Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Oya

Kazuhiro Oya 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).

  • Patent number: 11361572
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processing unit, an extraction unit, a memory unit, a determination unit, and an assignment unit. The processing unit executes a character recognition process. The extraction unit extracts at least one area located within a predetermined range from a first area that is included in a designated image and that is designated to undergo the character recognition process. The at least one area is a second area. The memory unit stores an attribute on a per character string basis. The determination unit determines, on a basis of the attribute stored by the memory unit, an attribute corresponding to a character string recognized as one or more characters from the first area by the processing unit and a character string recognized as one or more characters from the second area by the processing unit. The assignment unit assigns the determined attribute to the designated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya Nakamura, Akane Abe, Shintaro Adachi, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Oya, Shigeru Okada, Junichi Shimizu, Akinobu Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11163992
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first designation unit, a second designation unit, a position acquisition unit, a memory, and an extraction unit. The first designation unit designates an extensive area from a first read image, the extensive area including an output area and an object area. The second designation unit designates the output area from the designated extensive area. The position acquisition unit acquires positional information regarding the extensive area with respect to the first read image and positional information regarding the output area with respect to the extensive area. The memory stores the positional information regarding the extensive area and the positional information regarding the output area. The extraction unit identifies a position of the extensive area in a second read image in a format identical to a format of the first read image on a basis of the positional information regarding the extensive area stored by the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kobayashi, Shintaro Adachi, Shigeru Okada, Akinobu Yamaguchi, Junichi Shimizu, Kazuhiro Oya, Shinya Nakamura, Akane Abe
  • Patent number: 11153447
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a layout analyzing part that executes layout analysis for image data, an extraction part that extracts a diagrammatic representation from the image data by using a result of the layout analysis, a character recognizing part that executes character recognition for a partial area having a high probability of presence of a character string in a relationship with the extracted diagrammatic representation, and an erecting direction deciding part that decides an erecting direction of the image data by using a result of the character recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Oya, Akane Abe, Akinobu Yamaguchi, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Junichi Shimizu, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Shinya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10643097
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit that generates, in a case where a small-sheet image in a first image is unsuccessfully extracted and results in multiple small-sheet images, a second image including the small-sheet images that are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Oya, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Akane Abe
  • Publication number: 20190362143
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processing unit, an extraction unit, a memory unit, a determination unit, and an assignment unit. The processing unit executes a character recognition process. The extraction unit extracts at least one area located within a predetermined range from a first area that is included in a designated image and that is designated to undergo the character recognition process. The at least one area is a second area. The memory unit stores an attribute on a per character string basis. The determination unit determines, on a basis of the attribute stored by the memory unit, an attribute corresponding to a character string recognized as one or more characters from the first area by the processing unit and a character string recognized as one or more characters from the second area by the processing unit. The assignment unit assigns the determined attribute to the designated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya NAKAMURA, Akane ABE, Shintaro ADACHI, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiro OYA, Shigeru OKADA, Junichi SHIMIZU, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10477052
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains image information of a second region to detect an erecting direction of an image formed on a document, the second region being defined in the image in advance according to a criterion different from a criterion for defining a first region in the image, in which character recognition is performed; and an output unit that outputs character information of the first region, the character information being recognized in accordance with the erecting direction of the image obtained from the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Oya, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Akane Yoshizaki
  • Publication number: 20190325245
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit that extracts object information from an image including an object to be read having a predetermined size; a cutting unit that cuts out a first area including at least a part of the object to be read from the image; and a changing unit that changes the first area such that an area having a background color different from a background color of the image is included, from the first area, when the first area cut out by the cutting unit has a size different from the predetermined size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi SHIMIZU, Akane ABE, Kazuhiro OYA, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Shinya NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190325210
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first designation unit, a second designation unit, a position acquisition unit, a memory, and an extraction unit. The first designation unit designates an extensive area from a first read image, the extensive area including an output area and an object area. The second designation unit designates the output area from the designated extensive area. The position acquisition unit acquires positional information regarding the extensive area with respect to the first read image and positional information regarding the output area with respect to the extensive area. The memory stores the positional information regarding the extensive area and the positional information regarding the output area. The extraction unit identifies a position of the extensive area in a second read image in a format identical to a format of the first read image on a basis of the positional information regarding the extensive area stored by the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shintaro ADACHI, Shigeru OKADA, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Kazuhiro OYA, Shinya NAKAMURA, Akane ABE
  • Patent number: 10430963
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a punch hole trace detection unit that detects a punch hole trace from an input image, a line segment detection unit that detects a line segment which is positioned in a vicinity of the detected punch hole trace, and a punch hole trace processing unit that performs processing on the punch hole trace on the basis of a result of the detection by the line segment detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane Yoshizaki, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Kazuhiro Oya, Shigeru Okada, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Shintaro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20190230233
