Patents by Inventor Minoru Sodeura
Minoru Sodeura 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: 9042668Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Okada, Kazuhiro Ohya, Katsuya Koyanagi, Minoru Sodeura, Shintaro Adachi, Zhenrui Zhang, Hiroyoshi Uejo
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Patent number: 8897594Abstract: An image reader includes a reading unit that reads an image; a detection unit that detects marks from the read image read by the reading unit; a creation unit that creates a hiding image, which hides a region including the marks, on the basis of the marks detected by the detection unit; and a combining unit that combines the read image and the hiding image to create an electronic document.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Okada, Hiroyoshi Uejo, Sei Amagai, Kazuhiro Ohya, Minoru Sodeura, Shinji Hanaoka
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Patent number: 8842928Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Okada, Kazuhiro Ohya, Katsuya Koyanagi, Minoru Sodeura, Shintaro Adachi, Zhenrui Zhang, Hiroyoshi Uejo
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Publication number: 20140099038Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Inventors: Shigeru OKADA, Minoru SODEURA, Shinji HANAOKA, Hiroyoshi UEJO, Sei AMAGAI, Kazuhiro OYA
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Publication number: 20140093166Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru OKADA, Kazuhiro OHYA, Katsuya KOYANAGI, Minoru SODEURA, Shintaro ADACHI, Zhenrui ZHANG, Hiroyoshi UEJO
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Patent number: 8532404Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of compression units and a switching unit. The plurality of compression units compress image information by different compression methods. The switching unit extracts plural pieces of color information from pieces of color information which constitute the image information in a color space expressing the image information, and selects one of the plurality of compression units in accordance with hue angles of the plural pieces of extracted color information.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuo Inoue, Minoru Sodeura, Toshiyuki Yamada, Shintaro Adachi, Tsutomu Kimura
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Patent number: 8494266Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a separating unit, a setting unit, and a determining unit. The separating unit separates an image into types of partial images other than a specific type, which is likely to be erroneously separated. The setting unit makes setting designating whether or not predetermined two types of partial images of the separated partial images are to be easily determined to be partial images of the specific type. The determining unit determines whether or not at least one of the predetermined two types of the partial images is the partial image of the specific type or not based upon the setting.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Yamada, Kiyotaka Tsuchibuchi, Junichi Shimizu, Minoru Sodeura, Masato Saito, Hiroshi Niina, Zhenrui Zhang
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Publication number: 20130182293Abstract: An image reader includes a reading unit that reads an image; a detection unit that detects marks from the read image read by the reading unit; a creation unit that creates a hiding image, which hides a region including the marks, on the basis of the marks detected by the detection unit; and a combining unit that combines the read image and the hiding image to create an electronic document.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru OKADA, Hiroyoshi UEJO, Sei AMAGAI, Kazuhiro OHYA, Minoru SODEURA, Shinji HANAOKA
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Patent number: 8363940Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a separation section that separates image components having different attributes contained in electronic document data expressing an original image; a selection section that selects which mode from plural modes including a reusability emphasis mode for performing predetermined re-laying out of the image components with emphasis on reusability; and a generation section that re-lays the image components separated by the separation section according to the mode selected by the selection section, and generates software data corresponding to software for use.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Niina, Toshiyuki Yamada, Kiyotaka Tsuchibuchi, Junichi Shimizu, Minoru Sodeura, Masato Saito, Zhenrui Zhang
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Publication number: 20120250991Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru OKADA, Kazuhiro OHYA, Katsuya KOYANAGI, Minoru SODEURA, Shintaro ADACHI, Zhenrui ZHANG, Hiroyoshi UEJO
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Patent number: 8275198Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a limited color conversion processing section that extracts a plurality of pieces of color information making up image information and executes conversion to specific colors to which the color information belongs; a by-color separation processing section that separates for each specific color, image information converted into the specific colors by the limited color conversion processing section; a compression processing section that compresses for each color, the image information for each specific color separated by the by-color separation processing section; and a layered structure forming processing section that collectively outputs the image information for each color compressed by the compression processing section.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Yamada, Nobuo Inoue, Minoru Sodeura, Tsutomu Kimura, Shintaro Adachi
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Publication number: 20120230590Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a registering unit that registers a first language and a second language different from the first language, a character string extracting unit that extracts one or more character strings from reading information acquired by reading an original, plural feature character string creating sections that create a feature character string of the original on the basis of the one or more character strings extracted by the character string extracting unit, and a switching unit that switches the feature character string creating section used to create the feature character string on the basis of a combination of the registered first language and the registered second language.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhenrui ZHANG, Hiroyoshi UEJO, Kazuhiro OHYA, Katsuya KOYANAGI, Shigeru OKADA, Minoru SODEURA, Shintaro ADACHI
