Patents by Inventor Akira Fujiu

Akira Fujiu 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).

  • Publication number: 20230410387
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for selectively replacing a color of an object in an original image due to color blindness of a viewer. The method includes identifying whether there are color groups that are hard to be distinguished at a border between one or more objects in an original image. The method further includes generating a grayscale image from the original image and estimating an original color of each pixel in the original image by inputting the generated grayscale image to an automatic colorization artificial intelligence (AI) model. The method further includes determining at least one color group for which color replacement is to be performed and replacing the determined at least one color group with a color that is easily perceived by the person having a color vision deficiency and that is easily distinguished from the other color groups at the border between the identified one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: TAIHEI MIYAMOTO, KAORU OHASHI, Akira Fujiu, KAZUKI SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11790028
    Abstract: A user interface (UI) enhancement system modifies a computer user interface based on user interactions recorded over time. The UI enhancement system records user interactions and develops a corresponding heat map. The heat map represents frequencies of user actions such as links clicked, scrolling actions, buttons selected, jumps within a page, etc. Based on the heat map, the UI enhancement system modifies a user interface configuration file which in turn influences the appearance and/or behavior of elements within the user interface to improve the user experience. Some embodiments give greater prominence to a UI element associated with greater “heat” and less prominence to an element with less “heat”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Fujiu, Mihoko Hasegawa, Tomokazu Nakamura, Yukiko Whalen
  • Publication number: 20230298211
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for selective color replacement using image recognition, including a method for generating an image with improved accessibility for color vision diversity. The method may comprise, in an operation phase obtaining, as an output, a first set of objects included in a first image by inputting the first image to a first AI model, obtaining, as an output, a second set of objects included in a second image by inputting the image to a second AI model, comparing the first set of objects and the second set of objects to extract an object that is included in the first set of objects but not included in the second set of objects as an unrecognized object, and replacing a color of the unrecognized object in the first image with a color easily recognized by a person having color vision deficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: KAORU OHASHI, Akira Fujiu, KAZUKI SEKIGUCHI, TAIHEI MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220188373
    Abstract: A user interface (UI) enhancement system modifies a computer user interface based on user interactions recorded over time. The UI enhancement system records user interactions and develops a corresponding heat map. The heat map represents frequencies of user actions such as links clicked, scrolling actions, buttons selected, jumps within a page, etc. Based on the heat map, the UI enhancement system modifies a user interface configuration file which in turn influences the appearance and/or behavior of elements within the user interface to improve the user experience. Some embodiments give greater prominence to a UI element associated with greater “heat” and less prominence to an element with less “heat”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Akira Fujiu, Mihoko Hasegawa, Tomokazu Nakamura, Yukiko Whalen
  • Patent number: 11200049
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for automated test authorization management is provided. The method obtains a test result, as part of an issue record, for a test of a software product. The test result contains a set of test attributes and represents an issue affecting the software product. An authorized developer is identified to assign the issue record. The method updates an authorization attribute of the test based on the test result and the authorized developer and transfers the authorization attribute to the authorized developer. The method detects a status transition of the issue record from a first status to a second status and reverts the authorization attribute of the test based on detecting the second status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiko Whalen, Tomokazu Nakamura, Mihoko Hasegawa, Akira Fujiu
  • Publication number: 20210208872
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for automated test authorization management is provided. The method obtains a test result, as part of an issue record, for a test of a software product. The test result contains a set of test attributes and represents an issue affecting the software product. An authorized developer is identified to assign the issue record. The method updates an authorization attribute of the test based on the test result and the authorized developer and transfers the authorization attribute to the authorized developer. The method detects a status transition of the issue record from a first status to a second status and reverts the authorization attribute of the test based on detecting the second status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Yukiko Whalen, Tomokazu Nakamura, Mihoko Hasegawa, Akira Fujiu
  • Patent number: 7404827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber product treating agent composition containing (a) a nonionic surfactant containing 1 to 3 polyoxyalkylene groups having the number-average addition mol number of the oxyalkylene group of 50 to 200 and 1 to 3 hydrocarbon groups having 14 to 32 carbon atoms and having an HLB of 16 or more and a melting point of 30 to 80° C., and (b) an amino-modified silicone compound in a mass ratio of the component (a)/the component (b) of 4/1 to 1/4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Masahito Chiwaki, Motoko Fujii, Akira Fujiu
