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Multi-toning, i.e. converting a continuous-tone signal for reproduction with more than two discrete brightnesses or optical densities
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Multi-toning, i.e. converting a continuous-tone signal for reproduction with more than two discrete brightnesses or optical densities
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Reordered multibit halftone processing with a threshold array
Patent number
12,075,016
Issue date
Aug 27, 2024
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Walter F. Kailey
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Multilayer white printing with white-balance
Patent number
12,023,939
Issue date
Jul 2, 2024
FIERY, LLC
Peter Heath
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Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage me...
Patent number
11,936,835
Issue date
Mar 19, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Shoei Moribe
B41 - PRINTING LINING MACHINES TYPEWRITERS STAMPS
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Patent Grant
Multilayer white printing with white-balance
Patent number
11,712,901
Issue date
Aug 1, 2023
FIERY, LLC
Peter Heath
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Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage me...
Patent number
11,700,346
Issue date
Jul 11, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Satoshi Wada
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Printing method and printing apparatus
Patent number
11,565,527
Issue date
Jan 31, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Hirokazu Tanaka
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Information processing apparatus, method and non-transitory recordi...
Patent number
11,528,387
Issue date
Dec 13, 2022
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Mika Inoue
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Image forming apparatus and image reading apparatus
Patent number
11,483,450
Issue date
Oct 25, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Shuhei Hamada
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Image processing apparatus, method, and product for reducing color...
Patent number
11,247,482
Issue date
Feb 15, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Junichi Nakagawa
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Multilayer white printing with white-balance
Patent number
11,020,984
Issue date
Jun 1, 2021
Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Peter Heath
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Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording...
Patent number
10,999,473
Issue date
May 4, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Daiki Ikari
G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Vectorized multi-level halftoning using ternary logic
Patent number
10,855,881
Issue date
Dec 1, 2020
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Walter F. Kailey
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Image processing to set an output gradation number based on an info...
Patent number
10,855,882
Issue date
Dec 1, 2020
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Daisaku Imaizumi
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Image processing apparatus receiving setting values for scan proces...
Patent number
10,805,481
Issue date
Oct 13, 2020
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Kenju Narita
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Spectral colorimetry apparatus and image forming apparatus to contr...
Patent number
10,728,399
Issue date
Jul 28, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Hitoshi Furukawa
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Selection of halftoning technique
Patent number
10,674,036
Issue date
Jun 2, 2020
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
Edwin P. Lockwood
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image proc...
Patent number
10,623,607
Issue date
Apr 14, 2020
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Naoto Watanabe
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Halftone screens
Patent number
10,623,604
Issue date
Apr 14, 2020
HP SCITEX LTD.
Alex Veis
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Image forming apparatus, method of controlling the same, dither mat...
Patent number
10,574,858
Issue date
Feb 25, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Taiki Tezuka
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Printing apparatus, printing method, and printing system
Patent number
10,538,107
Issue date
Jan 21, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Seiji Abe
B41 - PRINTING LINING MACHINES TYPEWRITERS STAMPS
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Dithering in sRGB space
Patent number
10,536,608
Issue date
Jan 14, 2020
Facebook Technologies, LLC
Edward Buckley
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Image processing apparatus, method thereof, and image forming appar...
Patent number
10,511,740
Issue date
Dec 17, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Masashi Oya
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Multilayer white printing with white-balance
Patent number
10,421,289
Issue date
Sep 24, 2019
Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Peter Heath
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Method for automated generation of reference color values for color...
Patent number
10,404,897
Issue date
Sep 3, 2019
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Bernd Utter
B41 - PRINTING LINING MACHINES TYPEWRITERS STAMPS
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Selecting colorant amount for printing
Patent number
10,326,909
Issue date
Jun 18, 2019
HP INDIGO B.V.
Doron Schlumm
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Control device performing error diffusion process using modified ev...
Patent number
10,136,028
Issue date
Nov 20, 2018
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Yasunari Yoshida
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Image forming system and image forming method
Patent number
10,129,436
Issue date
Nov 13, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc.
Takenobu Kimura
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Colorant splitting method
Patent number
10,097,727
Issue date
Oct 9, 2018
AGFA NV
Koen Vande Velde
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Image processing apparatus with improved quantization, image proces...
