Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hideki Adachi

Masanori Miyata

Naoyuki Ohki

Masahiro Tomosada

Shinichi Nakamura

Tokuharu Kaneko

Satoshi Kaneko

Hiroshi Ozaki

Satoshi Kuroyanagi

Hisatsugu Tahara

Taisei Fukada

Mitsuharu Takizawa

Tadashi Suzuki

Yutaka Komiya

Masayuki Hirose

Yoshiyuki Suzuki

Hiroyuki Ichikawa

Masahito Yamamoto

Takeshi Honjo

Kazuhiko Hirooka

Tetsuya Nozaki

Hiroaki Takeda

Toshiya Kanazawa

Miho Nakayama

Takashi Saito

Mitsuhiko Sato

Atsushi Takagi

Yukimasa Iseki

Takaji Yonemori

Nobutoshi Yoshida

Hiroshi Yamaguchi

Koji Suzuki

Yukio Sato

Masayoshi Takahashi

Hiroshi Ogawa

Nobuyuki Miyake

Koichi Murakami

Keizo Isemura

Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Noriyoshi Ueda

Satoru Kutsuwada

Hiroyuki Miyake

Seiji Sagara

Masato Ishida

Akimaro Yoshida

Kazuki Miyamoto

Akira Negishi

Yoshikuni Tohyama

Joji Oki

Hideyuki Fujiwara

Naohiro Yoshikawa

Yukio Kasuya

Keishi Osawa

Koichi Homma

Shuji Someya

Nobuyuki Miyke

A layout apparatus lays out a document by referencing personal information registered on a per user basis. Even if no particular print setting is input for a print job by a user, excellent prints customized for each user are thus provided.

Layout apparatus, layout method, and program product

The color determination circuit detects hue of the color image information, and the controller decides a color component to be separated (separation color) in accordance with the detected hue. Output color by the printer is set in correspondence with the separation color. The two-color-separating circuit separates the color image information into image information on at least two color components in accordance with the decided separation colors. The separated image information on the each color is transmitted to the printer via printer density correction circuits and , and a buffer . Thereby it is possible to provide an image processing apparatus capable of setting and changing the separation color and the output color by automatic operation or by simple manual operation, thus the expression of the image forming can be improved.

Image processing system which forms two-color images

An image forming apparatus discriminates a color of an inputted color image for each pixel and generates a first color component and a second color component. The apparatus compares values of the first and the second color components, and selects and outputs the color component having a larger value. Meanwhile a color component which is not selected is diffused to neighboring pixels. When pixels neighboring a pixel of interest in a predetermined area are filled with one color component, the other color component is selected and outputted regardless of the values of the first and second color components.

Image forming apparatus which outputs a color image by separating color

An equipment controlling apparatus is composed of a counter for counting the operational number of the equipment, memories for storing data indicating the state of the equipment, a communication device for communicating on the stored data with a centralized control apparatus, which controls the communicated data intensively, and a controlling device for causing the stored data to be transmitted to the centralized control apparatus when the counter has counted a predetermined value.

Equipment control apparatus

An equipment control apparatus in a system having an input unit for entering data on the conditions of equipment from the equipment, a communication unit for communicating with the apparatus located at a distance, and a control unit for exerting control in such a way as to transmit the data to the apparatus located at a distance through the steps of interrupting communication once on receiving a call from the apparatus requesting the data and then calling the apparatus located at a distance via the communication unit.

An image processing apparatus comprises: an inserting unit to insert a memory medium such as IC card or floppy disc which can be freely attached or detached and in which programs to control the image processing apparatus have been stored; a memory to store the program which has been read out from the memory medium and kind data indicative of the kind of program; a loading circuit to load the program stored in the memory medium into the memory; and a control unit to control the image processing apparatus in accordance with the program stored in the memory. In the case where the program has already been stored in the memory, the control unit controls the loading circuit in a manner such that when the kind data stored in the memory is the data indicative of a special program, the loading of the program from the memory medium to the memory is inhibited and, when the kind data stored in the memory is not the data indicative of the special program, the loading of the program from the memory medium to the memory is executed.

Image processing apparatus which can update program

When an original image of a full color is reconstructed by two colors, it is intended to prevent that a part of the original image is not reconstructed. An image of a full color original is read by a CCD, thereby forming signals of R, G and B. In an image processing unit, the R, G, and B signals are converted into red and black signals. The red and black signals are sent to a printer unit and an image is formed in red and black.

Image processing apparatus for receiving multicolor image information

A copying apparatus provided with a manual sheet feeding device, including an image formation control unit for controlling an image forming operation, a manual input device for designating the size of a copying sheet placed on the manual sheet feeding device, a memory for memorizing the sheet size designated by the manual input device, and a display for displaying the sheet size memorized by the memory. The image formation control unit controls the image forming operation in accordance with the size designated by the manual input device.

Copying apparatus and sheet size detecting device adapted for use therein

Equipment control apparatus having means to communicate with a

An equipment control unit is composed of equipment control means for controlling the operation of an equipment, communication control means for controlling the transmission and reception of data to and from an external device, and transfer means for transferring the data between the equipment control means and the communication control means.

Control of equipment and of communication with plural units of equipment

A method of managing an image forming apparatus by a remote computer comprises the steps of detecting an abnormal state in the image forming apparatus, transferring an error code corresponding to the kind of the detected abnormal state to the computer, selecting a predetermined program according to the transferred error code by the computer, transferring the selected predetermined program to the image forming apparatus by the computer, and executing the transferred predetermined program by the image forming apparatus. The predetermined program is a diagnosing program to examine the causes of a failure in the image forming apparatus.

Image forming apparatus for forming images in accordance with process

A machine monitoring apparatus includes an input device for receiving data from a machine, the data being indicative of a condition of the machine, a storage device for storing the received data, a communication device for communicating between the storage device and an external apparatus installed at a position separate from the machine, and a control device for inhibiting the communication device from transmitting the data stored in the storage device when a power supply for supplying the machine with electric power is turned off while the data is being received by the input device.

Communication control apparatus for monitoring a condition of an image

A power supply control apparatus includes an input device for receiving data from a machine, the data being indicative of a condition of a malfunction occurring in the machine; a communication device for communicating between the input device and an external apparatus installed at a position separate from the machine; and a power supply control device for controlling a supply of electric power to the machine. The communication device transmits the received data to the external apparatus, and based on the malfunction condition indicated by the data, the external apparatus transmits an instruction to the communication device to interrupt the supply of power to the machine. The power supply control device interrupts the supply of power to the machine in accordance with the instruction from the external apparatus.

Communication control apparatus for monitoring a condition of a machine

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Hideki Adachi