| 7017053 |
System for reduced power consumption by monitoring video content and method thereof |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A system and method are provided for reducing power consumption within a video processing portion of a system based on display content. Display content is monitored to determine whether the display content... |
| 6897867 |
Information comparison display apparatus using colors and a method thereof |
| May-24-2005 |
The present invention uses colors for displaying the results of information retrieval or analysis of pieces of input information so as to allow a user to visually and objectively understand the difference... |
| 6720970 |
Image drawing apparatus, image drawing method and memory medium |
| Apr-13-2004 |
In order to reduce the frequency of switching of the drawing attribute, the data of the drawing request are classified according to the drawing attribute, and the data are re-arranged in the unit of such... |
| 6718353 |
Method and system for ordering image processing while reducing amount of image data transferred |
| Apr-6-2004 |
In an image processing order system using a network, the amount of programs or data to be transferred can be reduced when a program for image processing (including data to be used) is transferred from... |
| 6690397 |
System for regional data association and presentation and method for the same |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A database methodology that concerns the mapping of any arbitrary object into a plurality of regions, enabling the assignment of multiple region-specific attributes thereto and facilitating the concurrent,... |
| 6551357 |
Method, system, and program for storing and retrieving markings for display to an electronic media file |
| Apr-22-2003 |
Disclosed is a method, system, and program for displaying markings to electronic media, such as text, images, video clips, audio clips, etc., in an electronic media file. A marking file includes markings... |
| 6549894 |
Computerized docketing system for intellectual property law with automatic due date alert |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A computerized docketing system for legal matters, comprising a database operatively arranged to store information related to the legal matters, including actions to be taken with respect to the legal... |
| 6476831 |
Visual scrolling feedback and method of achieving the same |
| Nov-5-2002 |
A new technique is described which provides realtime visual feedback to the user while scrolling in standard windowing environments. This visual scrolling technique makes use of a transient overlay which... |
| 6349315 |
Document output apparatus |
| Feb-19-2002 |
A document output apparatus outputs a document made up of plural cells in such a manner that either the characters entered in cells or the backgrounds of the cells are colored in accordance with the kinds... |
| 6311185 |
Method and apparatus for modifying an information page transmitted in a communications network |
| Oct-30-2001 |
A method and apparatus for modifying an information page transmitted in a communications network, such as the Internet. A request to display an information page is received from a client computer. Information... |
| 6298359 |
Document output device |
| Oct-2-2001 |
A color table stores a plurality of discriminating information so as to discriminate a predetermined data of a document data and a color information corresponding to each discriminating information. An... |
| 6236390 |
Methods and apparatus for positioning displayed characters |
| May-22-2001 |
Methods and apparatus for rendering and/or displaying images such as text using sub-pixel accuracy are described. In various embodiments, character advance width is determined using pixel precision while... |
| 6076120 |
System for compositing a plurality of pages said pages being classified into three parts each part to be composed in a different data format |
| Jun-13-2000 |
Data formats (page description data, intermediate data and raster data) for compositing respective ones of first to fifth pages with each other are previously determined. An interpreter and a renderer... |
| 6067555 |
Device for coloration of black and white documents |
| May-23-2000 |
A document processor colorizing a black-and-white document by converting a portion of a document which is highlighted with marks, such as underline or hatching, into a highlight expression having color.... |
| 6057854 |
System and method of providing interactive vector graphics over a network |
| May-2-2000 |
An interactive vector object (56, 76, 102) operable to be downloaded over a network (16) may comprise data (58, 104) to render an image of the vector object (56, 76, 102) and an active area defined by... |
| 6026409 |
System and method for search and retrieval of digital information by making and scaled viewing |
| Feb-15-2000 |
The invention comprises a visual search and retrieval system and method. At least one viewing window is provided on a screen. The viewing window has a first and second pane. The first pane provides a global... |
| 6021196 |
Reference palette embedding |
| Feb-1-2000 |
A method of embedding auxiliary information into the digital representation of publication quality color-component digital data. The method applies to all digital data for which individual values are represented... |
| 5999153 |
Soft proofing display |
| Dec-7-1999 |
A display for soft proofing an image to be reproduced using a set of selected printing colors includes a plurality of display elements each for displaying a color substantially spectrally matched to one... |
| 5943680 |
Output apparatus in which a plurality of images having a plurality of accuracy of colors are output to output devices having different accuracy of colors |
| Aug-24-1999 |
An information processing apparatus includes a composition device for composing document data, graphic data and image data. The document data to be composed is stored in a storage device in a form that... |
| 5909539 |
Image generating system and method |
| Jun-1-1999 |
Defining information for defining the condition for adding background colors is previously stored in a condition storage area, and a spreadsheet form is registered in a form storage area. Alphanumeric... |
| 5893130 |
Image output device |
| Apr-6-1999 |
When a type of a target document is selected by an input unit from selection items displayed in a window of a display device based upon a type table, a word group of an image corresponding to the type... |
| 5838938 |
Multimedia user interface employing components of color to indicate the values of variables |
| Nov-17-1998 |
A graphical user interface for use in connection with computer display systems such as computer controlled multi-media editing systems. The interface utilizes the components of color (e.g., hue, luminance... |
| 5806081 |
Method and system for embedding a device profile into a document and extracting a device profile from a document in a color management system |
| Sep-8-1998 |
