Patents by Inventor Kensuke Ito
Kensuke Ito 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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Publication number: 20150043023Abstract: An image processing system includes a randomness feature information acquiring section that acquires randomness feature information from an individual object having randomness unique to an outward appearance of the individual object, the randomness feature information representing a feature of the outward appearance, a coded information attaching section that attaches coded information of the acquired randomness feature information to the individual object corresponding to the coded information, and a verifying section that verifies whether the randomness feature information corresponding to the coded information of the individual object attached with the coded information is the randomness feature information acquired from the individual object attached with the coded information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Kensuke ITO
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Publication number: 20150010758Abstract: A method of producing a tablet in which an uncoated tablet is coated by a coating agent, the method including: a coating process of coating uncoated tablets with a coating agent by spray coating the coating agent onto tablets that are churned and tumbled inside a container, and drying the tablets inside the container by supplying drying air into the container and exhausting air from the container, wherein spray coating conditions, including air supply temperature, air supply rate, and spray speed, are controlled according to the weight of the coating agent with which the uncoated tablets are coated, such that the humidity of air exhausted during spray coating is within a range of from 14% RH to 30% RH.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicants: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kensuke Ito, Yasuhiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140226020Abstract: A rotation unit of an image processor rotates at least any one of a securing unit for securing an object, an illumination unit for illuminating the object secured by the securing unit, and an image reading unit for reading an image of the object secured by the securing unit. A matching value calculation unit calculates the matching value for matching the image read by the image reading unit and the image in an image storing unit for storing images of objects previously read. A controller controls the rotation by the rotation unit based on the matching value calculated by the matching value calculation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Kensuke ITO
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Patent number: 8792723Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a noise position information obtaining unit that obtains noise position information regarding positions of noise in an image read by a reading unit that optically reads a surface of a medium, an image generating unit that generates a noise eliminated image that is obtained by eliminating a noise from the image, a pattern information obtaining unit that obtains pattern information indicating a pattern appearing on the surface of the medium from the noise eliminated image, and a pattern information registering unit that registers the pattern information obtained from areas set on the basis of the noise position information in the noise eliminated image.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sei Amagai, Kensuke Ito, Junichi Matsunoshita, Tetsuya Kimura, Masashi Okano
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Patent number: 8761508Abstract: An image processing system includes a first image processing apparatus and a second image processing apparatus. The first image processing apparatus includes a first image obtaining module, a first image extraction module, a first density extraction module, a first feature conversion module, a register module. The first image obtaining module obtains an image of an object having a seal impressed on a face thereof and having a film formed or laminated on the face thereof. The second image processing apparatus includes a second image obtaining module, a second image extraction module, a second density extraction module, a second feature conversion module, and a collation module.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kimura, Kensuke Ito
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Patent number: 8693071Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit that accepts an image of an original from an image reader having a conveying unit that conveys an original in sequence along a conveying path passing through a read position and an image read unit that reads the image of the original at the read position at read speed responsive to conveying speed of the original; an acquisition unit that acquires information concerning a stable read range in which the read speed in the conveying direction in the original becomes a stable state from storage in which the information is previously stored; and a registration unit that extracts feature information concerning a microscopic pattern that a surface of the original has from a registration area in the image of the original accepted by the acceptance unit and registers the feature information in association with position information concerning a position of the registration area.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensuke Ito, Tetsuya Kimura, Junichi Matsunoshita, Sei Amagai, Masashi Okano
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Publication number: 20140079326Abstract: An object identification system 1 acquires a captured image of each of objects respectively having peculiar patterns on surfaces thereof, images being formed on the surfaces, classifies, for each of objects, the object into any one of classifications according to features in the captured image acquired concerning the object, and registers, for each of the objects, identification information of the object and a classification of the object in association with one another. The object identification system 1 acquires candidates of classifications of one target object among objects on the basis of a classification result based on a target object captured image of the target object, acquires pattern images registered in association with the acquired classifications, and specifies, as identification information of the target object, identification information associated with a pattern image matching the target object captured image among the acquired pattern images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kensuke ITO, Tetsuya KIMURA
