Patents by Inventor Asako Nakatsugawa

Asako Nakatsugawa 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).

  • Document modification apparatus and image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7085437
    Abstract: Automatic region extracting means (2) extracts rectangle regions having attributes of “character”, “photograph”, “table”, “ruled line”, “frame” from input image data through Image input means (1) and stores the information of the extracted rectangle regions into Modification information storage means (3). Display means (4) displays the input image including the extracted rectangle regions according to the information of the extracted rectangle regions. The operator selects desired extracted rectangle regions in the input image on a display screen and specifies the kind of the modification for the selected rectangle regions by using Operation means (5). Thereby, the information of both the selected rectangle regions and specified modifications are stored in Modification information storage means (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Nakajima, Yukimoto Sakata, Junichi Hakamada, Asako Nakatsugawa
  • Document modification apparatus and image processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20010021279
    Abstract: Automatic region extracting means (2) extracts rectangle regions having attributes of “character”, “photograph”, “table”, “ruled line”, “frame” from input image data through Image input means (1) and stores the information of the extracted rectangle regions into Modification information storage means (3). Display means (4) displays the input image including the extracted rectangle regions according to the information of the extracted rectangle regions. The operator selects desired extracted rectangle regions in the input image on a display screen and specifies the kind of the modification for the selected rectangle regions by using Operation means (5). Thereby, the information of both the selected rectangle regions and specified modifications are stored in Modification information storage means (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Masato Nakajima, Yukimoto Sakata, Junichi Hakamada, Asako Nakatsugawa