changing the attribute information based on the determination. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297033 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An image processing apparatus extracts an area for each color from an illustration area, specifies an area that is in contact with the boundary of the illustration area, extracts a color around the illustration area, determines whether or not the extracted color around the illustration area is the same as the color of the specified area, and processes vector data that represents an area that has been determined as having the same color. | 12-03-2009 |
20090303504 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - The objective of the preset invention is to easily determine an optimal method for the use of transparent toner. In order to resolve this problem, an image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes an addition unit for adding, to each of objects that constitute an original document, information indicating either that transparent toner is to be printed for the entire surface of the original document or that transparent toner is to be printed for only part of the original document, a storage unit for storing the object and a generating unit for generating image data by employing the object stored in the storage unit, wherein, based on the information added to the object that is stored in the storage unit, the generating unit controls a number of pixels used for printing the transparent toner. | 12-10-2009 |
20090324065 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image in which at least one color component among a plurality of color components in an input color image has a resolution lower than that of the other color components is held as a base image. A rectangular region that includes an object image is extracted, a region of the object image and a region of a background image are specified in the rectangular region, and fill-up processing of the specified object image is executed in the base image. Fill-up processing executed at a boundary between the object image and the base image differs from fill-up processing executed at a boundary between the object image and the background image. | 12-31-2009 |
20100021059 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The operability of a user when reusing a vectorized illustration is improved. An image processing apparatus of the present invention comprises an illustration region specifying component configured to specify an illustration region within an input image, a color region extracting component configured to extract a color region from the specified illustration region, a contour line extracting component configured to extract a contour line from the extracted color region, a vector data generating component configured to generate vector data from image data of the illustration region, a kind discriminating component configured to discriminate a kind of the generated vector data, and a circumscribed rectangle coordinate deriving component configured to derive circumscribed rectangle coordinates in accordance with the kind discriminated by the kind discriminating component. | 01-28-2010 |
20100067023 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus which can generate a vector image with a high image quality at a high speed in a small memory capacity. The present invention generates an image with low resolution by performing resolution conversion to a compressed image with high resolution and obtains information of a character object with low resolution by performing object division to the image with the low resolution. The compressed image with the high resolution is decompressed and an image showing a character contour with high resolution is generated by using the information of the character object with the low resolution obtained by the object dividing and the decompressed image with the high resolution. At the time of performing the decompression, the compressed image with the high resolution may be partially decompressed based upon the information of the character object. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070854 | DEVICE FOR EDITING METADATA OF DIVIDED OBJECT - In a system that performs object division of a manuscript and adds metadata, a method is provided which can edit the metadata by an intuitive operation when no appropriate metadata is added or when it is desired that the metadata be increased by adding. An image processing device, which divides an manuscript acquired through an input component into a plurality of objects and adds the metadata, has a user interface for editing the metadata of the objects, and switches, after selecting first and second objects, a retouching method of the metadata in accordance with the contents of the respective metadata of the first object and second object. | 03-18-2010 |
20100082698 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises an association unit configured to divide input image data into regions and to associate each region with one or more types of objects; an addition unit configured to add metadata to each object based on the type of each object; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a specific object that associates a first one of the regions with a second one of the regions different from the first one is present among the objects. In the case where the determination unit has determined that the specific object is present, the addition unit is configured to further add, to a first object that is present in the first one of the regions, metadata for associating the second one of the regions with the first one of the regions. | 04-01-2010 |
20100097656 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An input image is segmented into regions based on attributes of the input image. It is determined whether each segmented region is an illustration region. When it is determined that the segmented region is an illustration region, the color of the determined illustration region is compared with that of a region around the illustration region. When these colors coincide with each other as a result of the comparison, attribute information of the illustration region is changed to that of the region around the illustration region. Print data is generated based on the changed attribute information. | 04-22-2010 |