A method and system for embedding a device profile into a document and extracting a device profile from a document in a color management system. A tagged-element device profile allows for selective access... |
| 5739926 |
Method of transmitting and receiving image data and apparatus which is used in such a method |
| Apr-14-1998 |
A system of transmitting and receiving image data comprising a number of pixel data, such as color copying machine or the like, comprises producing image control data regarding the image data to be transmitted... |
| 5710880 |
Method and system for creating a graphic image with geometric descriptors |
| Jan-20-1998 |
A method for creating a scalable graphic image for display by a pixel-oriented display device. A pixel-based design of the desired graphic image is created and thereafter separated into constituent parts.... |
| 5696982 |
Apparatus and method for page-retrieval using electronic-book display |
| Dec-9-1997 |
An apparatus and method for page-retrieval for use with an electronic display, especially suited for so-called electronic books, wherein a current relative position of a current page of the book and the... |
| 5532715 |
Visually aging scroll bar |
| Jul-2-1996 |
A visually aging scroll bar is associated with a window or viewport on a computer display as part of a computer system, and contains a slider to indicate relative positioning in the window of a document,... |
| 5420968 |
Data processing system and method for displaying dynamic images having visual appearances indicative of real world status |
| May-30-1995 |
A system and method for conveying information to a user on the behavior of a dynamic display image or object which uses a display attribute table that maps an object type's attribute values to the object... |
| 5408594 |
Method and apparatus for visual accentuation of displayed information |
| Apr-18-1995 |
A data processing system determines the relative frequency of occurrence in a specified file object of two specified classes of display objects and displays the contents of the file object accentuating... |
| 5406640 |
Method of and apparatus for producing predominate and non-predominate color coded characters for optical character recognition |
| Apr-11-1995 |
Color coding of characters both for optical character recognition by a machine and for viewing by a human is provided by coloring a character with a predominate color distinguishable by humans and a non-predominate... |
| 5404432 |
Bifurcating background colors between word and non-word space for improving text readability |
| Apr-4-1995 |
Texts of small fonts are made easier to read by displaying or printing background pixels in the spaces between characters within words with an adjusted grey level or color, which is a mix product of the... |
| 5388192 |
Image layout processing method and apparatus |
| Feb-7-1995 |
An image layout processing method for simulating on a display screen an arrangement of a plurality of image objects to be transferred to a prepress mechanical. An image memory plane is divided into a ground... |
| 5309552 |
Programmable multi-format display controller |
| May-3-1994 |
A programmable display controller allows reconfiguration of bit plane memory and video output connections based upon the type of display device employed. The display controller allows for the definition... |
| 5255353 |
Three-dimensional shadow processor for an image forming apparatus |
| Oct-19-1993 |
A three-dimensional shadow processor adds a three-dimensional shadow having a desired length to a character image included in input image data, in a predetermined direction. Whether or not a pixel of interest... |
| 5241671 |
Multimedia search system using a plurality of entry path means which indicate interrelatedness of information |
| Aug-31-1993 |
A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated data. That... |
| 5146554 |
Page memory control in a raster image processor employed for digital halftoning |
| Sep-8-1992 |
A raster image processor for an all points addressable marking engine includes a page memory having a data input and a write enable input. Halftone tints are applied to bit maps of objects stored in the... |
| 5050099 |
Image display device |
| Sep-17-1991 |
An image display device having print data received from a word processor by a print data receiving circuit, analyzed and written to a display memory. The print data in the display memory is colored and... |
| 5045967 |
Multi-color image forming apparatus |
| Sep-3-1991 |
A multi-color image forming apparatus includes a first memory for storing a plurality of image data together with corresponding color data. An output device is provided for outputting image data onto an... |
| 5027221 |
Digital image recording system with preset control for selecting output formats based on the selected amount of pixel color and density data |
| Jun-25-1991 |
A digital image recording system having an image read section for reading an image on an original, data storage means for storing image data as read by the image read section, and an image output section... |
| 5021972 |
Word processor with color display means |
| Jun-4-1991 |
A word processor, including a keyboard through which characters can be inputted, a memory device for storing inputted character arrays and a display device capable of multi-color displays, is so programmed... |
| 4958301 |
Method of and apparatus for converting attributes of display data into desired colors in accordance with relation |
| Sep-18-1990 |
An apparatus for displaying display data without color competition includes a memory for storing the display data, attributes being assigned to portions of the display data in units of pixels, a controller... |
| 4924411 |
Document processing apparatus having shading process function |
| May-8-1990 |
In entering a text in a document processing apparatus such as a word processor, an operator directs the document processing apparatus to implement a shading process for an intended portion in the text.... |
| 4853878 |
Computer input by color coding |
| Aug-1-1989 |
A display technique allows the user to input information to a computer in the form of color with character text. The technique provides an ergonomic approach to convey information to an application program... |
| 4851825 |
Grayscale character generator and method |
| Jul-25-1989 |
A method and system for efficiently generating grayscale character fonts from bi-level master character fonts decomposed into rectangles. For each filter array to be used for converting master character... |
| 4180805 |
System for displaying character and graphic information on a color video display with unique multiple memory arrangement |
| Dec-25-1979 |
A system for displaying character and graphic information on a color video display utilizes a unique memory architecture. A display memory having a plurality of addressable words corresponding to character... |
| 4139838 |
Color pattern and alphanumeric character generator for use with raster-scan display devices |
| Feb-13-1979 |
A color pattern and alphanumeric character generator for use with raster-scanned CRT display devices wherein the color background patterns and the characters are generated in an integrated manner. As a... |