FORM 2
THE PATENT ACT 1970 (39 of 1970)
&
The Patents Rules, 2003 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
See Section 10, and rule 13
TITLE OF INVENTION CLEAN TIFF;

APPLICANT(S)
a) Name :
b) Nationality :
c) Address :

I MEDIA CORP LIMITED
INDIAN Company
EL 201, TTC INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,
MIDC MAHAPE,
NAVI MUMBAI - 400 079
MAHARASHTRA

PREAMBLE TO THE DESCRIPTION
The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed : -

CLEAN TIFF Field of Invention:
The invention relates to edge removing of TIFF files by means of edge removing Software/Algorithm so that black Borders are removed from all the Tiff Files in a Batch processing manner.
Image editor do not support Batch processing. The individual files are being used in the prior Art to remove the Black Borders which are time consuming and tedious and therefore it is felt that to device a software to remove black Borders of all the Tiff files simultaneously thereby making the process more users friendly, fast and accurate.
Object of the invention :
Object of the invention is to remove the black borders in the Tiff file in a batch processing manner.
Another object of this invention is to provide a method for removing black borders in Tiff files in a batch processing manner by means of Edge removal algorithm.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a system to remove black borders in the Tiff files by a single stroke thereby making the system users friendly, fast and accurate.
Accordingly there is provided a method of removing the black Borders from all the Tiff files in a batch processing manner thereby making the process users friendly, fast and accurate.
In the process of application for removing block borders get the file list by searching all the Tiff files and with a single command of remove Tiff edges by the Edge
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removal algorithm the black borders are removed in a batch processing manner thereby saves time and subsequently save these files in the application folder.
TIFF (Tag Image File Format) is a common format for exchanging raster graphics (bitmap) images between application programs, including those used for scanner images. A TIFF file can be identified as a file with a ".tiff" or ".tif" file name suffix. The TIFF format was developed in 1986 by an industry committee chaired by the Aldus Corporation (now part of Adobe Software). Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard were among the contributors to the format. One of the most common graphic image formats, TIFF files are commonly used in desktop publishing, faxing, 3-D applications, and medical imaging applications.
TIFF files can be in any of several classes, including gray scale, color palette, or RGB full color, and can include files with IPEG, LZW, or CCITT Group 4 standard run-length image compression.
Brief description of the Drawings:

