Patents by Inventor Kiyoto Kosaka

Kiyoto Kosaka 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: 11790493
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, a control method, and a control program for more accurately removing the seal component from the input image including the seal. An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition module to acquire an input image, a detection module to detect a seal area corresponding to a seal in the input image, a calculation module to calculate a seal color ratio for each pixel in the seal area, a background information generating module to generate background information, a seal removal image generating module to generate a seal removal image acquired by removing a seal component from the input image, by synthesizing each pixel in the seal area and the background information corresponding to each pixel, based on the seal color ratio, and an output module to output the seal removal image or information generated using the seal removal image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiyoto Kosaka, Keiji Honda
  • Patent number: 11620736
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage device to store a shading pattern in which a condition of gradation values of a target pixel and a plurality of pixels having a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the target pixel are set, a processor to acquire an multiple value image, generate a binary image from the multiple value image, detect a pixel satisfying the condition set in the shading pattern from the multiple value image as a part of a shading, a generate a shading removal pattern for removing the detected shading, based on the multiple value image, generate a shading removal image by applying the shading removal pattern to the binary image, and an output device to output the shading removal image or information generated using the shading removal image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanizaki, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Patent number: 11115560
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, a control method, and a control program for more accurately removing the background pattern from the image including the background pattern. An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition module to acquire an input image, a multi-valued image generating module to generate a multi-valued image from the input image, a binary image generating module to generate a binary image acquired by binarizing the input image, a detection module to detect a thin line having a width equal to or less than a predetermined number of pixels from the multi-valued image, a background pattern removal image generating module to generate a background pattern removal image in which the thin line is removed from the binary image, based on the thin line detected from the multi-valued image, and an output module to output the background pattern removal image or information generated using the background pattern removal image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiji Honda, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20210192694
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, a control method, and a control program to more accurately remove the shading from the image including the shading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki TANIZAKI, Kiyoto KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20210192695
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, a control method, and a control program for more accurately removing the seal component from the input image including the seal. An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition module to acquire an input image, a detection module to detect a seal area corresponding to a seal in the input image, a calculation module to calculate a seal color ratio for each pixel in the seal area, a background information generating module to generate background information, a seal removal image generating module to generate a seal removal image acquired by removing a seal component from the input image, by synthesizing each pixel in the seal area and the background information corresponding to each pixel, based on the seal color ratio, and an output module to output the seal removal image or information generated using the seal removal image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Kiyoto KOSAKA, Keiji HONDA
  • Publication number: 20210127032
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, a control method, and a control program for more accurately removing the background pattern from the image including the background pattern. An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition module to acquire an input image, a multi-valued image generating module to generate a multi-valued image from the input image, a binary image generating module to generate a binary image acquired by binarizing the input image, a detection module to detect a thin line having a width equal to or less than a predetermined number of pixels from the multi-valued image, a background pattern removal image generating module to generate a background pattern removal image in which the thin line is removed from the binary image, based on the thin line detected from the multi-valued image, and an output module to output the background pattern removal image or information generated using the background pattern removal image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Keiji HONDA, Kiyoto KOSAKA
  • Patent number: 10885375
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute first acquiring a frame obtained through photographing, second acquiring document image data of a document from the frame, first determining whether a form partial feature in a registered form and a document partial feature at a position corresponding to a position of the partial feature match, the document partial feature being in the document, and third acquiring a frame obtained through re-photographing when it is determined that the form partial feature and the document partial feature do not match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoto Yamaguchi, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Patent number: 10810743
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a memory configured to store layout data of a layout of a format, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute first acquiring a captured image that includes a format region, detecting edges that are included in the captured image, second acquiring edge straight lines based on the edges, calculating a correction amount of the format region with reference to the layout based on the edges, selecting, as a selected straight line, an edge straight line that is outermost among the edge straight lines that form a rectangle, third acquiring a reference straight line that forms an outline of the format region based on the correction amount and the selected straight line, and specifying a format coordinate of the format region based on the reference straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayoshi Hayashi, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Patent number: 10706315
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute acquiring a captured image including an original document region, detecting a color component value of a predetermined area in the captured image, detecting an edge in the predetermined area to acquire an edge amount indicating any one or both of a density of the edge and an edge intensity, and identifying, based on the color component value and the edge amount, a difference between a background of the original document region and a background of a background region obtained by removing the original document region from the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayoshi Hayashi, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Patent number: 10628713
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process including acquiring a frame acquired by image capturing, detecting document position data of a document from the frame, determining a document type of the document, calculating image quality of document image data of the document on the basis of the document position data and the document type, determining whether the image quality is at a character recognizable level, and acquiring a frame acquired by the image recapturing when it is determined that the image quality is not at the character recognizable level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Masayoshi Hayashi, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Patent number: 10332263
