Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Hasegawa
Hirokazu Hasegawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9804480Abstract: An imaging apparatus stand includes a first member having an L shape, a second member similarly having an L shape, an adjustment section which raises and lowers the first member, and a third member rotatably coupled to a portion of the second member provided extending at right angle to the second member. The first member includes a stage provided extending at right angle thereto. On the stage, a tablet terminal is placed such that its camera section is directed downward. The adjustment section raises and lowers the first member, i.e., the stage by an operation knob being operated. The third member functions as a leg portion for making the imaging apparatus stand self-supporting. On the lower surface of the stage of the first member, a lighting device using an LED as a light emitting element is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiji Tachibana, Toshiaki Kanamura, Hirokazu Hasegawa, Marie Hashimoto, Akihiro Miyahara
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Publication number: 20170277019Abstract: An imaging apparatus stand includes a first member having an L shape, a second member similarly having an L shape, an adjustment section which raises and lowers the first member, and a third member rotatably coupled to a portion of the second member provided extending at right angle to the second member. The first member includes a stage provided extending at right angle thereto. On the stage, a tablet terminal is placed such that its camera section is directed downward. The adjustment section raises and lowers the first member, i.e., the stage by an operation knob being operated. The third member functions as a leg portion for making the imaging apparatus stand self-supporting. On the lower surface of the stage of the first member, a lighting device using an LED as a light emitting element is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiji TACHIBANA, Toshiaki KANAMURA, Hirokazu HASEGAWA, Marie HASHIMOTO, Akihiro MIYAHARA
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Patent number: 9760787Abstract: A document camera system includes a page-turning device, an image pickup unit, a specification unit, a recognition unit, a determination unit and a notification unit. The page-turning device turns pages of a book. The image pickup unit picks up an image of each turned page. The specification unit specifies a page number portion in the image picked up by the image pickup unit. The recognition unit recognizes characters in the page number portion specified by the specification unit to identify a page number. The determination unit determines correctness of the order of the page numbers identified by the recognition unit. The notification unit notifies a user of an error when the determination unit determines that the order of the page numbers is incorrect.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9643442Abstract: A page-turning device for turning a page of an opened book, page-turning device including an adhesive part which adheres to the page of the book; an arm part with the adhesive part provided on a top end, the arm part making the adhesive part go to and fro between a departure position and a destination position such that the adhesive part adheres to the page at the departure position and separates from the page at the destination position; and a drive unit which rotates the adhesive part in relation to the arm part. The drive unit rotates the adhesive part before the adhesive part reaches the destination position so that an adhering portion of the adhesive part is changed, and stops rotation of the adhesive part when the adhesive part adheres to the page.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20170099404Abstract: A user is allowed to set contents of imaging work for digitization of a book using a page turning device to turn over each page of the book in a spread state from an original position to a destination position and settings of the imaging work are stored in advance. When a user commands initiation of the imaging work, the stored settings are confirmed and an imaging operation screen to present, to the user, guidance information related to an imaging procedure corresponding to the settings is separately displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu HASEGAWA, Naoaki MISAKI, Ryo NIMURA
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Publication number: 20170066274Abstract: The book page turning operation of an automatic page turning apparatus is controlled by a tablet. Every time the automatic page turning apparatus completes a page turning operation, the tablet photographs the page and stores its image. During this processing, the tablet stops the series of page turning operations of the automatic page turning apparatus every time a sequential page-turning count m reaches a preset interruption page count M. Then, the tablet restarts the series of page turning operations in response to a photographing restart instruction from the user. As a result of this configuration, the user is freed from an operation of stopping a page turning operation during image photographing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu HASEGAWA, Naoaki MISAKI
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Publication number: 20170054912Abstract: A plurality of captured images having a successive relation is displayed on a display screen with the successive relation being maintained. Then, when the plurality of captured images include a plurality of first captured images acquired by a plurality of successive photographing operations and a second captured image acquired by an individual photographing operation different from the plurality of successive photographing operations, the second captured image is displayed such that it is differentiated from the plurality of first captured images by, for example, the background area of the second captured image being represented in a display form different from that of another area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu HASEGAWA, Ryo NIMURA
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Publication number: 20170046019Abstract: A file management apparatus causes a plurality of book files serving as management targets to be displayed on an editing operation screen in a list form and, each time a file is selected by a user as a processing target, causes a selection order rank set by the user to be individually displayed at a specific position on the editing operation screen corresponding to the file. Then, by combining the plurality of book files selected by the user as processing targets in accordance with the selection order ranks set by the user, the file management apparatus generates a new book file.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu HASEGAWA, Naoaki MISAKI, Toshiaki KANAMURA
