Patents Examined by Scott Rogers
  • Patent number: 11622048
    Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the sensor based on measurement modes including a first measurement mode and a second measurement mode. A sampling number of an image by the sensor while the sensor moves in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction in the first measurement mode is less than a sampling number of an image by the sensor while the sensor moves in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction in the second measurement mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuhiro Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 11606467
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to acquire read image data of an image formed on a recording medium. The circuitry is configured to acquire output target image data according to which the image is formed. The circuitry is configured to generate, based on the output target image data, inspection image data for inspection of the read image data. The circuitry is configured to compare the read image data corrected based on an amount of deviation caused by conveyance of the recording medium with the inspection image data generated, to detect an image abnormality. The circuitry is configured to highlight and output a position of a portion of the image abnormality in the read image data before correction, based on the amount of deviation caused by conveyance of the recording medium, in response to the image abnormality being detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohta Mashiko, Tadashi Kitai, Akira Masuda, Takahiro Koyama, Kengo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11601564
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a reading device configured to perform reading processing for reading an original, and one or more controllers configured to function as an acquisition unit that acquires a number of processing operations per unit time period of the reading processing, and an acquisition unit that acquires operation rate information about the reading device based on the number of processing operations per unit time period of the reading processing and a predetermined number of processing operations of the reading processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Okuma, Noritsugu Okayama
  • Patent number: 11601568
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to implement highly accurate image connecting processing between line sensors. One embodiment of the present invention is an image reading apparatus having: a plurality of line image sensors arrayed in a first direction; a conveyance unit configured to convey a document in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction value for correcting a deviation at the time of connecting image data obtained by each of the plurality of line image sensors based on read data obtained by reading a chart with the plurality of line image sensors, on which a plurality of dot patterns is printed and which is conveyed by the conveyance unit; a measurement unit configured to measure an amount of conveyance in the first direction in a case where the document is conveyed in the second direction by the conveyance unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuki Kamio
  • Patent number: 11588953
    Abstract: A control method for an image processing apparatus includes displaying a display area that includes a printable area corresponding to an area to be printed on a recording medium and a non-printable area corresponding to an area not to be printed and in which at least one image that is a printing target is to be arranged, display a setting area, other than the display area, for accepting an operation for automatically changing, within the display area, a position of the at least one image arranged in the display area, and, upon accepting the operation on the setting area, automatically changing a position of a predetermined image arranged in an uppermost portion of the display area and a position of at least part of a crop mark, the part being set above the predetermined image, such that the predetermined image and the part fall within the printable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 11588942
    Abstract: A conveying device can selectively execute discharge processes of a plurality of discharge procedures each having a different mode of discharge to a discharge tray. An image reading portion reads images on document sheets conveyed along a conveyance path and outputs data about read images. An image reading control method includes detecting a target image that satisfies a predetermined sorting condition associated with any one of the plurality of discharge procedures from the read images. The image reading control method further includes, in a case where the target image is detected, executing a discharge control that causes the conveying device to execute the discharge process of the discharge procedure corresponding to the target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Shinji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11582354
    Abstract: A controller of an image reading device performs search for an edge candidate position inward from an edge portion in a main scanning direction of analysis image data in an extraction process of extracting a document region from read image data. When the retrieved edge candidate position corresponds to a dirt position, the search is continued whereas when the retrieved edge candidate position does not correspond to the dirt position, the document region is extracted from the read image data at the retrieved edge candidate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoichi Hirayama
  • Patent number: 11575797
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an original tray on which an original is to be stacked; a conveyance unit configured to convey the original stacked on the original tray; a reading unit including a reading sensor having a light receiving element to receive light of a first color and a light receiving element to receive light of a second color that is different from the first color, wherein the reading unit is configured to read an image of the original conveyed by the conveyance unit by using the reading sensor to generate image data which represents a reading result of the reading unit; at least one processor configured to: determine a first abnormal position which is a position in a first direction of an abnormal pixel of the first color in the image represented by the image data, wherein, in the image represented by the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiromu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11575803
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a forming unit, a generation unit, a storage unit, a correction unit, and a changing unit. The forming unit forms an image. The generation unit generates correction data for correcting density unevenness for each of a plurality of regions divided in a main scanning direction of an image formed by the forming unit. The storage unit stores the correction data generated by the generation unit. The correction unit corrects a density of an image to be formed by the forming unit for each of the plurality of regions based on the correction data stored by the storage unit. The changing unit changes an image formation density by the forming unit with a uniform amount of change for the plurality of regions after the correction data is generated by the generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Takeda
  • Patent number: 11570310
    Abstract: An inspection device includes a processor configured to display at least one of plural pieces of read image data on a display unit in a state where a defective portion is recognizable, and set reception of a correction instruction of the defective portion to be enabled, the plural pieces of read image data being obtained by reading image-formed matters obtained by forming original image data on plural recording media, and correct read image data that does not satisfy a predetermined criterion, and then register the corrected read image data as reference image data used for inspecting the image-formed matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Yosuke Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11570311
