298results about "Visual presentation" patented technology

A pattern which does not appear at a flat portion in normal binarization processing is set as a code pattern, and a code formed from this pattern is attached. At this time, code attachment with little degradation in image quality is implemented by selecting an unnoticeable pattern.

Various examples, systems, and methods are disclosed relating to reconstructing, segmenting, and / or simulating pipeline. A first computing system can obtain at least one object segmented from video data. The first computing system can densify the at least one object. The first computing system can simulate one or more interactions of the voxelized volume of the at least one densified object to update at least one physical attribute of the at least one object. The first computing system can generate at least one image depicting at least a portion of the at least one object with the at least one updated physical attribute.

Systems and methods of monitoring location labels on product storage structures of a product storage facility include an image capture device that captures images of the product storage structures and a computing device programmed to analyze the images of the product storage structures captured by the image capture device to detect location labels located on the product storage structures. Based on detection that one or more location labels located on the product storage structures are associated with an error condition, the computing device generates a location label alert indicating at least one location label that requires a location label check by a worker at the product storage facility. A mobile application executable on a device of the worker at the product storage facility displays a user interface that lists location labels alerts and permits the worker to print replacement labels for product structures associated with the alerts.

To provide a printer in which image quality is less likely to deteriorate even if halftone processing is performed using a dither mask repeatedly.SOLUTION: And a head unit that forms the output image on a medium based on a processing result of the halftone processing unit, in which a direction in which a plurality of heads discharge liquid is defined as a first direction, a direction in which the medium is transported is defined as a second direction, and a direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction. The output image includes a mixed region and an independent region, a length of the mixed region in the third direction is a first length, a length of the independent region in the third direction is a second length, and the number of elements of the dither mask in the third direction is N times or 1 / N times a total number of the number of pixels corresponding to the first length and the number of pixels corresponding to the second length.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A method in a media processing device includes: determining an attribute of a radiofrequency (RF) tag associated with a media supply; receiving a command to write first data to the RF tag; determining whether the first data and the RF tag are compatible based on the attribute; when the first data and the RF tag are incompatible, modifying the first data to generate modified data compatible with the RF tag based on the attribute; and writing the modified data to the RF tag.

The optimal replacement timing for consumable parts is set for each user. [Solution] The image forming apparatus includes a replaceable toner container 101 and a controller 109 that changes a lifespan calculation algorithm for calculating the lifespan when the toner container 101 is replaced according to the timing estimated from its lifespan.

At least one of the first notification(306) and the second notification(308) is provided via a display device, based on a fact that, by the editing of an object, an object(310) with a transmission property is overlapped on the front surface of an object(312) to be printed by use of a spot color ink, the first notification being provided for warning that the object with the transmission property is in a state of being overlapped on the front surface of the object to be printed by use of the spot color ink, the second notification being provided for asking whether or not a predetermined overlapping state in which the object with the transmission property is overlapped on the front surface of the object to be printed by use of the spot color ink is to be maintained.

To solve such a problem that there is a large burden on a user for printing a code according to a type of a medium so as to prevent reduction in the quality.SOLUTION: A printer comprises: a conveyance unit which conveys a medium along a prescribed conveyance direction; a printing unit which performs printing on the medium conveyed by the conveyance unit; a reading unit which reads the medium to which printing is performed by the printing unit; and a control unit which controls the conveyance unit and the printing unit to execute first printing processing and second printing processing. The control unit, in the first printing processing, prints a code group including a first code in a first size and a second code in a second size larger than the first size to a first medium being the medium, acquires reading data being a reading result by the reading unit of the code group printed on the first medium, determines a code size adopted for the second printing processing on the basis of the reading data, in the second printing processing, prints a third code in the code size to a medium in the same type as the first medium.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

The color management device comprises at least one processor. This processor performs conversion between a first signal value and a first chromaticity value using a color profile. This color profile is created using a second signal value and a second chromaticity value from a color chart formed from at least one ink composition comprising a liquid crystal compound and a chiral compound. The second chromaticity value and the second signal value are each associated with an amount of the liquid crystal compound and the chiral compound.

