Patents by Inventor Noriaki Nara

Noriaki Nara 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: 9830114
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring unit that acquires image data representing a document image that includes characters; an extracting unit that extracts, from the document image represented by the image data acquired by the acquiring unit, a character that has undergone a modification for distinguishing from another character; a processing unit that processes the image data by reducing a density of the character other than the extracted character below a density indicated by the acquired image data; and an output unit that outputs the image data processed by the processing unit to an image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki Nara
  • Publication number: 20140009784
    Abstract: An electronic appliance includes: an apparatus main body; a display device provided in the apparatus main body, the display device being displaceable with respect to the apparatus main body or being detachable from the apparatus main body; a receiving unit provided in the apparatus main body to receive predetermined information from a user, the receiving unit including plural push portions that are activated when being pushed by a user; and a detector that detects displacement of the display device with respect to the apparatus main body or detachment of the display device from the apparatus main body, wherein, in a case where the displacement of the display device with respect to the apparatus main body or the detachment of the display device from the apparatus main body is detected by the detector, a screen for receiving the predetermined information from a user is displayed on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki NARA
  • Publication number: 20100245864
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring unit that acquires image data representing a document image that includes characters; an extracting unit that extracts, from the document image represented by the image data acquired by the acquiring unit, a character that has undergone a modification for distinguishing from another character; a processing unit that processes the image data by reducing a density of the character other than the extracted character below a density indicated by the acquired image data; and an output unit that outputs the image data processed by the processing unit to an image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki Nara
  • Publication number: 20100225938
    Abstract: An image-processing apparatus includes: a memory that stores a red range defining red in a color space; an acquiring unit that acquires original image data representing an original image including a first part whose color is the red defined by the red range and a second part whose color is a color other than the red; and a generating unit that generates modified image data representing a modified image in which a density of either the first part or the second part is reduced to a density smaller than a density of the original image represented by the acquired original image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki Nara