Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Kenji Itoh

Takeshi Mutoh

Takao Fujita

Motohiro Toyota

Masao Murakami

A multifunction machine as an image forming apparatus according to the present invention has a color correction function as an auxiliary function of a copying function. According to this color correction function, an expression color of each pixel that constitutes an output image is assigned to any one of color shades in a number of 70. Then, a color correction setting screen in which 70 patches corresponding to the assigned color shades are disposed is displayed on the display. Each of the patches functions as an operator for setting a correction value for density of the corresponding color shade. Then, color correction processing is executed on the basis of a setting content on the color correction setting screen or at an appropriate stage in a process of generating data for printing.

Image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing color correction control program, and color correction control method in image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a warning mode to issue an alert when a human detection sensor detects a person while the image forming apparatus is in an operation mode. When a central processing unit has received print data from an external device during the warning mode, the central processing unit stores the received print data in a storage device. The central processing unit executes print processing for the stored print data when the warning mode has been released.

Image forming apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing print control program, print control method

An image processing apparatus including: a document table on which at least one document is arrangeable; an image input unit reading the document arranged on the document table; an individual image extractor extracting image data read by the image input unit on a document basis to obtain image data of an individual image; a storage storing association information between an arrangement status of the document with respect to the document table and a reading surface of the document to be read by the image input unit; an arrangement status determiner determining the arrangement status of the document with respect to the document table on the basis of the image data of the individual image; and a reading surface determiner determining the reading surface of the document read by the image input unit on the basis of the association information and the arrangement status determined by the arrangement status determiner.

Image processing apparatus being able to simultaneously read and extract image data

An image forming apparatus is capable of setting a plurality of limiting conditions for each user. The image forming apparatus includes a hard disk drive (HDD) that stores a limiting condition set for each user, a touch panel that accepts input of an instruction from a user, a central processing unit (CPU) that determines whether a limiting condition is stored in the HDD in association with the user in response to the instruction from the user, and a display panel that displays limit information indicating details about limitation corresponding to the limiting condition in response to the CPU determining that the limiting condition is stored in the HDD.

Image forming apparatus, system including same, terminal apparatus included in system, and method for displaying limit information in image forming apparatus

The document creation apparatus includes a planned division region data extraction unit that extracts data of a planned division region from document image data for each of all pages of a double-page spread document; a reference data generation unit that generates reference data for the planned division regions based on the extracted data of the planned division regions of all pages; a division determination unit that, if a difference between the reference data and the data of the planned division region is larger than or equal to a preset determination threshold, determines that division is impossible, and if the difference is smaller than the determination threshold, determines that division is possible; and an image division processing unit that, if the determination result is that division is impossible, prints the document image data without dividing the document image data, and if the determination result is that division is possible, divides and prints the document image data.

Document creation apparatus, document creation method and recording medium

The image display system includes an image reading apparatus having an image reading portion for reading a document to output as first image data, and a data output portion for outputting the first image data accompanied with a plurality of specific image data or locations of the plurality of specific image data and display information data including a display time and display order of each specific image data, and a display apparatus having an image display portion for displaying the specific image data based on display information data of the specific image data in displaying the first image data.

Image display system

A print control apparatus includes a command section for causing a printing apparatus to execute a print job, the print job for printing a print subject image on a sheet, with a mark overlaying the sheet. Furthermore, the print control apparatus includes: an accepting section that accepts a processing condition for an image process of the mark, during a processing condition accepting period, which is set for every print job and is the period before an input of an executive instruction; and an image processing section that performs the image process of the mark in accordance with the processing condition during the processing condition accepting period. This makes it possible to prevent delay in initiation of printing, without excessive consumption of storage capacity of a storage device.

Print control apparatus and printing system

Included are an illumination lamp () for illuminating a color filter edge () at a predetermined angle of incidence, a sensor () for taking at least two images by imaging light reflected at a predetermined angle different from the angle of incidence, an image processing section () for calculating a difference in luminance within a color filter in accordance with the images thus taken, and a defect determination section () for determining the existence of unevenness in the color filter from the difference in luminance. Provided thereby are a color filter inspection method and a color filter inspection apparatus, each for early discovering unevenness through macroscopic observation of the whole color filter by illuminating the color filter edge and by taking reflected light that is not specular reflected light, the unevenness occurring in a drying step, the color filter edge containing a boundary between a pixel and a black matrix. Further provided is a method for manufacturing a color filter with use of the color filter inspection method.

Color filter inspection method, color filter manufacturing method, and color filter inspection apparatus

When any of the functions: copier function, printer function and facsimile function, are not being performed, the function information display portion provides display messages 'Copier available', 'Printer available' and Fax available&rsquo;, using the display areas equal in size, arranged in the vertical direction. When a print request is given from an external apparatus, the function information display portion provides a display message &lsquo;Printer function engaged&rsquo; along with the image processing operating conditions and provides display messages &lsquo;Copier function partly available&rsquo; and &lsquo;Facsimile function partly available&rsquo; in the left and right halves of the display section. While the printer function is in progress, the information relating to the printer function is displayed in the display area four times as large as that for the copier function and that for the facsimile function.

Function display method and multi-functional apparatus having display embodying such method

A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including a semiconductor layer structure, a source electrode and, a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer structure, and a source interconnection connected to the source electrode is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming the semiconductor layer structure on a substrate; (b) forming a metal layer structure so as to cover the semiconductor layer structure; (c) forming a resist layer having a predetermined pattern on the metal layer structure: (d) performing a first etching process for the metal layer structure using the resist layer as a mask so as to form the source electrode, the drain electrode and the source interconnection; and (e) performing a second etching process for the semiconductor layer structure using the resist layer as a mask so as to form a transistor gap portion between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The respective first and second etching processes in the steps (d) and (e) are performed using the same resist layer as the mask in the same chamber.

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Kenji Itoh