Patents by Inventor Hiroki TANIZAKI

Hiroki TANIZAKI 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: 11620736
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage device to store a shading pattern in which a condition of gradation values of a target pixel and a plurality of pixels having a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the target pixel are set, a processor to acquire an multiple value image, generate a binary image from the multiple value image, detect a pixel satisfying the condition set in the shading pattern from the multiple value image as a part of a shading, a generate a shading removal pattern for removing the detected shading, based on the multiple value image, generate a shading removal image by applying the shading removal pattern to the binary image, and an output device to output the shading removal image or information generated using the shading removal image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanizaki, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20210192694
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, a control method, and a control program to more accurately remove the shading from the image including the shading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki TANIZAKI, Kiyoto KOSAKA
  • Patent number: 10832070
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising acquiring a frame with taking a photograph, acquiring document image data of a document from the frame, detecting shine on the document image data, determining whether the shine is equal to or smaller than a shine baseline, and acquiring a frame with retaking a photograph when the shine is neither equal to nor smaller than the shine baseline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanizaki, Mitsuru Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10332263
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a division unit which divides an input image into a first content area and a first background area, a generation unit which corrects a first content area pixel included in the first content area by using a first peripheral pixel existing in the vicinity of the first content area among first background area pixels included in the first background area to generate a first background image formed with the after-correction first content area pixel and the first background area pixel, and a removal unit which removes the first background image from the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanizaki, Kiyoto Kosaka
  • Publication number: 20180322355
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising acquiring a frame with taking a photograph, acquiring document image data of a document from the frame, detecting shine on the document image data, determining whether the shine is equal to or smaller than a shine baseline, and acquiring a frame with retaking a photograph when the shine is neither equal to nor smaller than the shine baseline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroki TANIZAKI, Mitsuru NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180122084
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a division unit which divides an input image into a first content area and a first background area, a generation unit which corrects a first content area pixel included in the first content area by using a first peripheral pixel existing in the vicinity of the first content area among first background area pixels included in the first background area to generate a first background image formed with the after-correction first content area pixel and the first background area pixel, and a removal unit which removes the first background image from the input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroki TANIZAKI, Kiyoto KOSAKA