20100124380 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention generates efficient encoded data to restore original image data from reduced image data. An input unit inputs block data of 2×2 pixels from original image data. A converter generates reduced image data having a size smaller than the original image data by sampling one pixel data at a preset position in the input block data. A generator generates encoded data to restore three non-sampling target pixel data in each block data so as to restore the original image data from the reduced image data generated by the resolution converter. To do this, the generator determines whether all non-sampling target pixels in a block of interest are restorable from a sampling target pixel in the block of interest or from sampling target pixels in three blocks adjacent to the block of interest, and generates and outputs three kinds of additional information based on the determination result. | 05-20-2010 |
20100132767 | SOLAR CELL MODULE DEVICE - A solar cell module device includes a solar cell module formed by arranging plural solar battery cells; a reinforcing frame arranged on a back surface of the solar cell module; and a buffer material made of a rigid material and arranged between the solar cell module and the reinforcing frame. The buffer material has a size not causing the back surface of the solar cell module to come in contact with the reinforcing frame when the solar cell module is bent relative to a length of the reinforcing frame in a longitudinal direction. Therefore, the reinforcing frame does not bury into the buffer material, moreover, the buffer material does not abrade by coming in contact with the reinforcing frame. | 06-03-2010 |
20100132768 | Solar Cell Module - A solar cell module is structured by laminating a plurality of layers including a cell arrangement layer, on which a plurality of solar battery cells are arranged. To improve the designing property and productivity, in a blank region, which is a region other than where the solar battery cells of the cell arrangement layer are arranged, a thin plate having a color tone same as that of the solar battery cells is arranged. The thin plate is arranged on the cell arrangement layer at a step same as a step in which the solar battery cells are arranged on the cell arrangement layer. | 06-03-2010 |
20100142840 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Resolution interpolation data is generated by relatively simple processing. This enables image encoding by simple and quick processing to attain high image quality and high compression performance. To do this, a tile divider extracts tile data of 32×32 pixels from encoding target original image data. A resolution converter samples one pixel of a block of 2×2 pixels in the tile data, thereby generating reduced tile data of a reduced image. An interpolation data generator generates interpolation data to be used to generate tile data having the original resolution from the reduced tile data. Based on the interpolation data of a tile of interest, an encoding method selector outputs a control signal indicating which one of lossless encoding and lossy encoding should be executed for the reduced tile data. A code stream generator outputs the generated encoded data and interpolation data as encoded image data. | 06-10-2010 |
20100171999 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - There are cases in which an effective search index cannot be provided to an image data only by extracting character codes from a character object in PDL data. An image processing apparatus of the present invention obtains image data by rendering PDL data, and extracts a character object from the image data. The image processing apparatus performs character recognition processing on the extracted character object to obtain character code information, and provides metadata including the character code information to the image data. | 07-08-2010 |
20100186806 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - A solar cell has a non-light-receiving side and a light-receiving side that faces a backside of an optically-transparent cover plate. A heatsink has a backside that faces the non-light-receiving side of the solar cell. The heatsink is formed of a graphite-containing material having a concave and convex texture as a radiating fin. | 07-29-2010 |
20100202025 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to achieve both of high compressibility and high image quality property of an electronic file to improve user friendliness of the electronic file. | 08-12-2010 |
20100218810 | SOLAR BATTERY MODULE DEVICE - A solar battery module device includes a solar cell module formed by arranging a plurality of solar battery cells; a rack-shaped frame having a substantially rectangular shape supporting an outer-edge portion of the solar cell module by surrounding a whole periphery of the outer-edge portion; and a reinforcing frame that is bridged over between two opposite sides of the rack-shaped frame by forming a predetermined gap between the reinforcing frame and a back surface of the solar cell module, and supports the solar cell module by being brought into contact with the back surface of the solar cell module when the solar cell module is bent. The reinforcing frame is engaged with engagement notches formed on the back surface of the rack-shaped frame. | 09-02-2010 |
20100231993 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD EXECUTED BY IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus capable of checking whether information is recorded in a predetermined region of a document and not recorded in another predetermined region, includes a first and second registration unit, an input unit configured to input image data obtained by reading an image of the document, an identification unit configured to identify a region corresponding to position information registered by the first registration unit or position information registered by the second registration unit from the image data input by the input unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether information is recorded in the region identified by the identification unit, and an output unit configured to output a result indicating that information is recorded in the first region or information is not recorded in the second region according to the determination by the determination unit. