Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hirokazu Uchio

Akihiro Katayama

Shigeo Kato

Yasuhiko Yasuda

Osamu Yamada

Yasutomo Suzuki

Toshihiko Nakazawa

Akitoshi Yamada

Takashi Nakamura

Tadashi Yoshida

Yoshinori Ikeda

Toshio Honma

Kentaro Matsumoto

Masanori Miyata

Shigeru Ueda

Hiroaki Ishii

Hiroshi Omura

Naoji Hayakawa

Kengo Kawamoto

Hironobu Araki

A card game program is executed in a computer device for playing a game using a plurality of cards. The identification information of each card is used to generate a combination of the cards for a game player. The combination of the cards is changed in response to an instruction of the game player.

Computer device for implementing a trading card game and control method therefor, program executed by computer device, controller, system, and game cards

There is disclosed an invention for generating contract information for an image forming apparatus for which the user is going to conclude a contract. The history information of an image forming apparatus used by the user and having a contract history is stored and managed in correlation with the user. Such management is executed in a center server capable communication with the image forming apparatus through a predetermined communication channel. The above-mentioned information includes contract term, machine type, number of print outputs etc. of the image forming apparatus. Also the image forming apparatus to be managed includes that currently contracted and that contracted in the past. In case the user wishes to conclude a new contract for an image forming apparatus, new contract information is generated according to the history information managed by the center server in correlation with the user. This invention provides a system capable of realizing the foregoing.

System, method, and program storage medium for managing printing apparatuses

An image processing apparatus comprising a divider for dividing an input image into plural areas, a controller for controlling a storage format of image data representing the input image in a unit of a divided area, a converter for converting the image data into the storage format, and an adder for adding predetermined information to the input image in the unit of the area. The controlling performed by the controller includes controlling whether or not the image data is compressed.

Image processing apparatus, method and recording medium therefor

The invention intends to efficiently detect a changed portion for a previous picture plane from image data encoded by using a correlation among a plurality of picture planes. To accomplish the above object, the invention has a detection unit for detecting a changed portion for a previous picture plane from the image data encoded by using a correlation among a plurality of picture planes and an output unit for outputting the image data of the portion detected by the detection unit to a display apparatus.

Image processing apparatus and method for displaying images

This invention relates to an image processing apparatus having a function of encoding or decoding image data and discloses a technique for extracting an image feature, especially a thin image portion of a specific color of an image, and for encoding the thin image portion with high efficiency to minimize degradation of image quality by selecting an appropriate encoding method.

Color image encoding method and apparatus

A method and apparatus for performing color image processing includes inputting a standard color image signal, performing color correction on the standard color image signal using a predetermined parameter to produce a color-corrected standard color image signal, and encoding the color-corrected standard color image signal to produce an encoded standard color image signal. The encoded standard color image signal is decoded to produce a decoded standard color image signal. The predetermined parameter is determined on the basis of both the standard color image signal and the decoded standard color image signal.

Color image processing method and apparatus which calibrates correction

Apparatus and method for decoding differently encoded multi-level and

In color image communication between different kinds of apparatuses, an output image which accurately reproduces a transmitted original image is obtained by individually providing color correction units in apparatuses at the transmitting side and the receiving side and by obtaining color correction parameters in accordance with a predetermined or standard color image.

Color image processing apparatus having transmitter and receiver which

Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding color images

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Hirokazu Uchio