An image processing apparatus (300) includes an acquisition unit (301) to acquire a first image obtained by imaging wallpaper and measurement information obtained by measuring the wallpaper, an analysis unit (302) to analyze deterioration of the wallpaper based on the measurement information, and a generation unit (304) to generate a second image by removing the deterioration from the first image.

Provided is a printing system that calculates a correction value for correcting image data based on a state of a substrate. In a printing system that prints an image by ejecting a liquid onto a substrate, a transport device transports the substrate in an order of a first ejection device that ejects a first liquid onto the substrate based on first image data, a first measurement device, a first drying device, a second measurement device, and a second ejection device, the first measurement device and the second measurement device each detect a mark printed on the substrate with the first liquid to measure a state of the substrate, and the first ejection device corrects the first image data based on a measurement result of the first measurement device and a measurement result of the second measurement device.

An image formation device forms an ink layer on a film. The ink layer is configured to be transferred to a print medium. The image formation device includes a color head configured to eject color ink, a shielding head configured to eject shielding ink, and a processor. The processor forms a color layer on the film by ejecting the color ink from the color head onto the film. The color layer is the ink layer configured by the color ink and constituting an image. The processor forms a shielding layer by ejecting the shielding ink from the shielding head onto the color layer, in the film on which the color layer is formed. The shielding layer is the ink layer configured by the shielding ink.

To provide an image inspection apparatus, an image inspection method, and an image inspection program with which it is possible to shorten the time required for processing from generation of a reference image to image inspection and to prevent or suppress an occurrence of a situation in which the inspection cannot be performed because the reference image has not been generated.SOLUTION: An image inspection apparatus 300 includes an image former 330, a storage 390, an image inspector 350, and a determiner 310. The image former 330 forms an image on a recording medium on the basis of image data. The storage 390 stores a reference image to be used for inspection of the image formed on the recording medium. The image inspector inspects the image formed on the recording medium on the basis of the reference image. The determiner determines whether or not the reference image on the basis of the image to be inspected by the image inspector 350 is stored in the storage 390 after the image former 330 starts an image forming process.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

To provide a technology that enables ordering of consumables used in a printing device registered in a system by voice instructions.SOLUTION: In a system, at least one server includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information on a remaining quantity of consumables of a printing device at a specific timing not in response to a voice inquiry from a user; and control means that controls, on the basis of the information on the remaining quantity of the consumables of the printing device acquired by the acquisition means, when a predetermined condition corresponding to the remaining quantity of the consumables of the printing device being low is satisfied, to transmit predetermined information for making a specific notification corresponding to the remaining quantity of the consumables of the printing device being low to a voice device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a method comprising rendering a buffer image from a first image data received for printing. Further, the method includes scaling the buffer image to generated scaled buffer image. Furthermore, the method includes determining a first location of a machine readable indicia in the scaled buffer image. Additionally, the method includes causing a print head to print the buffer image on a print media to generate a printed content.

To provide a printer which can improve color calibration of an image.SOLUTION: A printer 10 includes a first nozzle 24a, a second nozzle 24b, a first channel 13a, a second channel 13b, a display device 14 and a control device 50. The control device executes a first acquisition operation of acquiring an image color region being a region in a prescribed color space occupied by a color value included in image data, a second acquisition operation of acquiring a printing color region being a region in a color space occupied by a color value of printable colors of a first nozzle and a second nozzle by ink in a candidate color and ink in a fundamental color for the plurality of candidate colors that can be selected as a specific color, a third acquisition operation of acquiring an evaluation value when the printing color region is compared with the image color region for the plurality of candidate colors, and a first display operation of displaying on a display device the order of the candidate colors based on the evaluation value before the ink in the specific color is filled to the second channel.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To reduce a region to be wasted of a roll medium.SOLUTION: When the width of a sheet P stored in a RAM is X0, the maximum length about the width direction of the sheet P of a plurality of images A constituting a plurality of copies, a plurality of images B constituting a plurality of pages or one image C based on image data is X, an image recording apparatus executes calculation processing of calculating the maximum n (the natural number of n≥1) satisfying the relation of nX≤X0. Then, the image recording apparatus executes juxtaposition recording processing of controlling a recording unit such that two or more and n or less of a plurality of divided images C1, C2, ..., Cn obtained by dividing the two or more and n or less of the plurality of images A or the plurality of images B or the image C into plural pieces by a division line along the width direction of the sheet P are recorded in a manner of being arranged in parallel to each other in the width direction of the sheet P when n calculated in the calculation processing is equal to or greater than 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