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Patent number: 8629315Abstract: An absorbent article for feminine hygiene, comprising: a body contacting layer; a garment contacting layer; and an absorbent core disposed between the body contacting layer and the garment contacting layer. The absorbent core has a core edge. The core edge defines a core region within the core edge and an outer region outside the core region. The body contacting layer and the garment contacting layer extend outward into the outer region and joined together in the outer region. The garment contacting layer may have a graphic printed on the body facing surface or the body contacting layer may have a graphic printed on the garment facing surface. The body contacting layer has a first light transmittance so that the graphic can be seen through the body contacting layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: The Procter and Gamble CompanyInventors: Tsunetoshi Miura, Kensuke Ito, Akiko Sasaki, Yoshiko Nakao, Shuri Kondo, Koichi Torni
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Publication number: 20130144479Abstract: An abnormal torque evaluation apparatus is applied to an electrically driven vehicle configured to drive left and right driving wheels independently with respective electric motors and also configured to independently drive the left and right driving wheels by means of the electric motors driven responsively to respective torque commands. Also provided are a yaw jerk detection means for detecting a yaw jerk and an abnormal torque evaluator for evaluating, based on the yaw jerk, the presence or absence of the occurrence of abnormal motor torque at the electric motors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventors: Kensuke Ito, Yasushi Tomita, Kazuto Koyama, Masato Kondou, Yuuki Nakajima, Ikuhiro Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20130137499Abstract: A server includes a request receiving unit that receives request information from a terminal, a request processing unit that generates next screen information for displaying a next screen on the terminal in accordance with the received request information, a next screen transmitting unit that transmits the generated next screen information to the terminal, a judgment unit that judges whether the next screen information has been transmitted to the terminal, a presentation screen generation unit that, when it is judged that the next screen information has not been transmitted to the terminal, determines reward conditions regarding a predetermined reward based on a screen transition status in the terminal, and generates lottery presentation screen information for displaying a lottery presentation screen on the terminal based on the reward conditions, and a presentation screen transmitting unit that transmits the generated lottery presentation screen information to the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.Inventor: Kensuke Ito
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Patent number: 8422743Abstract: The present invention provides a surface-reading apparatus that includes a subject-flexing mechanism and a surface-reading component. The subject-flexing mechanism causes a subject to flex in one of a convex form and a concave form. The surface-reading component reads a characteristic of a surface condition of the subject that has been flexed by the subject-flexing mechanism. The surface-reading component can includes an optical reading component that optically reads the characteristic of the surface condition of the subject. The optical reading component may be a reflected light-reading component that reads the characteristic of the surface condition of the subject with reflected light or may be a transmitted light-reading component that reads the characteristic of the surface condition of the subject with transmitted light.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2007Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Shimizu, Tetsuya Kimura, Kensuke Ito
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Patent number: 8325987Abstract: An amorphous alloy member including an irregular region having a center line average roughness Ra of about 0.1 ?m to about 1000 ?m on a surface, at least the irregular region including an amorphous alloy having an amorphous phase at a volume ratio of about 50% to about 100%. A process for manufacturing the amorphous alloy member, and an authenticity determination device and an authenticity determination method using the amorphous alloy member.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensuke Ito, Takashi Nagayasu, Tomonari Sugata, Tadashi Shimizu, Tetsuya Kimura
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Patent number: 8305633Abstract: A registering apparatus includes: a first image data acquiring unit that acquires first image data from a first region on a recording medium; a second image data acquiring unit that acquires second image data from a second region that includes the first region; a third image data acquiring unit that acquires third image data from a third region that does not include the first region and differs from the second region when a correlation value between the second image data and the first image data is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value; and a registering unit that registers the first image data as registration data that are image data to be used in authentication of the recording medium when a correlation value between the third image data and the first image data is equal to or less than a second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kimura, Kensuke Ito
