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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2005
Applicants:

Naoki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Isao Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Takeharu Tone, Tokyo, JP;

Taira Nishita, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Ohkawa, Tokyo, JP;

Atsushi Togami, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroshi Arai, Saitama, JP;

Maki Ohyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasunobu Shirata, Tokyo, JP;

Masafumi Hamatake, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Isao Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Takeharu Tone, Tokyo, JP;

Taira Nishita, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Ohkawa, Tokyo, JP;

Atsushi Togami, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroshi Arai, Saitama, JP;

Maki Ohyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasunobu Shirata, Tokyo, JP;

Masafumi Hamatake, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a generator, a storage, an image data format converter, and a sender. The generator generates print image data for printing an image, based on image data sent from an external device. The storage stores the print image data. The image data format converter converts the print image data into image data in a format handled by an external device. The sender sends the converted image data via an IP (internet protocol) network to the external device. The image data format converter performs one of color space conversion, expansion, compression, resolution conversion, filtering, halftone processing, density gamma conversion, and noise removal in accordance with parameters determined based on at least one of property information of the print image data and property information requested by the external device.


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