1. A consumable used in an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a medium, the consumable comprising:
an image forming material erasable by heat; and
a storage medium having stored therein information concerning temperature for heating the image forming material,
the information concerning the temperature including forming temperature, which is temperature for heating the image forming material during image formation, and erasing temperature, which is temperature for heating the image forming material during image erasing, and
the image forming apparatus including a controller configured to control an image forming operation on the basis of the information concerning the temperature stored in the storage medium.
2. The consumable according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus further includes a transmitting section configured to transmit, in response to a request, the information concerning the erasing temperature stored in the storage medium.
3. The consumable according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus further includes a pattern-image forming section configured to output, to the medium, a pattern image corresponding to the information concerning the erasing temperature stored in the storage medium.
4. The consumable according to claim 3, wherein the pattern-image forming section forms the pattern image in a non-image region of the medium.
5. The consumable according to claim 4, wherein the pattern image is a barcode or a QR code.
6. The consumable according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium is an IC chip, a barcode, a QR code, or an RFID.
7. The consumable according to claim 1, wherein
the image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus of an electrophotographic system, and
the image forming material is a toner.
8. The consumable according to claim 1, wherein
the image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus of an inkjet system, and
the image forming material is liquid ink or gel ink.
9. An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a medium, the image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming material erasable by heat;
a storage medium having stored therein information concerning temperature for heating the image forming material; and
a controller configured to control an image forming operation on the basis of the information concerning the temperature stored in the storage medium,
the information concerning the temperature including forming temperature, which is temperature for heating the image forming material during image formation, and erasing temperature, which is temperature for heating the image forming material during image erasing.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a transmitting section configured to transmit, in response to a request, the information concerning the erasing temperature stored in the storage medium.
11. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a pattern-image forming section configured to output, to the medium, a pattern image corresponding to the information concerning the erasing temperature stored in the storage medium.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the pattern-image forming section forms the pattern image in a non-image region of the medium.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the pattern image is a barcode or a QR code.
14. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the storage medium is an IC chip, a barcode, a QR code, or an RFID.
15. An erasing device that erases an image formed on a medium with an image forming material erasable by heat, the erasing device comprising:
an acquiring section configured to acquire information concerning erasing temperature, which is temperature for heating the image forming material in order to erase the image on the medium; and
a controller configured to control an erasing operation by the erasing device on the basis of the information concerning the erasing temperature.
16. The device according to claim 15, further comprising a transmitting section configured to transmit a request signal for requesting the information concerning the erasing temperature, wherein
the acquiring section acquires the information concerning the erasing temperature from a response signal transmitted in response to the request signal.
17. The device according to claim 15, wherein the acquiring section acquires the information concerning the erasing temperature on the basis of a pattern image formed on the medium.
18. The device according to claim 17, wherein the pattern image is formed in a non-image region of the medium.
19. The device according to claim 15, wherein the pattern image is a barcode or a QR code.
20. The device according to claim 15, wherein the storage medium is an IC chip, a barcode, a QR code, or an RFID.
21. An image erasing system comprising:
an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a medium; and
an erasing device configured to erase an image formed on a medium with an image forming material erasable by heat, wherein
the image forming apparatus includes:
the image forming material erasable by heat;
a storage medium having stored therein information concerning temperature for heating the image forming material; and
a controller configured to control an image forming operation on the basis of the information concerning the temperature stored in the storage medium,
the information concerning the temperature includes forming temperature, which is temperature for heating the image forming material during image formation, and erasing temperature, which is temperature for heating the image forming material during image erasing, and
the erasing device includes:
an acquiring section configured to acquire the information concerning the erasing temperature, which is the temperature for heating the image forming material in order to erase the image on the medium; and
a controller configured to control an erasing operation by the erasing device on the basis of the information concerning the erasing temperature.
