Patents by Inventor Hideto Nabemoto

Hideto Nabemoto 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).

  • Image processing apparatus and method for using mark detection to combine multiple images present on the front and rear surfaces of a medium
    Patent number: 7649659
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit 3 that reads a front side image and a rear side image from a front side and a rear side of a medium, respectively, a mark detecting unit 42 that detects a combination instruction mark present in a predetermined position of at least one of the front side image and the rear side image, and an image combining unit 44 that combines, when the combination instruction mark is detected, a front side sliced image and a rear side sliced image sliced from predetermined positions of the front side image and the rear side image in a predetermined direction to obtain one image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: PFU Limited
    Inventors: Hideto Nabemoto, Yuichi Okumura
  • Image processing apparatus and method, and carrier sheet
    Publication number: 20070127087
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit 3 that reads a front side image and a rear side image from a front side and a rear side of a medium, respectively, a mark detecting unit 42 that detects a combination instruction mark present in a predetermined position of at least one of the front side image and the rear side image, and an image combining unit 44 that combines, when the combination instruction mark is detected, a front side sliced image and a rear side sliced image sliced from predetermined positions of the front side image and the rear side image in a predetermined direction to obtain one image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideto Nabemoto, Yuichi Okumura