Patents by Inventor Fumio Takatani

Fumio Takatani 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: 8305624
    Abstract: An image formation system includes I storage units, an assignment unit that assigns to the storage units storage destinations of color component data forming a part of image data, J color component image formation units that form color component images of corresponding colors based on color component data stored in the storage units, and an image formation unit that forms an image of the image data based on the formed color component image, wherein the assignment unit includes a J-color assignment unit that assigns to the I storage units storage destinations of J sets of color component data forming a part of J-color image data, and an L-color assignment unit that assigns a storage destination of L sets of color component data forming a part of L-color image data to N storage units among the I storage units, and each of I, J, and N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2, L is a natural number greater than or equal to 1, L<J, and L<N?I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Mitobe, Yoshihiro Ohshima, Yukiharu Inoue, Yoshinori Awata, Kazuya Hashimoto, Fumio Takatani
  • Patent number: 8130401
    Abstract: The image forming system is provided with: a printer that superposes and transfers plural images formed by use of plural image forming materials to a medium; and a data processor that supplies data of the images to the printer. The data processor includes: a data generation unit that generates data of image components corresponding to the respective kinds of the image forming materials; a data forwarding unit that forwards the generated data to the printer; and an assigning unit that assigns the image components in accordance with the data amount of the forwarded data. The printer includes: an output controller that controls an image forming mechanism to form an image by use of the image forming materials; and a switch processing unit that transmits the data received from the data processor, to the output controller corresponding to the image components of the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Awata, Yoshihiro Ohshima, Yukiharu Inoue, Kazuya Hashimoto, Fumio Takatani, Yasuaki Mitobe
  • Patent number: 7949180
    Abstract: A computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute image process, wherein the image process includes accepting image information, accepting a searching condition, specifying colored regions in an image produced by the image information, searching the specified regions for a region satisfying the searching condition, and outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aki Maeda, Yasuaki Mitobe, Fumio Takatani, Kazuya Hashimoto, Kazunori Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20090086224
    Abstract: An image formation system includes I storage units, an assignment unit that assigns to the storage units storage destinations of color component data forming a part of image data, J color component image formation units that form color component images of corresponding colors based on color component data stored in the storage units, and an image formation unit that forms an image of the image data based on the formed color component image, wherein the assignment unit includes a J-color assignment unit that assigns to the I storage units storage destinations of J sets of color component data forming a part of J-color image data, and an L-color assignment unit that assigns a storage destination of L sets of color component data forming a part of L-color image data to N storage units among the I storage units, and each of I, J, and N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2, L is a natural number greater than or equal to 1, L<J, and L<N?I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Mitobe, Yoshihiro Ohshima, Yukiharu Inoue, Yoshinori Awata, Kazuya Hashimoto, Fumio Takatani
  • Publication number: 20090073466
    Abstract: The image forming system is provided with: a printer that superposes and transfers plural images formed by use of plural image forming materials to a medium; and a data processor that supplies data of the images to the printer. The data processor includes: a data generation unit that generates data of image components corresponding to the respective kinds of the image forming materials; a data forwarding unit that forwards the generated data to the printer; and an assigning unit that assigns the image components in accordance with the data amount of the forwarded data. The printer includes: an output controller that controls an image forming mechanism to form an image by use of the image forming materials; and a switch processing unit that transmits the data received from the data processor, to the output controller corresponding to the image components of the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Awata, Yoshihiro Ohshima, Yukiharu Inoue, Kazuya Hashimoto, Fumio Takatani, Yasuaki Mitobe
  • Publication number: 20080025648
    Abstract: A computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute image process, wherein the image process includes accepting image information, accepting a searching condition, specifying colored regions in an image produced by the image information, searching the specified regions for a region satisfying the searching condition, and outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aki Maeda, Yasuaki Mitobe, Fumio Takatani, Kazuya Hashimoto, Kazunori Kurokawa