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. A method for removing redundancy of panoramic images comprising the steps of:
(a) specifying respective locations of multiple panoramic images by referring to respective shooting places of the multiple panoramic images;
(b) recognizing a specific object included in each of at least two panoramic images as being the same object by referring to the respective locations of the multiple panoramic images and respective directions of the specific object therein; and
(c) determining a top n images of the specific object considered to have a top n degrees of precision in an image matching process among all the object images which are recognized as the specific object as a reference image(s) for the specific object.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein each panoramic image expresses a complete view from each shooting place on a virtual celestial sphere whose center is the shooting place.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the multiple panoramic images are shot at places within the predetermined distance from the specific object.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the locations of the multiple panoramic images are defined by at least one geographical parameter including latitude, longitude and altitude.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein, at the step (b), the directions of the specific object are measured with the respective shooting places of the multiple panoramic images as reference points.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein, at the step (b), if a first object considered as the specific object in a first panoramic image is displayed on a half line stretched from a shooting place of the first panoramic image to a location of the first object and a second object considered as the specific object in a second panoramic image is displayed on a half line stretched from a shooting place of the second panoramic image to a location of the second object, the first object and the second object are finally determined to be the same specific object.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein, at the step (c), the degrees of precision are determined by referring to at least one of the following parameters: a resolution of the specific object displayed on the object images, a size of the specific object, a percentage of the front view of the specific object, and a number of features of the specific object.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference image(s) is at least one of a panoramic image(s) with the specific object and an image(s) created as a result of extracting a region falling under the specific object from the panoramic image(s).
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: (d) storing only the determined reference image(s) as an image(s) for the specific object onto a certain database.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: (d) matching an image of a certain object, if inputted as a query, with at least one of various reference images for various objects and providing the matched reference image(s) thereamong as a search result of the query by referring to the matching result.
11. A system for removing redundancy of panoramic images, comprising:
a location specifying part for specifying respective locations of multiple panoramic images by referring to respective shooting places of the multiple panoramic images;
an identical object recognition part for recognizing a specific object included in each of at least two panoramic images as being the same object by referring to the respective locations of the multiple panoramic images and respective directions of the specific object therein, and
a redundancy removing part for determining a top n object images of the specific object considered to have a top n degrees of precision in an image matching process among all the object images which are recognized as the specific object as a reference image(s) of the specific object.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein each panoramic image expresses a complete view from each shooting place on a virtual celestial sphere whose center is the shooting place.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein the multiple panoramic images are shot at places within the predetermined distance from the specific object.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein the locations of the multiple panoramic images are defined by at least one geographical parameter including latitude, longitude and altitude.
15. The system of claim 11, wherein the identical object recognition part measures the directions of the specific object with the respective shooting places of the multiple panoramic images as reference points.
16. The system of claim 11, wherein, if a first object considered as the specific object in a first panoramic image is displayed on a half line stretched from a shooting place of the first panoramic image to a location of the first object and a second object considered as the specific object in a second panoramic image is displayed on a half line stretched from a shooting place of the second panoramic image to a location of the second object, the identical object recognition part finally determines the first object and the second object to be the same specific object.
17. The system of claim 11, wherein the redundancy removing part determines the top n object images determined to have the top n degrees of precision in the image matching process as the reference image(s) by referring to at least one of the following parameters: a resolution of the specific object displayed on the object images, a size of the specific object, a percentage of the front view of the specific object, and a number of features of the specific object.
18. The system of claim 11, wherein the reference image(s) is at least one of a panoramic image(s) with the specific object and an image(s) created as a result of extracting a region falling under the specific object from the panoramic image(s).
19. The system of claim 11, further comprising: a reference image database for storing only the determined reference image(s) as an image(s) for the specific object thereonto.
20. The system of claim 11, further comprising: a query performing part for matching an image of a certain object, if inputted as a query, with at least one of various reference images for various objects and providing the matched reference image(s) thereamong as a search result of the query by referring to the matching result.
21. A medium recording a computer readable program to execute the method of claim 1.