Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Minolta Company, Ltd.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Konica-minolta Holdings, Inc.

Kenji Masaki

Izumi Osawa

Isao Doi

Shuji Iino

Hideo Hotomi

Kusunoki Higashino

Seishi Ojima

Masanori Fujiwara

Fumiko Uchino

Yumiko Takedomi

Satoshi Deishi

Toshitsugu Yamamoto

Naoko Hiramatsu

Osamu Ebisu

Masahiro Hayakawa

Hideaki Ueda

Hiroyuki Ozawa

Koji Yamamoto

Kagumi Moriwaki

Yoshinori Sugahara

Hirotomo Ishii

Toshiyuki Kobayashi

Tsutomu Suka

Syuji Iino

Chiho Kawakami

Takeshi Kakutani

Yasunari Kitagaki

Whether or not allocation to router control is used up is determined. Whether or not CPU utilization allocated to the router control is used up is determined. If it is determined that the allocation for router control is used up, a sub-allocation changing process is executed for changing the CPU utilization. If it is determined that the allocation for router control is not used up, a router control allocation subtracting process is executed.

Image forming apparatus with time-divisional function execution

An image processing method for carrying out predetermined correction processing with respect to one or more items regarding the quality of color images and the image processing method comprises a judgment step for judging the necessity/nonnecessity of correction with respect to each of the above-mentioned items and a correction processing step for carrying out the predetermined correction processing with respect to the item judged as required to be corrected at the above-mentioned judgment step.

Image processing method, recording medium with recorded image processing program and image processing apparatus

A workspace control unit performs a process on a common work area screen for sharing information, and an information processor display transmission and reception unit transmits to a display of an information processor the common work area screen processed by the workspace control unit. An information processor manipulation detection unit detects manipulation performed on the common work area screen of the information processor. A peripheral control unit controls a peripheral based on control information managed by a peripheral control information management unit according to the result of detection by the information processor manipulation detection unit.

Information sharing system and relay device capable of controlling peripheral according to user manipulation

An output system having a data processor and an printer or other output device for outputting data in a specific format, which is sent from the data processor, to which is installed driver software for controlling the output device. Whether the data on output request passes the driver software is determined in sending data to the output device. Data are prohibited from being sent to the output device for output requests on which data bypasses the driver software.

Output system and output method used in the same for printing and producing copies

Image processing method recording medium with recorded image processing program and image processing apparatus

From profiles of an input color space and an output color space, the specific color data on respective color spaces are obtained, and a color space compression parameter is set based on each specific color data obtained. In other words, the color space compression parameter for appropriately converting data within the input color space into data within the output color space is derived from each specific color data. The color space compression processing (color matching) is performed on an absolute color space using the derived color space compression parameter so that it becomes possible to perform at a higher speed an appropriate color matching that takes into account the characteristics of the input color space and the output color space.

Color matching method and device, color matching program, and computer readable record medium that stores color matching program allowing appropriate color matching at high speed

In the image processing of color image, color image data are received, and the color image data are corrected to maximize an overlapping quantity of histograms of the image data on a plurality of colors. Alternatively, color image data are received, and histograms of a plurality of colors on the color image data are calculated. Then, color deviation of image is corrected to maximize an overlapping quantity of the histograms. Alternatively, color image data are received, and color fog is detected on the color image data and a color of the color fog is determined. Then, the image data of the color on which color fog is detected is decreased. Alternatively, color fog is detected in an input color image data; and a color of the detected color fog is displayed. Alternatively, color fog of input image is corrected first, and contrast on the image is corrected next.

Image processor

Specific information such as the type of performed image processing, and date is disassembled to bits, and the resulting bits are placed, e.g., in the least significant bit positions of pixels within processed image data. By this arrangement, when image processing is performed on original image data, it can be determined from processed image data what processing was executed on the image data.

Digital image processing apparatus

The gray axis of an input apparatus is shifted so as to match the gray axis of an output apparatus. Each data on a plane of equal lightness located in the Gamut of the input apparatus is shifted in the same direction in accordance with the shift of the gray axis by an amount of shifting smaller in proportion to greater distance from the gray axis. Therefore, the image is not governed by the chromaticness in the shifting direction even if the gray axis is shifted. Points located outside the Gamut of the output apparatus is compressed-converted into points within the Gamut (surface) where color difference is minimized while maintaining the lightness. A desired image is reproduced without inversion in the lightness after Gamut compression between data.

Color correction method and color correction program to obtain desired output image

In an image processor in a print system, an output device processes input data and outputs the processed data, while a detector detects whether data of a specified pattern is included in the input data or in the processed data, in parallel to the data processing by the output device. A stop controller makes the output device stop to output the processed data at an irregular timing after the detector detects the specified pattern. The printer prints an image on a sheet of paper, based on the data outputted by the output device. Thus when the specified pattern in an image is detected, the printing is stopped but the stop position becomes irregular.

Apparatus and method for image processing and print system for preventing forgery

An image processor for combining a plurality of partial color images to produce a single whole image, is provided with: a calculator for calculating a first correction amount for pixel data of a first color image and a second correction amount for pixel data of a second color image in the aspect of at least one color component based on pixel data of at least a boundary portion of each of the first and second color images; a corrector for correcting the pixel data of the first color image and the pixel data of the second color image based on the first and second correction amounts respectively to reduce a color tone difference between the first and second color images; and an image combiner for combining the corrected first color image with the corrected second color image at their respective boundary portions.

Image processor, image combining method, image pickup apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium storing image combination program

An ink-jet recording head ( ) comprises a first head portion ( ) and a second head portion ( ). The head portion has a plate ( ) which includes an ink cavity ( ) for receiving a ink material and a nozzle ( ) fluidly communicated with ink cavity for ejecting the ink material. A piezoelectric actuator ( ) which deforms to pressurize the ink material to eject the same through the nozzle when a voltage is applied to he piezoelectric actuator. In addition, both sizes of the ink cavity and associated piezoelectric actuator in the first head portion are different from those in the second head portion.

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