338 results about "Page count" patented technology

A source block (B0) and the logical page number (“8”) of a write target page are identified from the logical address of the write target page. Data objects (DN8, DN9, . . . , DN12) to be written, which a host stores in a page buffer (2), are written into the data areas (DA) of the pages (Q0, Q1, . . . , Q4) of a destination block (Bn), starting from the top page (Q0) in sequence. The logical page number (“8”) of the write target page is written into the redundant area (RA) of the top page (Q0). The physical page number (“6=8−2”) of the write target page is identified, based on the logical page number (“8”) of the write target page and the page offset (“2”) of the source block (B0). When notified by the host of the end of the sending of the data objects (DN8, . . . , DN12), the data items (D13, . . . , D31, D0, D1, . . . , D7) in the source block (B0) are transferred to the pages (Q5, Q6, . . . , Q31) in the destination block (Bn) via the page buffer (2) sequentially and cyclically, starting from the page (P11) situated cyclically behind the write target page (P6) by the number (“5”) of pages of the data objects (DN8, . . . , DN12).

Described embodiments provide a method of recovering storage space on a solid state disk (SSD). An index and valid page count are determined for each block of a segment of an SSD. If the valid page count of at least one block in the segment is zero, a quick clean is performed. A quick clean deallocates blocks having zero valid pages and places them in a queue for erasure. Otherwise, a deep clean is performed. A deep clean determines a compaction ratio, N-M, wherein N is a number of partially valid blocks and M is a number of free blocks required to compact the valid data from the N partially valid blocks into M entirely valid blocks. At least one data structure of the SSD is modified to refer to the M entirely valid blocks, and the N partially valid blocks are placed in the queue for erasure.

A mobile terminal includes a display module displaying an electronic document screen showing at least one full page among a plurality of pages of an electronic document, and the display module receives a first input for setting a number of pages to be turned among the plurality of pages. The mobile terminal further includes a controller which sets the number of pages in response to the first input, turns the set number of pages in response to a second input received proximate to the electronic document screen, and displays a subsequent page following the set number of pages turned on the electronic document screen.

A method, system, and program storage medium for adaptively managing pages in a cache memory included within a system having a variable workload, comprising arranging a cache memory included within a system into a circular buffer; maintaining a pointer that rotates around the circular buffer; maintaining a bit for each page in the circular buffer, wherein a bit value 0 indicates that the page was not accessed by the system since a last time that the pointer traversed over the page, and a hit value 1 indicates that the page has been accessed since the last time the pointer traversed over the page; and dynamically controlling a distribution of a number of pages in the cache memory that are marked with bit 0 in response to a variable workload in order to increase a hit ratio of the cache memory.

An imaging system including firmware is disclosed. The imaging system includes a communications device adapted and constructed to facilitate communication between the imaging device and a remote source of information. An automatic remote firmware update mechanism is adapted to selectively and automatically retrieve firmware upgrade information from the remote source of information via the communications device. The automatic remote firmware update mechanism can also selectively and automatically install the firmware upgrade information into the firmware of the imaging system. The automatic remote firmware update mechanism can form a part of firmware installed in the imaging system. The communications device can be provided as a modem, or as a network interface card. The imaging system can also include a flag mechanism for storing a value corresponding to an update trigger parameter. A flag parameter update mechanism can be provided to incrementally increase the update trigger parameter in response to a sensed condition. A trigger mechanism is adapted to actuate the automatic remote firmware update mechanism to automatically retrieve firmware upgrade information when the update trigger parameter reaches a predetermined update value. The sensed condition can be a condition such as page count through the imaging system, or the passage of a predetermined amount of time. The imaging system is also adapted to periodically check the update trigger parameter, and to compare downloaded firmware upgrade information to existing firmware to determine the necessity of installing the downloaded firmware upgrade information. A method of updating firmware is also provided.

Based on a count of the number of dirty pages in a cache memory, the dirty pages are written from the cache memory to a storage array at a rate having a component proportional to the rate of change in the number of dirty pages in the cache memory. For example, a desired flush rate is computed by adding a first term to a second term. The first term is proportional to the rate of change in the number of dirty pages in the cache memory, and the second term is proportional to the number of dirty pages in the cache memory. The rate component has a smoothing effect on incoming I / O bursts and permits cache flushing to occur at a higher rate closer to the maximum storage array throughput without a significant detrimental impact on client application performance.