To enable printing devices to easily and appropriately perform a variety of mail merge operations. [Solution] A program that causes a computer-controlled device 14 to generate print data, causing the control device 14 to perform input processing, plate generation processing, and print data generation processing, wherein in the data input processing, non-variable data corresponding to common parts and variable data indicating variable parts are input as input data for causing a printing device 12 to perform mail merge, in the plate generation processing, a color layer plate generation processing is performed to generate a color layer plate associated with the color layer, and a monochrome layer plate generation processing is performed to generate a monochrome layer plate associated with the monochrome layer, in the color layer plate generation processing, a color layer plate is generated for each printed material by reflecting the variable parts in the variable data, and in the monochrome layer plate generation processing, a monochrome layer plate is generated for each printed material by reflecting the variable parts in the variable data.

The system (10) includes a printing assembly (13) and a stacking assembly (59). The printing assembly (13) is configured to (i) print a plurality of images on each of a plurality of substrates (50) and (ii) print a plurality of marks on one or more edges of each of the plurality of substrates. The stacking assembly (59) is configured to stack the plurality of substrates on one another to form a stack (88) having a top surface (32) parallel to one or more of the substrates and side surfaces (21, 31, 41, 51) created from the stacked edges of the substrates. One or more of the marks are visible in a side view of at least a given one of the sides (21), and at least the location of the one or more marks in the side view of the given side indicates a problem that occurred while printing one or more of the plurality of images.

An imaging system comprising: a system control component having stored thereon host firmware, the system control component including a print head operation module actuatable by the host firmware to transmit a signal to a print head of the imaging system, the signal configured to cause a print head operation; and a monitor-enforcement module including: a monitor interface configured to receive security information from a security device of the imaging system, and an enforcement module configured to selectively interrupt the signal transmitted by the print head operation module based on the security information.

Provided are a print recording system and a method for controlling a print recording system that enable print setting information affecting print quality to be easily set. The present invention is configured by a print recording system, including: at least one print recording device; and a computer system that includes a database storing a plurality of print setting information items and is capable of sending and receiving data with respect to the print recording device. The computer system searches the print setting information corresponding to a search condition that is input from the database in accordance with the search condition, repeats the search in accordance with a new search condition when the print setting information does not match the search condition, and sends the print setting information obtained by the search or the repeated search to the print recording device to set the print recording device.

A machine learning model provides a correction factor to predicted print material usage on a per-print job basis. The machine learning model is trained based on print job information of print jobs printed by printing devices using print material from cartridges received on a per-print job basis, and based on predicted print material usage by the printing devices in printing the print jobs received on a per-print job basis. The machine learning model is further trained based on measured actual remaining print material within the cartridges after the cartridges have been replaced within the printing devices by new cartridges.

This improves user convenience for laser printing devices. [Solution] The laser printing device L comprises a printing controller 100 that executes printing processing to form a predetermined printing pattern Pm within a printing area R1, and pre- and post-printing processing that occurs before and after the printing processing, a memory unit 303 that stores order information Io, a workflow editing unit 304c that edits a workflow Wf that defines a series of processes including the printing processing, and a reception unit 304g that accepts selection of pre- and post-printing processing to be included in the workflow Wf in accordance with user input from the pre- and post-printing processing displayed on the display unit 301, the workflow editing unit 304c adds the pre- and post-printing processing selected by the reception unit 304g to the workflow Wf in an order that corresponds to the order information Io stored in the memory unit 303, and the printing controller 100 executes the printing processing and pre- and post-printing processing in accordance with the order defined by the edited workflow Wf.

