Patents by Inventor Hideo Hidai

Hideo Hidai 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).

  • Medium processing method, copying apparatus, and data filing apparatus
    Patent number: 7840092
    Abstract: A medium processing method is provided that includes the steps of inputting images of a first medium and a second medium, recognizing first area information of the first medium and second area information of the second medium, determining a correspondence between the first area information and the second area information based on the recognition result, adjusting one of the first area information or the second area information based on the determined correspondence between the first area information and the second area information, and compositing the adjusted one of the area information within a predetermined area defined by the other one of the area information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Go Maruyama, Hideo Hidai
  • Image processing apparatus, display apparatus with touch panel, image processing method and computer program
    Patent number: 7423654
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a boundary line designating unit which designates a boundary line for dividing a screen into a plurality of regions; and a region selecting unit which selects either one of the inside and the outside of the boundary line designated by the boundary line designator as a region to be processed in which an image is to be processed. The boundary line designating unit designates a region surrounded by a freehand line input via an inputting unit. As a result, it is possible to easily and accurately designate a region which a user desires to subject to an image processing, so as to readily subject the desired region to the image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hideo Hidai
  • Medium processing method, copying apparatus, and data filing apparatus
    Publication number: 20070091373
    Abstract: A medium processing method is provided that includes the steps of inputting images of a first medium and a second medium, recognizing first area information of the first medium and second area information of the second medium, determining a correspondence between the first area information and the second area information based on the recognition result, adjusting one of the first area information or the second area information based on the determined correspondence between the first area information and the second area information, and compositing the adjusted one of the area information within a predetermined area defined by the other one of the area information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sato, Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Go Maruyama, Hideo Hidai
  • Image processing apparatus, display apparatus with touch panel, image processing method and computer program
    Patent number: 7184045
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a boundary line designating unit which designates a boundary line for dividing a screen into a plurality of regions; and a region selecting unit which selects either one of the inside and the outside of the boundary line designated by the boundary line designator as a region to be processed in which an image is to be processed. The boundary line designating unit designates a region surrounded by a freehand line input via an inputting unit. As a result, it is possible to easily and accurately designate a region which a user desires to subject to an image processing, so as to readily subject the desired region to the image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hideo Hidai
  • Image processing apparatus, display apparatus with touch panel, image processing method and computer program
    Publication number: 20060274067
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a boundary line designating unit which designates a boundary line for dividing a screen into a plurality of regions; and a region selecting unit which selects either one of the inside and the outside of the boundary line designated by the boundary line designator as a region to be processed in which an image is to be processed. The boundary line designating unit designates a region surrounded by a freehand line input via an inputting unit. As a result, it is possible to easily and accurately designate a region which a user desires to subject to an image processing, so as to readily subject the desired region to the image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventor: Hideo Hidai
  • Image processing apparatus, display apparatus with touch panel, image processing method and computer program
    Publication number: 20030052922
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a boundary line designating unit which designates a boundary line for dividing a screen into a plurality of regions; and a region selecting unit which selects either one of the inside and the outside of the boundary line designated by the boundary line designator as a region to be processed in which an image is to be processed. The boundary line designating unit designates a region surrounded by a freehand line input via an inputting unit. As a result, it is possible to easily and accurately designate a region which a user desires to subject to an image processing, so as to readily subject the desired region to the image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: Hideo Hidai