Described embodiments provide a method of recovering storage space on a solid state disk (SSD). An index and valid page count are determined for each block of a segment of an SSD. If the valid page count of at least one block in the segment is zero, a quick clean is performed. A quick clean deallocates blocks having zero valid pages and places them in a queue for erasure. Otherwise, a deep clean is performed. A deep clean determines a compaction ratio, N-M, wherein N is a number of partially valid blocks and M is a number of free blocks required to compact the valid data from the N partially valid blocks into M entirely valid blocks. At least one data structure of the SSD is modified to refer to the M entirely valid blocks, and the N partially valid blocks are placed in the queue for erasure.

A system and a method for providing characteristic data associated with a scanned document is provided. The characteristic data of the document may include a title, a creation date, a scan date, an author, a subject matter, a total page count, a starting page number, an ending page number, a color type, a document type, a language, and / or a document direction. The method includes analyzing a bitmapped image file of a document, determining at least one characteristic data of the document based on the analysis of the bitmapped image file, and linking the characteristic data to the bitmapped image file, wherein the characteristic data is useable by a document management system to identify the document in a search. Analyzing the bitmapped image of the document may include a natural language analysis technique, an optical character recognition analysis technique, an image layout analysis technique, and / or a color analysis technique.

A method for performing block management is provided. The method is applied to a controller of a Flash memory having multiple channels. The Flash memory includes a plurality of blocks respectively corresponding to the channels. The method includes: selecting at least one meta block having at least one valid page as at least one candidate meta block for being cleaned, and accumulating respective valid page counts of blocks respectively corresponding to the channels within the at least one candidate meta block, in order to generate a plurality of accumulated values respectively corresponding to the channels; and when it is detected that all of the accumulated values reach a threshold value, triggering a cleaning operation with regard to all candidate meta blocks, in order to simultaneously move / copy valid data respectively corresponding to the channels during the cleaning operation. An associated memory device and a controller thereof are also provided.

A system and method are provided for selecting thumbnail images in a multi-page document. The method displays a multi-position scroll bar and a thumbnail of a document nth (initial) page. As a user modifies the scroll bar position in the display, the nth page thumbnail display is maintained. Simultaneously with maintaining the nth page thumbnail display, page numbers are displayed that are responsive to the scroll bar positions. Following the selection of a new scroll bar position display, a kth (destination) page number is displayed, along with a (kth) thumbnail associated with the kth page. For example, the kth thumbnail is displayed in response to maintaining the scroll bar position for a predetermined time duration (e.g., 1 second), or deselecting the scroll bar. In one aspect, a document total page count is simultaneously displayed.

Dynamic pagination for electronic documents, such as electronic books, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first processes a document made up of at least text, as a number of segments. Second, the method determines a number of page breaks within a predetermined segment. This segment, for example, may be entered into the memory of a viewing device, such as an electronic book device. Third, the method renders a predetermined page within the predetermined segment, and finally displays the predetermined page. For example, the page can be displayed on a display device such as a flat-panel display of an electronic book device.

A paging transmission method and an apparatus for the same in a wireless communication system are provided. Specifically, a method for transmitting paging by a eNodeB (eNB) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method may include receiving a paging message including paging count and a coverage enhancement (CE) level value from a mobility management entity (MME) and in case of receiving the paging message from the MME, transmitting paging information to a user equipment (UE) through a paging control channel (PCCH), wherein the CE level value is a CE level received from a eNB to which the UE is lastly connected.

FLASH memory is allocated to provide a data-storage device and management tables. The management tables may record logical-to-physical address mapping information in a hierarchical structure consisting of at least two levels. Further, in addition to the logical-to-physical address mapping information, the management tables may further provide a valid page count table and an invalid block record. The logical-to-physical address mapping information is updated after an update of the valid page count table is completed. The invalid block record is maintained based on the valid page count table.

A marketing campaign collects data for page counts, sessions, orders, and revenue. Four kinds of campaigns are addressed: direct, deferred, site link tracking, and deferred site link tracking. A particular page visit in an end-user session “qualifies” for a campaign if it satisfies the configured conditions for the campaign; that is, if the target universal resource locator (URL) of the page is the landing page of the campaign, the referrer URL is the referrer page of the campaign, or the page tag contains the configured string for the campaign. The data is processed through a set of heuristics identified by marketing experts as the most likely paths to a sale, and exclusivity is assigned to the type of campaign with the highest priority.