The invention discloses an edge finding printing method, device and equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of ink-jet printing. According to the method, edge printing areas of a printing medium are determined, the printing medium at least comprises two adjacent edge printing areas, each edge printing area corresponds to at least one piece of PASS printing, an overlapping area of the two adjacent edge printing areas is obtained, and a feathering template is determined according to the size of the overlapping area; performing feathering processing on the printing data of the overlapping area according to the feathering template to obtain feathered printing data; and distributing the feather printing data to the two PASSs corresponding to the two adjacent edge printing areas for ink-jet printing. After feather printing is carried out on the overlapped area, the problem of white exposure or black channels caused by mechanical errors or ink drop dot errors can be avoided, and the overall image printing quality is improved.

A control method for an information processing apparatus communicable with a communication apparatus includes transmitting predetermined link information to the communication apparatus and transmitting, to a predetermined server, the predetermined link information and identification information of the communication apparatus that has been acquired from the communication apparatus and has not been randomized by a predetermined function of randomizing the identification information of the communication apparatus, based on a fact that the predetermined function is enabled in the communication apparatus. The predetermined link information transmitted to the communication apparatus is transmitted from the communication apparatus to the predetermined server.

The aim is to reduce the effort required for users to identify sheet information that needs to be checked after the sheet information has been updated. [Solution] In order to solve the above problems, the sheet information storage device of the present invention is characterized by comprising: a storage means for storing sheet information; an addition means for adding setting items and default setting values ​​for the setting items to the sheet information stored in the storage means; a notification means for notifying the user of sheet information for which the default setting values ​​added by the addition means should be confirmed, based on other setting values ​​for other setting items in the sheet information stored in the storage means before the default setting values ​​were added by the addition means; and a receiving means for receiving changes to the default setting values ​​added by the addition means from the user.

An image forming apparatus of the present application includes a plurality of print heads having nozzle rows formed of a plurality of nozzles, which form an image on a recording medium by discharging ink droplets from the nozzle rows, and a control section which performs control to execute a plurality of passes of printing, in which the image is formed by relatively moving the print heads and the recording medium along a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the plurality of nozzles are arranged a plurality of times, and performs control to execute the plurality of passes of printing so that, in at least a portion of the image, a pixel between one nozzle pitch of the print heads is formed by a nozzle row possessed by a single print head.

To record an image of high quality.SOLUTION: An ink jet printing apparatus configured to print an image on a print medium includes a printing unit configured to eject a first ink, a second ink, a first reaction liquid, and a second reaction liquid, a generation unit configured to generate first print data with the first ink based on first image data and generate second print data with the second ink based on second image data, and a determination unit configured to determine ejection amounts of the first ink, the second ink, the first reaction liquid, and the second reaction liquid for each partial area of the print medium based on the first print data and the second print data. The determination means determines the discharge amounts of the first reaction liquid and the second reaction liquid by a first determination method for a lamination region where a recording image by the first ink and a recording image by the second ink are laminated, and determines the discharge amounts of the first reaction liquid and the second reaction liquid by a second determination method for a non-lamination region where the recording images are not laminated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Reduce the time required to create print tracks. [Solution] A control method for controlling the operation of a three-dimensional object printing apparatus having a liquid discharge head for discharging liquid toward a workpiece and a moving mechanism for moving the liquid discharge head, the method comprising: a trajectory information generation step for generating trajectory information relating to the movement trajectory of the moving mechanism moving the liquid discharge head; a correspondence information generation step for generating correspondence information that associates the trajectory information with head information relating to the liquid discharge head and first image information relating to a first image to be printed; a storage step for storing the correspondence information; and a print data generation step for generating print data for printing a second image based on the correspondence information and second image information relating to a second image to be printed.