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Patent number: 8213713Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided, the image processing apparatus including: a limited color conversion processing section that extracts plural pieces of color information constructing image information and converts the plural pieces of color information into color information representing specific colors to which each of the plural pieces of color information belongs; a by-color separation processing section that separates the image information containing the converted color information for each of the specific colors; a compression determination section that determines a compression system for each color as to each of pieces of image information which are separated by the by-color separation processing section for each of the specific colors; a compression processing section that compresses said each of pieces of image information according to the determined compression system for each color; and a layered structure forming processing section that collectively outputs said each of pieces of image inType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shintaro Adachi, Toshiyuki Yamada, Nobuo Inoue, Tsutomu Kimura, Minoru Sodeura
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Publication number: 20120063683Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a separating unit, a setting unit, and a determining unit. The separating unit separates an image into types of partial images other than a specific type, which is likely to be erroneously separated. The setting unit makes setting designating whether or not predetermined two types of partial images of the separated partial images are to be easily determined to be partial images of the specific type. The determining unit determines whether or not at least one of the predetermined two types of the partial images is the partial image of the specific type or not based upon the setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki YAMADA, Kiyotaka TSUCHIBUCHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Minoru SODEURA, Masato SAITO, Hiroshi NIINA, Zhenrui ZHANG
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Publication number: 20110222795Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a separation section that separates image components having different attributes contained in electronic document data expressing an original image; a selection section that selects which mode from plural modes including a reusability emphasis mode for performing predetermined re-laying out of the image components with emphasis on reusability; and a generation section that re-lays the image components separated by the separation section according to the mode selected by the selection section, and generates software data corresponding to software for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi NIINA, Toshiyuki YAMADA, Kiyotaka TSUCHIBUCHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Minoru SODEURA, Masato SAITO, Zhenrui ZHANG
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Publication number: 20100246946Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a limited color conversion processing section that extracts a plurality of pieces of color information making up image information and executes conversion to specific colors to which the color information belongs; a by-color separation processing section that separates for each specific color, image information converted into the specific colors by the limited color conversion processing section; a compression processing section that compresses for each color, the image information for each specific color separated by the by-color separation processing section; and a layered structure forming processing section that collectively outputs the image information for each color compressed by the compression processing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Yamada, Nobuo Inoue, Minoru Sodeura, Tsutomu Kimura, Shintaro Adachi
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Publication number: 20100246945Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of compression units and a switching unit. The plurality of compression units compress image information by different compression methods. The switching unit extracts plural pieces of color information from pieces of color information which constitute the image information in a color space expressing the image information, and selects one of the plurality of compression units in accordance with hue angles of the plural pieces of extracted color information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuo INOUE, Minoru SODEURA, Toshiyuki YAMADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Tsutomu KIMURA
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Publication number: 20100246942Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided, the image processing apparatus including: a limited color conversion processing section that extracts plural pieces of color information constructing image information and converts the plural pieces of color information into color information representing specific colors to which each of the plural pieces of color information belongs; a by-color separation processing section that separates the image information containing the converted color information for each of the specific colors; a compression determination section that determines a compression system for each color as to each of pieces of image information which are separated by the by-color separation processing section for each of the specific colors; a compression processing section that compresses said each of pieces of image information according to the determined compression system for each color; and a layered structure forming processing section that collectively outputs said each of pieces of image inType: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Shintaro ADACHI, Toshiyuki YAMADA, Nobuo INOUE, Tsutomu KIMURA, Minoru SODEURA
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Patent number: 7751099Abstract: An image reading apparatus including: a paper supply section; a transporting path for transporting a document supplied from the paper supply section; a first sensor which reads an image on a first surface of the document from one side of the transporting path; a second sensor which reads an image on a second surface of the document from the other side of the transporting path; and an image processing section which is constituted so as to correspond to a first reading mode in which two sides of the document are read using the first sensor plural times, and a second reading mode in which two sides of the document are read using the first sensor and the second sensor, and which makes a registration position and direction of an output image in both the first and second reading mode the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Mizuhashi, Yasuhisa Mizuta, Yoshitake Matsubara, Ayumi Onishi, Minoru Sodeura, Sadao Furuoya, Masato Saito
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Patent number: 7710589Abstract: An image transmitting apparatus includes: an address acquiring component that acquires an first address of a document image on the basis of address information other than numbers added to the document image; an address input component that receives input of the second address with respect to the document image; a match determining component that determines whether or not the second address that the address input component has received and the first address that the address acquiring component has acquired match; and a transmitting component that transmits the document image in accordance with the determination result of the match determining component.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Sodeura, Hiroyoshi Uejo