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231994 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read image data, a recognition unit configured to recognize a color of a handwritten portion designating a region in the image data and to recognize processing associated with the color of the handwritten portion, a display unit configured to display the recognized color and a content of the processing associated with the color, and a changing unit configured to change an association between the recognized color and the recognized content of the processing. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231996 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus, configured to extract additional information added to an original document and perform a processing according to a result of the extraction, inputs image data obtained by causing a scanner to read an image of the original document, converts color component of the input image data into a color component different from the color component of the additional information, and causes a printer to print image data having the converted color component as a document to which a user can add additional information. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232700 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read image data, a recognition unit configured to recognize a region designated by a handwritten portion and processing associated with a color of the handwritten portion in the image data, and a display unit configured to display a preview by superimposing a recognized result and the region to be processed in the image data and displaying a content of the recognized processing on the displayed preview. | 09-16-2010 |
20120219234 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus which re-encodes encoded data, encoded with a pixel block having a predetermined number of pixels as a coding unit, while suppressing degradation of image quality, with a higher compressibility. For this purpose, when an encoded-image-data input unit inputs JPEG encoded data with an 8×8 pixel block as a coding unit, a redundancy estimation unit performs encoding on the encoded data, and sets an encoded data amount obtained by the coding, as a target code amount for a recompressor to perform coding in accordance with JPEG 2000 coding. The inputted encoded data is decompressed by a decompressor, and the recompressor generates encoded data in the previously-determined target code amount. The code amount control is performed by deleting the encoded data in bit planes in an order from a least significant bit plane toward a high-order bit plane. | 08-30-2012 |
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20140014165 | SOLAR BATTERY SYSTEM AND SOLAR BATTERY MODULE - Each of solar battery modules includes a rectangular solar battery panel, and a holding member extending from an inner side of the solar battery panel to opposite short sides thereof in a direction parallel to a long side of the solar battery panel. A mount includes rod-like members, to which a row of short-side groups in which sets of short sides of the solar battery panels adjacent to each other are arranged in a direction along the short sides is fitted via the holding members. The holding members are bonded to a rear surface of the solar battery panel. The long side is equal to or longer than 1.3 meters, and the short side is equal to or longer than 0.9 meter. The solar battery panel includes a glass substrate having a total plate thickness of equal to or smaller than 2.5 millimeters. | 01-16-2014 |
20140285824 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus which can generate a vector image with a high image quality at a high speed in a small memory capacity. The present invention generates an image with low resolution by performing resolution conversion to a compressed image with high resolution and obtains information of a character object with low resolution by performing object division to the image with the low resolution. The compressed image with the high resolution is decompressed and an image showing a character contour with high resolution is generated by using the information of the character object with the low resolution obtained by the object dividing and the decompressed image with the high resolution. At the time of performing the decompression, the compressed image with the high resolution may be partially decompressed based upon the information of the character object. | 09-25-2014 |
20140379463 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An advertisement distribution management apparatus according to an embodiment includes an estimation unit, an assignment unit, an inquiry unit, and a selection unit. The estimation unit estimates an expected profit value in a case in which advertising content is distributed by a first advertisement distribution apparatus in response to an advertisement request. The assignment unit assigns a price rank to the advertisement request on the basis of the expected profit value. The inquiry unit inquires of one or more second advertisement distribution apparatuses whether to distribute the advertising content at the price rank in response to the advertisement request. The selection unit selects the first advertisement distribution apparatus as a distribution source of the advertising content corresponding to the advertisement request when there is no second advertisement distribution apparatus, in response to the inquiry, which distributes the advertising content at the price rank in response to the advertisement request. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379488 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An advertisement distribution management apparatus in an embodiment includes a distribution management unit. The distribution management unit selectively executes a first operating mode selecting a distribution source apparatus of advertising content for an advertisement request from among the advertisement distribution apparatuses on the basis of a given condition and a second operating mode defining a specific advertisement distribution apparatus as the distribution source apparatus from among the advertisement distribution apparatuses depending on a user making the advertisement request. The distribution management unit further divides the users into a plurality of groups, and performs an assignment process assigning a plurality of time periods shifted from one another within a given period of time to the respective groups as the time periods of the second operating mode. | 12-25-2014 |