Figure 1(a) and 1(b) Shows block diagram of a computer system performing task of conversion of file from TIFF to PDF format according to present invention.
Figure 2 Shows flow chart of a method for conversion of file from TIFF to edge removal format according to present invention.
Figure 3 Shows flow chart of another preferred embodiment of the invention
Detail Description of the Invention:
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The above, and the other objects, features & advantages of invention will become apparent from following description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
According to present invention a computer system for converting a file from TIFF to PDF format comprises: at least one processor being arranged to accept a request for conversion of file from TIFF to PDF format; computer readable storage medium for storing a TIFF file to be converted and conversion parameters required for converting a file from TIFF to PDF format; and conversion software module consisting of set of instructions capable of being executed by said processor to perform the task of TIFF to PDF conversion.
One such computer system in its physical form is shown in figures 1(a) and 1(b).
FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b) illustrate a computer system 100 suitable for implementing embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1(a) shows one possible physical form of the computer system. Of course, the computer system may have many physical forms ranging from an integrated circuit, a printed circuit board and a small handheld device up to a huge super computer. Computer system 100 includes a monitor 102, a display 104, a housing 106, a disk drive 108, a keyboard 110 and a mouse 112. Disk 114 is a computer-readable medium used to transfer data to and from computer system 100.
FIG. 1(b) is an example of a block diagram for computer system 100. Attached to system bus 120 are a wide variety of subsystems. Processor(s) 122 (also referred to as central processing units, or CPUs) are coupled to storage devices including memory 124. Memory 124 includes random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). As is well known in the art, ROM acts to transfer data and instructions uni-directionally to the CPU and RAM is used typically to transfer data and instructions in a bi-directional manner. Both of these types of memories may include any suitable
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of the computer-readable media described below. A fixed disk 126 is also coupled bi-directionally to CPU 122; it provides additional data storage capacity and may also include any of the computer-readable media described below. Fixed disk 126 may be used to store programs, data and the like and is typically a secondary storage medium (such as a hard disk) that is slower than primary storage. It will be appreciated that the information retained within fixed disk 126, may, in appropriate cases, be incorporated in standard fashion as virtual memory in memory 124. Removable disk 114 may take the form of any of the computer-readable media described below.
CPU 122 is also coupled to a variety of input/output devices such as display 104, keyboard 110, mouse 112 and speakers 130. In general, an input/output device may be any of: video displays, track balls, mice, keyboards, microphones, touch-sensitive displays, transducer card readers, magnetic or paper tape readers, tablets, styluses, voice or handwriting recognizers, biometrics readers, or other computers. CPU 122 optionally may be coupled to another computer or telecommunications network using network interface 140. With such a network interface, it is contemplated that the CPU might receive information from the network, or might output information to the network in the course of performing the above-described method steps. Furthermore, method embodiments of the present invention may execute solely upon CPU 122 or may execute over a network such as the Internet in conjunction with a remote CPU that shares a portion of the processing. In a preferred form of invention a system includes a computer server arrangement. Also conversion software module is stored in memory or fixed/removable disk.
In addition, embodiments of the present invention further relate to computer storage products with a computer-readable medium that have computer code thereon for performing various computer-implemented operations. The media and computer code may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable media
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include, but are not limited to: magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and holographic devices; magneto-optical media such as floptical disks; and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and execute program code, such as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), programmable logic devices (PLDs) and ROM and RAM devices. Examples of computer code include machine code, such as produced by a compiler, and files containing higher level code that are executed by a computer using an interpreter.
Figure 2 shows flow chart of a method for conversion of file from TIFF to PDF format according to present invention. According to method of present invention first TIFF file to be converted into PDF is stored in a computer readable storage medium. Along with TIFF file conversion parameters required for converting a file from TIFF to PDF format are also stored in this computer readable medium. These conversion parameters are entered manually. Such computer readable medium includes, but are not limited to: magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and holographic devices; magneto-optical media such as floptical disks.
Then these all i.e. TIFF file and conversion parameters are given to file conversion software module. This conversion module consists of program instructions which are executed by the processor. This conversion module receives the request for converting a file from TIFF to PDF format. Then it retrieves the conversion parameters from the computer readable medium.
After getting conversion parameters conversion module converts the TIFF file into PDF format and output the same to the application folder.
One more embodiment is shown in figure 3. Figure shows flow chart of the embodiment of the invention. Figure shows the flow chart of the method which simultaneously converts plurality of TIFF files in to PDF files. In this the count
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number which is equal to total number of TIFF files along with TIFF files to be converted in PDF and conversion parameters are feed in to the computer readable storage medium. Then all TIFF files are converted into PDF format one by one by and outputted to application folder by the conversion software module.
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WE CLAIM:
1. A method for removing the black borders in the Tiff files within a computer
system, said method comprising;
Storing Tiff files with black borders in a computer readable storage medium within said computer system;
Storing one or more conversion parameters required for removing black borders from all the Tiff files in said computer readable storage medium requesting for removal of said Tiff files to the edge removal software module;
Retrieving automatically said conversion parameters from said computer readable storage medium by the edge removal software module;
Performing removal of black borders from the Tiff files through the edge removal software module to application folder.
2. A method for removal of black borders from all the Tiff files within a computer system as claimed in claim 1 wherein conversion parameter can be entered manually.
3. A method for removal of black borders from all the Tiff files within a computer system as claimed in claim 1 wherein it further comprising the steps of initializing said edge removal software module, thereby allowing said edge removal software module to be executed automatically.
4. A method for removal of black borders from all the Tiff files within a computer system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said edge removal software module consist of a set of instructions capable of being performing the task of edge removal from all the Tiff files
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5. A computer system for removing black borders from the Tiff files in a batch
processing manner, said system comprises;
at least one processor being arranged to accept a request for edge removal of Tiff files computer readable storage medium for storing Tiff files with black borders which are to be converted and conversion parameter require for removing the black borders from the Tiff files edge removing software module consisting of sets of instructions capable of being executed by the said processor to perform the task of removal of black borders from all the Tiff files.
6. A computer system for removing black borders from the Tiff files in a batch
processing manner as claimed in claim 5 wherein the processor includes a
computer server arrangement.
Dated this 31st day of May, 2007.

HIRAL CHANDRAKANT JOSHI
AGENT FOR
I MEDIA CORP. LTD.
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