540results 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.

A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that has a plurality of nozzles ejecting a liquid toward a workpiece, a multi-joint robot that has a tip end portion supporting the liquid ejection head and causes the liquid ejection head to scan with respect to the workpiece, and a control portion that creates a printing path along which the liquid ejection head is scanned, in which the control portion generates smoothing data by performing smoothing processing on workpiece data indicating a shape of a printing surface, which is a surface of the workpiece to be printed, and creates the printing path based on the smoothing data.

To provide a technique that enables a user to easily grasp each printing layer when a plurality of printing layers are formed.SOLUTION: An image processing method includes the steps of: (a) receiving the stacking order of printing medium and one or more printing layers; (b) displaying, on a display device, a preview image representing a state in which one or more virtual three-dimensional objects corresponding to one or more printing layers and the three-dimensional object corresponding to the printing medium are stacked and combined in the stacking order, the preview image corresponding to how the preview image appears in a three-dimensional virtual space; (c) displaying, on the display device, the preview image representing a state in which one or more three-dimensional objects corresponding to one or more printing layers and the three-dimensional object corresponding to the printing medium are stacked in the stacking order with intervals between them, the preview image corresponding to how the preview image appears in the virtual space; and (d) receiving an instruction to execute either the step (b) or the step (c), and executing the instructed step of the step (b) and the step (c).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 19

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

Methods for aggregating resources enhance the management of printing resources within a printing system. A shared attribute related to printing operations is used for aggregating a set of papers within a paper catalog used for printing operations at a printing device. Changes to a feature or a printing resource for one or more papers within the aggregated set of papers is managed using the integrated resources. Printing resources include the paper catalog, calibrations, and spot color adjustments. Integrated resource management also occurs across peer calibration groups to update resources.

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

An image processing apparatus (109) obtains a scanned image by scanning an image of a chart on which a test image has been printed (S405), detects an image defect included in the scanned image (S411), obtains a feature of the detected image defect (S415), and identifies a cause of occurrence of the image defect based on the feature (S416). The test image includes at least one mixed-color image of multinary colors, which are a secondary or higher-order color.

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.

To solve the problem that detection accuracy of a position detection mark occasionally deteriorates depending on a positional relation between a position detection mark used in position detection and an adjacent image or a color of an image adjacent to the position detection mark.SOLUTION: A liquid discharge device includes a printing part for printing an inspection image, a read-out part for reading out the inspection image printed by the printing part, and an analysis part for analyzing the inspection image on the basis of the read-out result read out by the read-out part, wherein the inspection image includes a first position detection mark printed with a first color, a second position detection mark printed with the first color, and a plurality of colors of inspection patterns including a second color inspection pattern printed with a second color different from the first color, the printing part prints the second color inspection pattern at a position adjacent to the first position detection mark, and the analysis part identifies a first position of the first position detection mark in a first region, and identifies a second position of the second position detection mark in a second region narrower than the first region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

A system uses GPU accessible, high-speed memory to store compressed or raw video printer data. The system transmits this video data over one or more frames of an HDMI interface and a circuit reconstructs the video data for a page from one or more HDMI frames for communication to a printer.

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.

To provide an image formation apparatus which can suppress the occurrence of a black stripe even when there is unevenness in a beam diameter of an exposure device.SOLUTION: A control unit (101) converts image data into binary raster image data on the basis of a dither matrix corresponding to the half-tone of image data. The dither matrix is configured such that a pattern is grown in a prescribed screen direction from an isolated pixel as the exposure area ratio of the image data becomes larger, and the pattern is grown in a direction intersecting the prescribed screen direction after the grown pattern is connected to an adjacent pattern. The control unit (101) exposes a photoreceptor drum (53) to light by an exposure device (ED) on the basis of the pattern.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide a printing system that can suppress a color of a medium from changing hue of an image, while suppressing white ink from being used.SOLUTION: A printing system comprises a discharge part that discharges color ink and white ink to a medium, and a control part that controls the discharge part. The printing system obtains image data, information on colors of the medium and information on a density of white ink. The control part calculates a masking ratio of the medium on the basis of the information on colors of the medium and the density of the while ink, calculates adhesion amounts of white ink that are necessary for masking the medium on the basis of the calculated masking ratio, reads out an image parameter describe below in the image data, performs threshold determination of the read image parameter, and adjusts the adhesion amounts of white ink on the basis of the determined result. One or more image parameters are selected from adhesion amounts of color ink and color data that can be measured with a measurement instrument.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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.