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a layout analyzing part that executes layout analysis for image data, an extraction part that extracts a diagrammatic representation from the image data by using a result of the layout analysis, a character recognizing part that executes character recognition for a partial area having a high probability of presence of a character string in a relationship with the extracted diagrammatic representation, and an erecting direction deciding part that decides an erecting direction of the image data by using a result of the character recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro OYA, Akane ABE, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Shinya NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10264151
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first classification condition for classifying a document by use of image information of an image formed on the document; an acceptance unit that accepts a second classification condition for classifying the document, the second classification condition being defined by a user; and a classification unit that applies the first classification condition and the second classification condition to the image information based on a predetermined rule of a degree of priority, and classifies the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Koyanagi, Kazuhiro Oya, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Akane Yoshizaki
  • Patent number: 10192090
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a scanner that performs scanning of a read image of a document and detects a code image included in a scanned region, which is a region where the scanning is completed; and a setting unit that sets, based on the code image detected by the scanner, a scanning region when the scanner scans an unscanned region, in which the scanning by the scanner has not been performed yet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane Yoshizaki, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Oya, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20180240248
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a punch hole trace detection unit that detects a punch hole trace from an input image, a line segment detection unit that detects a line segment which is positioned in a vicinity of the detected punch hole trace, and a punch hole trace processing unit that performs processing on the punch hole trace on the basis of a result of the detection by the line segment detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane YOSHIZAKI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO, Kazuhiro OYA, Shigeru OKADA, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shintaro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20180225541
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit that generates, in a case where a small-sheet image in a first image is unsuccessfully extracted and results in multiple small-sheet images, a second image including the small-sheet images that are combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiro OYA, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO, Akane ABE
  • Patent number: 9881238
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including an image data obtaining unit that obtains image data of an original document including plural pages, a feature amount obtaining unit that obtains a predetermined feature amount for each of the pages based on the obtained image data, a detection unit that compares a feature amount of one page on which identification information for dividing the plural pages in units of pages is formed with a feature amount of the other pages and detects the identification information on a page having a feature amount similar to a feature amount of the one page from among the other pages, and a division unit that divides the plural pages in units of pages based on the detected identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Oya, Katsuya Koyanagi, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Akane Yoshizaki, Hiroyuki Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20170277926
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a scanner that performs scanning of a read image of a document and detects a code image included in a scanned region, which is a region where the scanning is completed; and a setting unit that sets, based on the code image detected by the scanner, a scanning region when the scanner scans an unscanned region, in which the scanning by the scanner has not been performed yet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane YOSHIZAKI, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiro OYA, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170244851
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains image information of a second region to detect an erecting direction of an image formed on a document, the second region being defined in the image in advance according to a criterion different from a criterion for defining a first region in the image, in which character recognition is performed; and an output unit that outputs character information of the first region, the character information being recognized in accordance with the erecting direction of the image obtained from the image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro OYA, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO, Akane YOSHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170161596
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including an image data obtaining unit that obtains image data of an original document including plural pages, a feature amount obtaining unit that obtains a predetermined feature amount for each of the pages based on the obtained image data, a detection unit that compares a feature amount of one page on which identification information for dividing the plural pages in units of pages is formed with a feature amount of the other pages and detects the identification information on a page having a feature amount similar to a feature amount of the one page from among the other pages, and a division unit that divides the plural pages in units of pages based on the detected identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiro OYA, Katsuya KOYANAGI, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Akane YOSHIZAKI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170142274
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first classification condition for classifying a document by use of image information of an image formed on the document; an acceptance unit that accepts a second classification condition for classifying the document, the second classification condition being defined by a user; and a classification unit that applies the first classification condition and the second classification condition to the image information based on a predetermined rule of a degree of priority, and classifies the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya KOYANAGI, Kazuhiro OYA, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO, Akane YOSHIZAKI
  • Patent number: 9465986
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit, a recognition unit, a table-of-contents analysis unit, a main-body analysis unit, and a creation unit. The reading unit reads a table of contents page and a main body page as images. The recognition unit performs character recognition on the images of the table of contents and main body pages. The table-of-contents analysis unit analyzes the image of the table of contents page, and acquires at least a heading item in accordance with a result of character recognition. The main-body analysis unit analyzes the image of the main body page, and associates an image including the heading item with the heading item in accordance with a result of character recognition. The creation unit creates electronic bookmarked information in which bookmark information for associating the heading item with the image of the main body page is added to electronic information of the read images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Okada, Minoru Sodeura, Shinji Hanaoka, Hiroyoshi Uejo, Sei Amagai, Kazuhiro Oya