    Abstract: A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store nozzle correction logic and one or more processors coupled with at least one physical memory device to execute the nozzle correction logic to receive a uniformity compensated halftone design for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, receive an average missing neighbor threshold lowering function, receive a defective nozzles list including one or more of the plurality of pel forming elements indicated as defective during print production and perform missing neighbor processing by applying the average missing neighbor threshold lowering function associated with a pel forming element determined to be a neighbor of a defective pel forming element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Walter F. Kailey, Nikita Gurudath, Mikel Stanich, William Manchester, Ziling Zhang
  • Patent number: 11563871
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a printing area and a non-printing area in image data, and an execution unit configured to execute first multiplexing processing by changing a U component in a YUV color space with respect to an area determined as a printing area in the image data and to execute second multiplexing processing by changing a Y component in a CMYK color space with respect to an area determined as a non-printing area in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoichi Kashibuchi, Akitoshi Yamada, Hiroyasu Kunieda
  • Patent number: 11546478
    Abstract: An image scanner includes a conveyance path and a conveyor that conveys a medium through the conveyance path. The medium bears a detection mark that is spaced from a leading edge of the medium in a medium conveyance direction. A background member is disposed opposite the conveyance path. A luminance sensor is disposed opposite the background member via the conveyance path. The luminance sensor detects a luminance value of each of the background member and the medium. A controller controls the luminance sensor to detect the luminance value at a plurality of times while the conveyor conveys the medium so as to obtain a plurality of detected luminance values. The controller determines a ground color luminance value of a ground color area on the medium based on a determination range including a first peak luminance value among the plurality of detected luminance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Noboru Hirano
  • Patent number: 11539861
    Abstract: In some examples, a device includes a printing device to generate an image on a substrate from a digital image, and a processor to: receive a scanned image of the image on the substrate, identify a plurality of image portions of the scanned image, identify horizontal color changes across a horizontal portion of the plurality of image portions, identify vertical color changes across a vertical portion of the plurality of image portions, compare the horizontal color changes and vertical color changes to corresponding horizontal color changes and corresponding vertical color changes of the digital image, and measure a presence of color plane misregistration, and the color, direction and magnitude of misregistration based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Yi Yang, Ki-Youn Lee, Yousun Bang, Mark Q. Shaw, Jan Allebach
  • Patent number: 11537827
    Abstract: An image processing device in which a display section is caused to display a preview image for printing. The image processing device includes a processing section configured to generate the preview image obtained by converting raster image data of each of ink colors of color inks or special color inks into an RGB bitmap format, and a display controller configured to cause the display section to display the generated preview.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mukai, Fumio Tokutomi
  • Patent number: 11539857
    Abstract: A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store calibration logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the calibration logic to generate a uniformity compensated halftone design for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor corrected halftone design for each of the pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor threshold lowering function for each of the pel forming elements based on the uniformity compensated halftone designs and the missing neighbor corrected halftone design and compute an average of the missing neighbor threshold lowering functions to generate an average missing neighbor threshold lowering function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Walter F Kailey, Nikita Gurudath, Mikel Stanich, William Manchester, Ziling Zhang
  • Patent number: 11528386
    Abstract: A method of operating a printer separates the image data content of a sheet in a print job into multiple color separations. The first color separation printed on the sheet includes at least two fiducials printed in the least perceptible color of ink in the printer. The at least two fiducials are used to identify the process direction and skew of the printed sheet before the remaining color separations are printed on the sheet with the first color separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas K. Herrmann, Seemit Praharaj, Chu-Heng Liu, Jason M. LeFevre, Varun Sambhy
  • Patent number: 11528367
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a conveyance unit and a reading unit. Based on read image data from the reading unit, a tilt amount of an edge of a document on a leading edge side in a conveyance direction in which the document is conveyed is decided. If the decided tilt amount exceeds a first threshold where a setting that performs document digitalization with respect to the image data, notification is given of information indicating that reading of the document for the document digitalization has failed. If the decided tilt amount is smaller than the first threshold, skew correction is executed for correcting the tilt amount based on the decided tilt amount with respect to the image data, and the document digitalization is executed with respect to the image data for which the skew correction has been executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kaoru Hamada
  • Patent number: 11523005
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a control unit configured to detect occurrence or non-occurrence of multi-sheet feed of a medium based on a reception level signal output by a reception unit in accordance with the received ultrasonic wave. The control unit, after a tip of the medium reaches the positions of the reception unit in a transport path, when the reception level signal is below a predetermined threshold, causes the driving voltage to rise, when an amount of change in the reception level signal in accordance with the rise in the driving voltage is smaller than a reference amount of change, determines that multi-sheet feed is ongoing, and when the amount of change in the reception level signal in accordance with the rise in the driving voltage is greater than the reference amount of change, determines that multi-sheet feed is not ongoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koya Matsuyama, Daisuke Honda
  • Patent number: 11523017
    Abstract: There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a storage medium which are capable of obtaining an image expected by a user. To this end, for an original region on an inner side, the original region is set by using a parameter corresponding to the original region on the inner side. For an original region on an outer side including an outer edge, the original region is set by using a parameter corresponding to the original region on the outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junki Sato