  • Publication number: 20060277688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber product treating agent composition containing (a) a nonionic surfactant containing 1 to 3 polyoxyalkylene groups having the number-average addition mol number of the oxyalkylene group of 50 to 200 and 1 to 3 hydrocarbon groups having 14 to 32 carbon atoms and having an HLB of 16 or more and a melting point of 30 to 80° C., and (b) an amino-modified silicone compound in a mass ratio of the component (a)/the component (b) of 4/1 to 1/4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Masahito Chiwaki, Motoko Fujji, Akira Fujiu
  • Patent number: 6407277
    Abstract: An organic hydroxyl compound is reacted with a phosphorylating agent comprising phosphorus pentaoxide and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of water, phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acid and having a value represented by formula (I) of from 0.5 to 1.0, under such a condition that the ratio as defined by formula (II) has a value in the range of from 2.8 to 3.2; or alternatively, an organic hydroxyl compound is reacted with the above phosphorylating agent under such a condition that the ratio as defined by formula (II) has a value in the range of from exceeding 3.2 up to 6.4 and then phosphorus pentaoxide is added to the reaction product in such an amount that the ratio as defined by formula (II) has a value in the range of from 2.8 to 3.2 with respect to the total feeds of the starting materials to conduct further reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Matsunaga, Akira Fujiu, Shinji Tsuyutani, Toshio Nozaki, Masayuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 6407054
    Abstract: There is provided a surfactant composition for detergents, which has its high detergency and foamability within a broad pH region even in the presence of solids. It has its excellent foamability, thickening property, water solubility and stability. The composition contains a component (a) represented by the following formula (I) and at least one component (b) represented by the formula (II) and (III), in the total amount of 0.1 to 80% by weight, at the ratio of (a)/(b) by weight of from 99.9/0.1 to 70/30. In the formula (I), R1CO— is a saturated or unsaturated acyl group which has 6 to 24 carbon atoms and which may have hydroxy group; R2 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R3 is a linear or branched alkylene or alkenylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takaya Sakai, Makio Tetsu, Makoto Kubo, Akira Fujiu
  • Patent number: 6346259
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the easy preparation of a mixture comprising betaine alkyl ester which gives good softness, smoothness and oily feeling to hair. Thus, according to the present invention, a specific monohalogen carboxylic acid alkyl-ester is made to react with a specific tertiary amine using a specific long-chain alcohol as a reaction solvent and, after a specific betaine alkyl ester is obtained, the excessive above-mentioned tertiary amine is removed whereupon a mixture comprising the said long-chain alcohol and the said betaine alkyl ester is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Terasaki, Akira Fujiu, Kazuhisa Fukuhara, Yoshihisa Kitano
  • Publication number: 20010034310
    Abstract: There is provided a surfactant composition for detergents, which has its high detergency and foamability within a broad pH region even in the presence of solids. It has its excellent foamability, thickening property, water solubility and stability. The composition contains a component (a) represented by the following formula (I) and at least one component (b) represented by the formulae (II) and (III), in the total amount of 0.1 to 80% by weight, at the ratio of (a)/(b) by weight of from 99.9/0.1 to 70/30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Takaya Sakai, Makio Tetsu, Makoto Kubo, Akira Fujiu
  • Patent number: 6034261
    Abstract: An organic hydroxyl compound is reacted with a phosphorylating agent comprising phosphorus pentaoxide and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of water, phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acid and having a value represented by formula (I) of from 0.5 to 1.0, under such a condition that the ratio as defined by formula (II) has a value in the range of from 2.8 to 3.2; or alternatively, an organic hydroxyl compound is reacted with the above phosphorylating agent under such a condition that the ratio as defined by formula (II) has a value in the range of from exceeding 3.2 up to 6.4 and then phosphorus pentaoxide is added to the reaction product in such an amount that the ratio as defined by formula (II) has a value in the range of from 2.8 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Matsunaga, Akira Fujiu, Shinji Tsuyutani, Toshio Nozaki, Masayuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 5395542
    Abstract: A liquid detergent composition containing the following components (a) and (b) at a proportion of (a)/[(a)+(b)] of 0.4 -1:(a) phosphoric ester of the following formula (1) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is a C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 linear hydrocarbon group, R.sup.4 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 linear hydrocarbon group and X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 are, independently, a potassium atom or a hydrogen atom; and(b) phosphoric ester of the following formula (2): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 is a C.sub.11 -C.sub.15 linear hydrocarbon group and X.sup.3 and X.sup.4 are, independently, a potassium atom or a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Nozaki, Akira Fujiu, Yasushi Kajihara
  • Patent number: 5219562
    Abstract: A hair treating composition comprising one or more thioglyceryl ethers provides effective wave formation, with a minimized mercapto smell and minimized irritation to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Fujiu, Naohisa Kure, Yoshiko Ogura