Provided is an ink for ink jet, which is capable of recording an image excellent in concealing property and scratch resistance, and is excellent in sedimentation resistance. The ink for ink jet includes a first particle, a second particle, and a resin component. The first particle has a refractive index of 2.10 or more. The first particle has a volume-based cumulative 50% particle diameter of 100 nm or less. The second particle has a refractive index of 1.50 or less. The second particle has a volume-based cumulative 50% particle diameter of 120 nm or more. The resin component is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of: a resin particle; and a solvent-soluble resin. The resin component has a refractive index of 1.50 or more. A content (mass%) of the first particle is 1.1 times or more to 5.5 times or less in terms of a mass ratio to a content (mass%) of the resin component.

To provide an information processing system and information processing program, which enable prediction of printing speed of a print job taking into account inspection of printed matter in a printing device.SOLUTION: An estimation unit 106 inputs new input information including information on a new print job or information on a printing device to a trained model pre-trained to receive input information including information on a print job or information on the printing device, including an inspection unit for inspecting printed matter printed by the print job and output printing speed of the print job, so as to output printing speed of the new print job.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

To detect whether a rasterized image is invalid, before printing the rasterized image.SOLUTION: An information processing device comprises a processor. The processor conducts first processing which rasterizes received image data to generate a rasterized image 42 (S12). A processing unit which conducts the first processing: conducts a plurality times of second processing which rasterizes the received image data to generate the rasterized image (S13); and compares the rasterized image 42 obtained through the first processing with a plurality of rasterized images 43-45 obtained through a plurality of times of second processing, and determines whether the rasterized image 42 through the first processing is not invalid (S14).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

A printing apparatus includes a print head that applies ink to a print medium; a conveyance unit that conveys a print medium in a conveying direction; a first drying means that is disposed downstream relative to the print head in the conveying direction, and dries ink applied to the print medium by blowing gas such that an angle formed with the conveying direction is a first angle; and a second drying means that is disposed downstream relative to the first drying means in the conveying direction, and dries ink applied to the print medium by blowing gas such that an angle formed with the conveying direction is a second angle different from the first angle.

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

Methods for aggregating resources enhance the management of printing resources within a printing system. A shared attribute related to printing operations is used for aggregating a set of papers within a paper catalog used for printing operations at a printing device. Changes to a feature or a printing resource for one or more papers within the aggregated set of papers is managed using the integrated resources. Printing resources include the paper catalog, calibrations, and spot color adjustments. Integrated resource management also occurs across peer calibration groups to update resources.

To record a high-quality image with durability against recording misregistration.SOLUTION: An image processing device 1 generates quantization data for superimposing and recording a first dot pattern 101 and a second dot pattern 102 on a recording medium. The first dot pattern 101 and the second dot pattern 102 are lattice patterns whose combinations of two basis vectors are different from each other. There are superposition dots 104 and proximate dots 105 in which dots of the first dot pattern 101 and dots of the second dot pattern 102 are arranged with a distance smaller than a distance between lattices, in a combined dot pattern 100 in which the lattice patterns are combined. The proximate dots 105 include a plurality of proximate dots whose approaching directions are different.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide a technique for appropriately performing gamut mapping on a manuscript described using PDL.SOLUTION: Intermediate data are generated based on PDL data. First bit map data and second bit map data that are different from the first bit map data are generated based on the intermediate data. A gamut mapping table which associates the second bit map data with a printing color area is obtained on the basis of an analyzed result of the first bit map data. The second bit map data are corrected based on the gamut mapping table. Quantization image data are generated based on the corrected second bit map data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

To cause a teaching material management device to execute automatic scoring without any problem.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus 100 includes a scan image data acquisition unit 104 that acquires filled teaching material image data indicating a filled teaching material image 52 created by an image forming apparatus 400 reading a filled teaching material sheet. The information processing apparatus 100 includes: a scan image data correction unit 107 that, when the filled teaching material image data is to be automatically scored and the direction of the filled teaching material image 52 is not a normal direction, corrects the filled teaching material image data so as to adjust the direction of the filled teaching material image 52 to be the normal direction; and a scan image data transmission unit 108 that transmits, to a teaching material management device 300, the filled teaching material image data in which the direction of the filled teaching material image 52 is the normal direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7