A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, which counts process amounts in the device for each user, in a system for processing print jobs within a range of access limitation information. The information processing apparatus specifies a user who requests access authority information for a job, and a job whose access authority information is issued to that user. The apparatus checks if a process of the job is completed. The apparatus determines a printable page count of the specified user using an output process amount value of the job issued by the user, when the specified job is complete. The apparatus notifies a managing apparatus, which issues access authority information, of the printable page.

A paging transmission method and an apparatus for the same in a wireless communication system are provided. Specifically, a method for transmitting paging by a mobility management entity (MME) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method may include receiving a downlink data notification message from a serving gateway (S-GW) and in case of receiving the downlink data notification message from the S-GW, transmitting a paging message including paging count and a coverage enhancement (CE) level value to a eNodeB (eNB), wherein the CE level value is a CE level received from a eNB to which a user equipment (UE) is lastly connected.

This invention can substantially equally distribute a load necessary for rendering, and can complete printing all pages of one print job at high speed. A master printer interprets received print data, generates display list data as intermediate data for each page, and upon completion of generating intermediate data of all pages, transfers them to a slave printer. The master printer performs rendering (RIP) in an ascending page order of page numbers 1, 2, . . . , whereas the slave printer performs rendering in a descending page order from the final page. When the number of rendered pages held by the master printer does not reach half of all pages upon completion of rendering all pages, the master printer receives the rendering results of deficient pages from the slave printer. Then, each printer prints by almost the same number of pages.

A system and method are provided for network scan debt authorization. The method comprises: accepting a hardcopy document at an imaging device; predetermining the cost for scanning the document; debiting an account; authorizing a network scan; and, sending scanned image data to a destination. The process of predetermining the cost of scanning the document either measures the hardcopy document or measures a scanned image data version of the hardcopy document. If the hardcopy document is measured, then information is collected such as the number of sheets, the sheet sizes, and the sheet sides used (simplex / duplex). If the scanned image data is measured, then the document can be scanned and a count made of the number of image pages in the scanned image data. Alternately, or in addition to page-count, the amount of content in the scan image data can be measured.

A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit including a touchscreen; and a controller configured to display on the display unit a log information region representing page edges of an e-book executed on the mobile terminal, determine a variable characteristic of the executed e-book including at least one of 1) a number of times prescribed pages of the e-book have been displayed, and 2) an amount of time spent displaying the prescribed pages of the e-book, and distinctively mark the page edges of the e-book in accordance with the determined variable characteristic of the executed e-book.

A method for providing a page countdown for a replaceable unit of an image forming device according to one embodiment includes calculating a number of pages remaining until the replaceable unit will reach the end of its life. The calculated number of pages remaining until the replaceable unit will reach the end of life is displayed on a display screen. After the calculated number of pages remaining is displayed, the displayed number of pages remaining is decreased by one for each page printed, the number of pages remaining is recalculated and a discrepancy between the displayed number of pages remaining and the recalculated number of pages remaining is tracked. If the discrepancy exceeds a predetermined error threshold, the recalculated number of pages remaining is displayed and the displayed number of pages remaining continues to be decreased by one for each page printed from the displayed recalculated number of pages remaining.

Flash memory is allocated to provide a data-storage device and management tables. The management tables may record logical-to-physical address mapping information in a hierarchical structure consisting of at least two levels. Further, in addition to the logical-to-physical address mapping information, the management tables may further provide a valid page count table and an invalid block record. The logical-to-physical address mapping information is updated after an update of the valid page count table is completed. The invalid block record is maintained based on the valid page count table.

A method for managing a memory apparatus including at least one non-volatile (NV) memory element includes: recording usage information of at least one block during accessing pages of the block; and determining whether to erase a portion of the blocks according to the usage information. For example, the usage information includes a valid page count table for recording valid page counts of the blocks, respectively; and the ranking of a field of the valid page count table represents a physical block address, and the content of the field represents an associated valid page count. In another example, the usage information includes an invalid page count table for recording invalid page counts of the blocks, respectively; and the ranking of a field of the invalid page count table represents a physical block address, and the content of the field represents an associated invalid page count.

