Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc

Gregory Eugene Borchers

James E Owen

Andrew Rodney Ferlitsch

Jon Matthew Speigle

Rabindra Pathak

Rono James Mathieson

Eric Thomas Olbricht

A method for managing printer settings is described. Physical printers in electronic communication with a network are discovered. Installed printers, configured with a printer driver, are discovered. The physical printers are associated with the installed printers. One or more default print settings are specified. The one or more default print settings of at least one of the installed printers are updated.

Systems and methods for remotely managing and configuring driver settings

Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for manipulating documents. According to one aspect of the present invention, the responses, from multiple examinees, to a question on an examination may be combined to form a combined document associated with the question for grading, scoring or other analysis. According to a second aspect of the present invention, markings made by the examination grader, on the combined document, associated with an examinee may be combined with the examinee's examination document to produce a modified examination document.

Methods and systems for disassembly and reassembly of examination documents

A firmware repository includes an Extensible Markup Language (XML) description file. A system and method for managing the repository is described.

Firmware repository for MFP devices

Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for processing images for enhanced viewing by color-deficient viewers.

Systems and methods for color-deficient image enhancement

An improved system for administering a computer and paper-based test, including a multifunction peripheral having a printing function and a scanning function for operating on the test, and a host remotely connected to the peripheral over a network. The multifunction peripheral is configured to receive the test from the host and transmit a scanned copy of a modified paper test to the host, and the host is configured to transmit a result of an evaluation of the modified test to the peripheral. A method for administering a test including transmitting a registration code, receiving a print job including a test associated with the registration code and printing the test. The method further includes digitizing the test and transmitting the digitized test.

Integrated paper and computer-based testing administration system

A method for context-based processing of print data is provided. The method includes partitioning a document to be printed into a plurality of regions of interest. The method also includes determining context data for a first region of interest of the plurality of regions of interest. The context data may include information about how first print data corresponding to the first region of interest should be processed. The method also includes using the context data to process the first print data.

Context-based adaptive image processing

A method and system of administering an MFP connected to a network comprising discovering an MFP; building an MFP database comprising data regarding the MFP discovered; discovering a driver; building a driver database comprising data identifying at least one MFP the driver is applicable to; and building a relationship database comprising an associated MFP/driver record for each allowable combination is provided.

Driver database auto-configuration methods and means

An apparatus and a method are provided for adjusting real time video to compensate for color blindness. A video system includes a decoder that receives and decodes a video signal into original color signals. A processor receives the original color signals and outputs color signals that are adjusted for compensating for a selected one of a number of precharacterized types of color blindness. A screen receives the adjusted color signals and displays images adjusted from the original to compensate for the selected type of color blindness. The adjusted signals are derived from the original signals by one color gamut adjustment for each type of color blindness. The color gamut adjustments are generated by characterizing at least the known, major color deficiencies, and then generating color gamut transforms to fit more range of actual color contrast within the range of perception of the color blind. Each transform is stored in a memory as a lookup table, and looked up by the processor. Software controls whether any color adjustment is to take place, and if so which one of the available mappings is to be used by showing a sample image for each one of the color transforms.

Apparatus and method for adjusting real time video to compensate for color blindness

A computer is provided, along with a printer and software. The software causes the computer to change control settings of a printer's marking device while printing on a single page. The computer prepares raster data blocks (RDB) of data for printing a single page. In addition, there are included interspersed raster control block (RCB) data for adjusting the settings of the marking device while printing on the page. While the RCB data is preferably presented between RDB data of different scan lines, the RCB data blocks can change the settings even when printing along a single scan line.

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Vancouver, WA, United States of America

Gregory Eugene Borchers