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Publication number: 20120170899Abstract: There are provided a method for reinforcing a splice part and a reinforcing structure, which enable reinforcement of a splice part of optical fiber cores with sufficient strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicants: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshihiko Homma, Kensuke Ito, Masahiro Hasegawa, Masayoshi Kagami, Sayuri Kagami, Naoto Tanaka
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Publication number: 20120128247Abstract: An image processing system includes a first image processing apparatus and a second image processing apparatus. The first image processing apparatus includes a first image obtaining module, a first image extraction module, a first density extraction module, a first feature conversion module, a register module. The first image obtaining module obtains an image of an object having a seal impressed on a face thereof and having a film formed or laminated on the face thereof. The second image processing apparatus includes a second image obtaining module, a second image extraction module, a second density extraction module, a second feature conversion module, and a collation module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya KIMURA, Kensuke ITO
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Publication number: 20120057789Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a noise position information obtaining unit that obtains noise position information regarding positions of noise in an image read by a reading unit that optically reads a surface of a medium, an image generating unit that generates a noise eliminated image that is obtained by eliminating a noise from the image, a pattern information obtaining unit that obtains pattern information indicating a pattern appearing on the surface of the medium from the noise eliminated image, and a pattern information registering unit that registers the pattern information obtained from areas set on the basis of the noise position information in the noise eliminated image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Sei AMAGAI, Kensuke ITO, Junichi MATSUNOSHITA, Tetsuya KIMURA, Masashi OKANO
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Publication number: 20120033269Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit that accepts an image of an original from an image reader having a conveying unit that conveys an original in sequence along a conveying path passing through a read position and an image read unit that reads the image of the original at the read position at read speed responsive to conveying speed of the original; an acquisition unit that acquires information concerning a stable read range in which the read speed in the conveying direction in the original becomes a stable state from storage in which the information is previously stored; and a registration unit that extracts feature information concerning a microscopic pattern that a surface of the original has from a registration area in the image of the original accepted by the acceptance unit and registers the feature information in association with position information concerning a position of the registration area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kensuke ITO, Tetsuya KIMURA, Junichi MATSUNOSHITA, Sei AMAGAI, Masashi OKANO
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Publication number: 20110270208Abstract: An absorbent article for feminine hygiene, comprising: a body contacting layer; a garment contacting layer; and an absorbent core disposed between the body contacting layer and the garment contacting layer. The absorbent core has a core edge. The core edge defines a core region within the core edge and an outer region outside the core region. The body contacting layer and the garment contacting layer extend outward into the outer region and joined together in the outer region. The garment contacting layer may have a graphic printed on the body facing surface or the body contacting layer may have a graphic printed on the garment facing surface. The body contacting layer has a first light transmittance so that the graphic can be seen through the body contacting layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Tsunetoshi Miura, Kensuke Ito, Akiko Sasaki, Yoshiko Nakao, Shuri Kondo, Koichi Torni
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Patent number: 7959620Abstract: The invention is directed to an absorbent article, which is preferably a sanitary napkin or a pantiliner, comprising: a body contacting layer; a garment contacting layer; and an absorbent core disposed between the body contacting layer and the garment contacting layer. The absorbent core has a core edge. The core edge defines a core region within the core edge and an outer region outside the core region. The body contacting layer and the garment contacting layer extend outward into the outer region and joined together in the outer region. In one aspect of the invention, the garment contacting layer has a graphic printed on the body facing surface at least in a portion of the outer region. In another aspect of the invention, the body contacting layer has a graphic printed on the garment facing surface at least in a portion of the outer region. The body contacting layer has a first light transmittance so that the graphic can be seen through the body contacting layer in the outer region.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Tsunetoshi Miura, Kensuke Ito, Akiko Sasaki, Yoshiko Nakao, Shuri Kondo, Koichi Tomi
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Patent number: 7885161Abstract: An information recording apparatus includes an information obtaining unit, a sign arrangement generating unit, a sign arrangement recording unit. The information obtaining unit obtains information to be recorded on a recording medium. The sign arrangement generating unit, based on information to be obtained by the information obtaining unit, generates an arrangement having three or more kinds of signs for expressing the obtained information. The sign arrangement recording unit, while shifting recording positions of a recording area included in the recording medium, records physical features sequentially into the respective recording positions of the recording area included in the recording medium. And each physical feature corresponds to one kind of the signs.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kimura, Kensuke Ito