Systems and methods for moving a document cradle to facilitate imaging of a bound document are disclosed. The system may include a cradle supporting a document, such as a book, a cradle positioner for selectively positioning the cradle relative to a camera, and a controller for controlling the positioner to automatically position the cradle based on the location of the page being imaged relative to the camera. The cradle may be positioned such that a gutter of the book or a surface plane of each page being imaged remains in approximately the same position relative to the camera. The cradle positioner may include a servo motor controlling a shaft to position the cradle supported and guided by a bearing. A sensor (e.g., 3D camera, range finder, laser, and / or edge detector) may be provided to facilitate the controller in controlling the cradle positioner based on the location of the page being imaged relative to the camera. The controller may control the positioner based on, for example, current page count tracked by the controller, total number of pages, thickness of the book, width of the gutter of the cradle, and / or weight of the book exerted on one or both sides of the cradle.

The invention discloses a writing, reading and garbage collection method of a solid-state memory system having an online repeated data deleting function. The writing method comprises the steps of receiving a request for writing a logic page through the solid-state memory system; calculating a characteristic value (i.e. fingerprint) of data of the logic page; judging whether the characteristic value of the data of the logic page exists in a fingerprint mapping table or not; recording a mapped address of the logic page in the address mapping table as a physical page address corresponding to the characteristic value of the data of the logic page in the mapping table if the characteristic value of the data of the logic page exists in the fingerprint mapping table; and enabling a valid page count of the corresponding physical page address in a valid page count table plus one. Due to the adoption of the writing, reading and garbage collection method of the solid-state memory system having the online repeated data deleting function, repeated data which is written into the solid-state memory system can be eliminated online, so that the memory efficiency and performance of the solid-state memory system can be improved, and the power consumption can be reduced.

An image forming apparatus performs image stabilization after a printed page count exceeds a first threshold, if either an end of a job or a mode switch from monochrome mode to color mode has been detected. Even if neither the end of the job nor the mode switch from monochrome mode to color mode has been detected, the image forming apparatus performs image stabilization if the printed page count exceeds a second threshold that is larger than the first threshold.

A printing system includes a web application of a server apparatus to respond to a browser of a client apparatus and provides a print service to the client apparatus by controlling first and second data processing apparatuses in charge of the print service. The server apparatus requests the first data processing apparatus to store the document information in response determining that an edition service is registered to document information acquired from the browser. The second data processing apparatus applies layout adjustment processing to the document information to obtain a layout adjustment having a reduced number of pages value. The second data processing apparatus additionally compares the reduced number of pages value and a threshold value to determine whether reduced page printing is to be performed. If reduced page printing is not to be performed, the first data processing apparatus is instructed to delete a result of stored layout adjustment processing.

The invention discloses a method and device for displaying the progress of an electronic reader, belonging to the technical field of information display. The method comprises the following steps of: displaying an annular interface; paging a document according to the size of a displayed character block, and acquiring a proportion of a current page to a total paging number; and starting from the radius of the annular interface in a 12-o'clock direction, and circumferentially uploading the progress in an annular direction of the annular interface according to the proportion of the current page to the total paging number. An angle corresponding to the progress is calculated according to the proportion of the current page to the total paging number when the progress is circumferentially uploaded in the annular direction of the annular interface according to the proportion of the current page to the total paging number; and the electronic reader uploads the corresponding progress according to the acquired angle value. In the invention, the page-turning progress of the document is represented by using an annularly displaying mode; page-turning information is displayed at the center of the annular shape, and page-skipping operation is performed, so that the page layout is flexible and diverse; and a screen displaying region is compact, so that the displaying effect is enhanced.

An information processing apparatus for forming print data to be print-processed by a printer is constructed by: designation receiving means for receiving designation of a duplex printing, discriminating means for discriminating the number of pages in the case where data to be printed has been arranged on a recording paper, and command adding means for receiving the designation of the duplex printing by the designation receiving means and, in the case where it is determined by the discriminating means that the number of pages of the recording paper on which the data to be printed has been arranged is equal to an odd number, adding a command to urge a forced paper ejection in the printer lest a blank page of the last page is logically counted in the printer. A print data forming method and a print control program for realizing such an apparatus and a memory medium which stores such a program are provided. When the last page is printed as a blank page in the printer in a duplex printing mode, the print data is formed lest the last blank page is counted up by a counter.