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a division unit which divides an input image into a first content area and a first background area, a generation unit which corrects a first content area pixel included in the first content area by using a first peripheral pixel existing in the vicinity of the first content area among first background area pixels included in the first background area to generate a first background image formed with the after-correction first content area pixel and the first background area pixel, and a removal unit which removes the first background image from the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanizaki, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20190087962
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a memory configured to store layout data of a layout of a format, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute first acquiring a captured image that includes a format region, detecting edges that are included in the captured image, second acquiring edge straight lines based on the edges, calculating a correction amount of the format region with reference to the layout based on the edges, selecting, as a selected straight line, an edge straight line that is outermost among the edge straight lines that form a rectangle, third acquiring a reference straight line that forms an outline of the format region based on the correction amount and the selected straight line, and specifying a format coordinate of the format region based on the reference straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Masayoshi HAYASHI, Kiyoto KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20190057278
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute acquiring a captured image including an original document region, detecting a color component value of a predetermined area in the captured image, detecting an edge in the predetermined area to acquire an edge amount indicating any one or both of a density of the edge and an edge intensity, and identifying, based on the color component value and the edge amount, a difference between a background of the original document region and a background of a background region obtained by removing the original document region from the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Masayoshi HAYASHI, Kiyoto KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20190012560
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute first acquiring a frame obtained through photographing, second acquiring document image data of a document from the frame, first determining whether a form partial feature in a registered form and a document partial feature at a position corresponding to a position of the partial feature match, the document partial feature being in the document, and third acquiring a frame obtained through re-photographing when it is determined that the form partial feature and the document partial feature do not match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Naoto Yamaguchi, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20180276509
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process including acquiring a frame acquired by image capturing, detecting document position data of a document from the frame, determining a document type of the document, calculating image quality of document image data of the document on the basis of the document position data and the document type, determining whether the image quality is at a character recognizable level, and acquiring a frame acquired by the image recapturing when it is determined that the image quality is not at the character recognizable level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Masayoshi HAYASHI, Kiyoto KOSAKA
  • Patent number: 10049291
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an image-processing apparatus identifies for each gradation value a connected component of pixels of not less than or not more than the gradation value neighboring and connected to each other in an input image, thereby generating hierarchical structure data of a hierarchical structure including the connected component, extracts based on the hierarchical structure data a connected component satisfying character likelihood as a character-like region, acquires a threshold value of binarization used exclusively for the character-like region, acquires a corrected region where the character-like region is binarized, acquires a background where a gradation value of a pixel included in a region of the input image other than the corrected region is changed to a gradation value for a background, and acquires a binary image data of a binary image composed of the corrected region and the background region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuru Nishikawa, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20180122084
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a division unit which divides an input image into a first content area and a first background area, a generation unit which corrects a first content area pixel included in the first content area by using a first peripheral pixel existing in the vicinity of the first content area among first background area pixels included in the first background area to generate a first background image formed with the after-correction first content area pixel and the first background area pixel, and a removal unit which removes the first background image from the input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroki TANIZAKI, Kiyoto KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20180046876
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an image-processing apparatus identifies for each gradation value a connected component of pixels of not less than or not more than the gradation value neighboring and connected to each other in an input image, thereby generating hierarchical structure data of a hierarchical structure including the connected component, extracts based on the hierarchical structure data a connected component satisfying character likelihood as a character-like region, acquires a threshold value of binarization used exclusively for the character-like region, acquires a corrected region where the character-like region is binarized, acquires a background where a gradation value of a pixel included in a region of the input image other than the corrected region is changed to a gradation value for a background, and acquires a binary image data of a binary image composed of the corrected region and the background region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Mitsuru NISHIKAWA, Kiyoto KOSAKA
  • Patent number: 9712717
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a presumed background region extractor for extracting a presumed background region presumed to include an image of a background from an input image, a threshold value determination module for determining a threshold value based on pixels in the presumed background region, an edge pixel extractor for using the threshold value to extract edge pixels from the input image, and a document region detector for detecting a document region from the edge pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Ryo Hayashi, Kiyoto Kosaka, Masayoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9661166
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a color component image generator for extracting a particular color component from an input image to generate a color component image, an expanded-color-component image generator for expanding particular pixels in the color component image to generate an expanded-color-component image, an edge pixel extractor for extracting edge pixels from the expanded-color-component image, and a document region detector for detecting a document region from the edge pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Ryo Hayashi, Kiyoto Kosaka, Masayoshi Hayashi