Patent number
10,033,906
Issue date
Jul 24, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Junichi Nakagawa
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Selection of halftoning technique
Patent number
10,027,847
Issue date
Jul 17, 2018
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
Edwin P. Lockwood
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Patents Applications
last 30 patents
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Patent Application
MULTILAYER WHITE PRINTING WITH WHITE-BALANCE
Publication number
20240165962
Publication date
May 23, 2024
Fiery, LLC
Peter HEATH
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE ME...
Publication number
20240056544
Publication date
Feb 15, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
MISAE YUZUTA
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSI...
Publication number
20230412751
Publication date
Dec 21, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Yoshinori Mizoguchi
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS TO IMPROVE DOT DISPERSIBILITY WITH N-GRA...
Publication number
20220174181
Publication date
Jun 2, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Yoshinori Mizoguchi
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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COORDINATE VALUES IN A COLOR SPACE
Publication number
20210368067
Publication date
Nov 25, 2021
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Javier Maestro Garcia
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS
Publication number
20210360123
Publication date
Nov 18, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Shuhei Hamada
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE ME...
Publication number
20200412913
Publication date
Dec 31, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Satoshi Wada
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
DOCUMENT READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME
Publication number
20200128148
Publication date
Apr 23, 2020
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
SHOHICHI FUKUTOME
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM
Publication number
20190291460
Publication date
Sep 26, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Seiji Abe
B41 - PRINTING LINING MACHINES TYPEWRITERS STAMPS
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS RECEIVING SETTING VALUES FOR SCAN PROCES...
Publication number
20190253571
Publication date
Aug 15, 2019
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Kenju NARITA
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING FOR A MALFUNCTIONING NOZZLE
Publication number
20190134990
Publication date
May 9, 2019
LANDA CORPORATION LTD.
Alon SIMAN-TOV
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
MULTI-COLOR PRINTING
Publication number
20190132483
Publication date
May 2, 2019
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Leslie Drogo
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE FORMING APPAR...
Publication number
20190068832
Publication date
Feb 28, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Masashi Oya
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
Selection of Halftoning Technique
Publication number
20180302532
Publication date
Oct 18, 2018
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Edwin P. Lockwood
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STO...
Publication number
20180270391
Publication date
Sep 20, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Asako Sugahara
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PERFORMING COLOR CONVERSION PROCESS, AND...
Publication number
20180249043
Publication date
Aug 30, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Sanae Ikeda
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
MULTILAYER WHITE PRINTING WITH WHITE-BALANCE
Publication number
20180170067
Publication date
Jun 21, 2018
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.
Peter HEATH
B41 - PRINTING LINING MACHINES TYPEWRITERS STAMPS
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Patent Application
HALFTONE SCREENS
Publication number
20180139354
Publication date
May 17, 2018
HP SCITEX LTD.
Alex Veis
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
Selection of Halftoning Technique
Publication number
20180084151
Publication date
Mar 22, 2018
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Edwin P. Lockwood
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
SELECTING COLORANT AMOUNT FOR PRINTING
Publication number
20180020119
Publication date
Jan 18, 2018
HP INDIGO B.V.
Doron Schlumm
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION OF REFERENCE COLOR VALUES FOR COLOR...
Publication number
20170223231
Publication date
Aug 3, 2017
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
BERND UTTER
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
Publication number
20160286081
Publication date
Sep 29, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc.
Takenobu KIMURA
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS GENERATING CONVERSION CONDITION OF MEASUREM...
Publication number
20160286093
Publication date
Sep 29, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Hayato Negishi
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
Multi-Mode Image Capture Systems and Methods
Publication number
20160248938
Publication date
Aug 25, 2016
e-ImageData Corp.
Todd Kahle
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROC...
Publication number
20160234403
Publication date
Aug 11, 2016
Naoto WATANABE
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSI...
Publication number
20160165095
Publication date
Jun 9, 2016
RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Akihiro KAKINUMA
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD AND DIGITAL PROCESSING MACHINE USING SUCH...
Publication number
20150237232
Publication date
Aug 20, 2015
Avision Inc.
Thomas Sheng
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
DIGITAL IMAGE HALFTONE CONVERSION WITH SELECTIVE ENHANCEMENT
Publication number
20150222788
Publication date
Aug 6, 2015
RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Kartheek Chandu
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
MULTI-MODE IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Publication number
20150212979
Publication date
Jul 30, 2015
Todd Kahle
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Publication number
20150181079
Publication date
Jun 25, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Tetsuya Suwa
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING