What is claimed is:
1. An apparatus for detecting media level in a media cassette, wherein said apparatus is comprised of a media cassette containing an amount of the media;
a media sensing means located a predetermined distance above said media cassette;
a media cassette moving means operatively connected to said media cassette;
a drive means operatively connected to said media cassette moving means; and
a drive monitoring means operatively connected to said drive means.
2. The apparatus, as in claim 1, wherein said media is further comprised of:
paper.
3. The apparatus, as in claim 1, wherein said media cassette is further comprised of:
a paper tray.
4. The apparatus, as in claim 1, wherein said media sensing means is further comprised of:
a single, fixed sensor means.
5. The apparatus, as in claim 1, wherein said media cassette moving means is further comprised of:
a stepper motor.
6. The apparatus, as in claim 1, wherein said media cassette moving means is further comprised of:
an analog motor.
7. The apparatus, as in claim 5, wherein said drive monitoring means is further comprised of:
a stepper motor counting means.
8. The apparatus, as in claim 6, wherein said drive monitoring means is further comprised of:
a timer.
9. A method for detecting media level in a media cassette, wherein said method is comprised of the steps of:
determining a range of motion of an empty media cassette;
installing an amount of a media in said empty media cassette;
determining a height of said amount of said media in said media cassette; and
detecting a level of said media in said media cassette.
10. The method, as in claim 9, wherein said step of determining a range of motion of said empty media cassette is further comprised of the steps of:
moving said empty media cassette;
contacting said empty media cassette against a media sensing means located a
predetermined distance above said empty media cassette; and
calculating a range of motion of said empty media cassette.
11. The method, as in claim 9, wherein said step of determining a range of motion of said empty media cassette is further comprised of the steps of:
moving a media sensing means;
contacting said media sensing means against said empty media cassette located a predetermined distance below said media sensing means; and
calculating a range of motion of said media sensing means.
12. The method, as in claim 9, wherein said step of determining a range of motion of said empty media cassette is further comprised of the step of:
measuring a distance between a bottom of said empty media cassette and a media sensing means.
13. The method, as in claim 10, wherein said step of calculating a range of motion of said empty media cassette is further comprised of the step of:
counting a number of steps moved by a stepper motor.
14. The method, as in claim 10, wherein said step of calculating a range of motion of said empty media cassette is further comprised of the step of:
timing a length of operation of an analog motor.
15. The method, as in claim 10, wherein said step of determining a height of said amount of said media in said media cassette is further comprised of the steps of:
moving said media cassette having said amount of media installed in said cassette;
contacting a top of said amount of media against said media sensing means; and
calculating a range of motion of said media cassette having said amount of media installed in said cassette.
16. The method, as in claim 15, wherein said step of
calculating a range of motion of said media cassette having said amount of media installed in said cassette is further comprised of the step of:
counting a number of steps moved by a stepper motor.
17. The method, as in claim 15, wherein said step of calculating a range
of motion of said media cassette having said amount of media installed in said cassette is further comprised of the step of:
timing a length of operation of an analog motor.
18. The method, as in claim 10, wherein said step of detecting a level of
said media in said media cassette is further comprised of the steps of:
contacting said media sensing means with said media;
moving said media cassette so that a top of said amount of said media continues to contact said media sensing means;
calculating a range of motion of said media cassette as said media cassette is moved in order to remain in contact with said media sensing means.
19. The method, as in claim 18, wherein said step of calculating a range of motion of said media cassette is further comprised of the step of:
counting a number of steps moved by stepper motor.
20. The method, as in claim 18, wherein said step of calculating a range of motion of said media cassette is further comprised of the step of:
timing a length of operation of an analog motor.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image processing device comprising:
filter control unit configured to perform, on the basis of an intra prediction mode, filter processing turned on or off as to neighboring pixels that are adjacently located to a current block for intra prediction, which is to be the object of encoding processing, the neighboring pixels subjected to the filter processing turned on or off being used as reference pixels for the intra prediction of the current block;
intra prediction unit configured to perform intra prediction on the current block using the reference pixels to generate a prediction image; and
encoding unit configured to encode an image of said current block using the prediction image,
wherein the neighboring pixels are not included within the current block,
wherein the filter processing changes value of respective pixels being filtered,
wherein the filter control unit determines filter processing on or filter processing off as to the neighboring pixels on the basis of a mode number of the intra prediction mode,
wherein the filter control unit determines filter processing on or filter processing off on the basis of a control data indicating whether or not to perform filter processing on the current block, and
wherein at least one of the filter control unit, the intra prediction unit, and the encoding unit is implemented via a processor.
2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein said decoding means decode the mode of intra prediction of said current block,
wherein a filter setting means sets a coefficient in accordance with a mode of intra prediction decoded by said decoding means, wherein said coefficient is configured of a filter coefficient and offset value.
3. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a modulationdemodulation circuit unit configured to subject the object of decoding processing to at least one of spectrum spread processing and spectrum inverse spread processing,
wherein the modulationdemodulation circuit unit is implemented via a processor.
4. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the neighboring pixels border to the current block but are not included within pixels of the current block.
5. An image processing method comprising the steps of:
performing, on the basis of an intra prediction mode, filter processing turned on or off as to neighboring pixels that are adjacently located to a current block for intra prediction, which is to be the object of encoding processing, the neighboring pixels subjected to the filter processing turned on or off being used as reference pixels for the intra prediction of the current block;
performing intra prediction on the current block using the reference pixels to generate a prediction image; and
encoding an image of said current block using the prediction image,
wherein the neighboring pixels are not included within the current block,
wherein the filter processing changes value of respective pixels being filtered,
wherein the filter processing on or filter processing off is performed as to the neighboring pixels on the basis of a mode number of the intra prediction mode, and
wherein the filter processing on or filter processing off is performed on the basis of a control data indicating whether or not to perform filter processing on the current block.
6. The image processing device according to claim 3, further comprising:
a transmissionreception circuit unit configured to subject a signal received from the modulationdemodulation circuit to frequency conversion processing and digitalanalog conversion processing,
wherein the transmissionreception circuit unit is implemented via a processor.
7. The image processing device according to claim 6, further comprising:
a multiplexingseparating circuit unit configured to subject an audio data and the image to at least one of modulating processing and separating processing,
wherein the multiplexingseparating circuit unit is implemented via a processor.
8. The image processing device according to claim 7, further comprising:
a power supply circuit unit configured to activate the image processing device in an operational state by supplying power,
wherein the power supply circuit unit is implemented via a processor.
9. The image processing method according to claim 5, wherein a filter coefficient set in accordance with a mode of the intra prediction mode is configured of three taps.
10. The image processing method according to claim 5, wherein a filter coefficient set in accordance with a mode of the intra prediction mode has symmetry centered on a coefficient corresponding to zero-phase.
11. The image processing method according to claim 5, wherein the neighboring pixels border to the current block but are not included within pixels of the current block.