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Publication number: 20170004752Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first correction amount acquiring unit and a first correction unit. The first correction amount acquiring unit acquires a first luminance correction amount of each block based on the luminance of each pixel in the block obtained by diving a first image among multiple processing target images obtained by imaging a target object with multiple sheets bound together while opening the target object. The first correction unit corrects the luminance of each pixel in the multiple processing target images based on the first luminance correction amount of each block acquired by the first correction amount acquiring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 9525793Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures page images; an operation unit configured to receives a command from outside to select a left page imaging mode in which left page images among the page images are sequentially captured in accordance with page turning, and a command from outside to select a right page imaging mode in which right page images among the page images are sequentially captured in accordance with page turning; a control unit that causes the imaging unit to perform imaging of the page images that correspond to the imaging mode selected via the operation unit; and an output unit that outputs the page images captured by the imaging unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9485375Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures page images; an operation unit configured to receives a command from outside to select a left page imaging mode in which left page images among the page images are sequentially captured in accordance with page turning, and a command from outside to select a right page imaging mode in which right page images among the page images are sequentially captured in accordance with page turning; a control unit that causes the imaging unit to perform imaging of the page images that correspond to the imaging mode selected via the operation unit; and an output unit that outputs the page images captured by the imaging unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9481194Abstract: A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a sticking part, an arm part and a first drive unit. The sticking part sticks to the page of the book being opened. The arm part is provided with the sticking part on a top end and swings such that the sticking part sticks to the page at a departure position of the page and separates from the page at a destination position of the page while the sticking part goes to and fro between the departure position and the destination position over the page of the book. The first drive unit swings the arm part around a drive shaft of the drive unit. An effective surface of the sticking part obliquely comes into contact with the page at the departure position at an initial stage of the contact.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9457609Abstract: An apparatus for turning pages of an open book includes a mechanism and a roller. The mechanism turns a page held at a departure position to a destination position. The roller conveys the page from a middle point of turning operation by the mechanism to the destination position while rotating to roll up the page.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20160250881Abstract: A page-turning device for turning a page of an opened book, page-turning device including an adhesive part which adheres to the page of the book; an arm part with the adhesive part provided on a top end, the arm part making the adhesive part go to and fro between a departure position and a destination position such that the adhesive part adheres to the page at the departure position and separates from the page at the destination position; and a drive unit which rotates the adhesive part in relation to the arm part. The drive unit rotates the adhesive part before the adhesive part reaches the destination position so that an adhering portion of the adhesive part is changed, and stops rotation of the adhesive part when the adhesive part adheres to the page.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 9421810Abstract: A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a turning unit and a blower. The turning unit holds the page at a departure position of the page of the book being opened and releases the holding of the page at a destination position of the page. The blower sends air above the page at the departure position to blow against the page at the destination position.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20160167419Abstract: An apparatus which turns a page of an open book includes a tuning mechanism, a drive unit and a control unit. The turning mechanism brings a predetermined member into contact with a page at a departure position and separates the page from the predetermined member at a destination position. The page is moved with the predetermined member. The drive unit drives the turning mechanism to make the predetermined member perform a to-and-fro movement between the departure position and the destination position. The control unit which controls the drive unit to temporarily stop the movement of the predetermined member on a way to the destination position from the departure position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 9365071Abstract: A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a sticking part, an arm part and a drive unit. The sticking part sticks to the page of the book being opened. The arm part is provided with the sticking part on a top end and swings such that the sticking part sticks to the page at a departure position of the page and separates from the page at a destination position of the page while the sticking part goes to and fro between the departure position and the destination position over the page of the book. The drive unit swings the arm part around a drive shaft of the drive unit. The drive shaft is inclined with respect to a seam of the opened book and/or a plane on which the book is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20160080597Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that captures page images; an operation unit configured to receives a command from outside to select a left page imaging mode whereby left page images among the page images are sequentially captured in accordance with page turning, and a command from outside to select a right page imaging mode whereby right page images among the page images are sequentially captured in accordance with page turning; a control unit that causes the imaging unit to perform imaging of the page images that correspond to the imaging mode selected via the operation unit; and an output unit that outputs the page images captured by the imaging unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20150375557Abstract: An apparatus for turning pages of an open book includes a mechanism and a roller. The mechanism turns a page held at a departure position to a destination position. The roller conveys the page from a middle point of turning operation by the mechanism to the destination position while rotating to roll up the page.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirokazu HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 9189865Abstract: An image processing device includes an extraction unit, a judgment unit, a restoration unit and a specification unit. The extraction unit specifies a first same-color area having a color similar to a color of a pointer in a pre-pointed image of a subject not overlapped by the pointer to extract a pointer portion from a being-pointed image of the subject overlapped by the pointer on the basis of the first same-color area. The restoration unit restores a dividing portion of the pointer portion using a surrounding image of the dividing portion when the judgment unit judges that the pointer portion is divided. The specification unit specifies a pointed position pointed with the pointer on the subject on the basis of a shape of the restored pointer portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Hasegawa, Hisao Aihara, Toshiaki Kanamura