Patents by Inventor Junichi Shimizu

Junichi Shimizu 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: 11961318
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to acquire a document image illustrating a document, acquire a related character string associated with a target character string included in the document image, and extract target information corresponding to the target character string from a region set with reference to a position of the related character string in the document image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Fumi Kosaka, Akinobu Yamaguchi, Junichi Shimizu, Shinya Nakamura, Jun Ando, Masanori Yoshizuka, Akane Abe
  • Patent number: 11956396
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to evaluate a performance of each of a plural combinations of processes, each combination including a series of processes, the plural combinations being included in plural processes, the series of processes being configured to be performed on an image, the performance being evaluated on a basis of a result of performing the series of processes on a test image for each combination, and output an evaluation result for at least two combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shusaku Kubo, Junichi Shimizu, Kosuke Tomokuni, Mamiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11947869
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, the information processing device including a control unit that dynamically controls output of notification information related to a function corresponding to a gesture regarding function execution of the device based on a recognition status of an operation body that is executing the gesture in a predetermined operation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Junichi Shimizu, Junichi Nagahara, Manabu Fujiki, Tomohiro Imura, Keiichi Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20240105653
    Abstract: A method for forming solder bumps by using a solder paste containing solder particles, a flux, and a volatile dispersion medium, the method including: applying the solder paste on a member having a plurality of electrodes on the surface; heating the member and the solder paste at a temperature below the melting point of solder constituting the solder particles to form a solder particle-containing layer; heating the member and the solder particle-containing layer at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the solder constituting the solder particles to form solder bumps; and removing, by cleaning, a residue of the solder particle-containing layer remaining between adjacent solder bumps, in which the solder particles have an average particle size of 10 ?m or less, and the content of the dispersion medium in the solder paste is 30% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshinori EJIRI, Shinichirou SUKATA, Kunihiko AKAI, Masumi SAKAMOTO, Chiaki SHIMIZU, Junichi KAKEHATA, Ayumi YOSHIBA
  • Patent number: 11940896
    Abstract: Erroneous ignitions of a process of a device caused by characteristics of speeches/behaviors of a user are efficiently prevented. Provided is an information processing device having: a notification control unit configured to notify a user of information about a candidate speech/behavior estimated to be suitable as a trigger for executing a predetermined process among a plurality of speeches/behaviors extractable from a behavior log of the user, wherein the notification control unit further notifies the user of an inquiry whether or not execution of the candidate speech/behavior estimated from the behavior log is to be applied as the trigger, and the candidate speech/behavior is estimated based on a number of times by which the speech/behavior is extracted from the behavior log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Nagasaka, Kei Takahashi, Junichi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240019935
    Abstract: A haptic device includes an external grasp body that is positioned on an outside, formed as a grasp portion of an imaginary object, and grasped by an operator, a motion detection unit that is provided in the external grasp body to detect a motion of the external grasp body, and an internal drive body that is provided in the external grasp body, connected to the external grasp body, and moves relative to the external grasp body on the basis of a result of the detection by the motion detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: MASAO KONDO, JUNICHI SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230306773
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: separate a header part and a body part from a read image obtained by reading a facsimile document which is a document received by facsimile; and switch preprocessing in accordance with a header recognition result which is a recognition result obtained through character recognition on the header part, the preprocessing being performed before character recognition on the body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Masanori YOSHIZUKA, Junichi SHIMIZU, Shintaro ADACHI, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Akane ABE, Naomi TAKAHASHI, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11743411
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a manuscript image and an additional image added to the manuscript image, and reduce an image area other than a blank area in the manuscript image so that the additional image fits in the blank area of the manuscript image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Akane Abe, Akinobu Yamaguchi, Junichi Shimizu, Fumi Kosaka, Shinya Nakamura, Jun Ando, Masanori Yoshizuka
  • Publication number: 20230118845
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a plurality of scanned images obtained by scanning a bundle of paper media having a plurality of pages, extract feature information indicating a feature of a scanned image including at least a type of a corresponding document of each scanned image among the plurality of scanned images, derive, on the basis of the feature information of each of the plurality of scanned images, information that indicates relevance and increases as the relevance related to the feature information between a first scanned image and a second scanned image scanned later than the first scanned image among the plurality of scanned images, increases, correlate the information indicating the relevance with the second scanned image, and generate scanned image group information indicating the plurality of scanned images including the scanned image with which the information indicating the relevance is correlated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Junichi SHIMIZU, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shintaro ADACHI, Shinya NAKAMURA, Masanori YOSHIZUKA, Akane ABE, Naomi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11631268
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor programmed to: extract from a document a proper noun that is likely to represent a provider of the document or a receiver of the document; and determine whether an attribute of the proper noun is the provider or the receiver by referring to information obtained from the proper noun or information obtained from a vicinity of the proper noun on the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masanori Yoshizuka, Junichi Shimizu, Shigeru Okada
  • Publication number: 20230108505
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: extract a table group including a first table and at least one second table from plural tables formed as images, the first table and the at least one second table having a common characteristic in terms of a table structure, the first table including a heading row representing attributes of attribute values included in the first table and the at least one second table, the at least one second table not including the heading row; relate the first table and the at least one second table included in the table group to each other so that the first table and the at least one second table are arranged in consecutive order, by using attribute values of an attribute which is included in the heading row and which represents consecutiveness of the first table and the at least one second table; and obtain attribute values corresponding to each of the attributes included in the heading row from a table sequence, the table sequence including the first
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Naomi TAKAHASHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Shintaro ADACHI, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shinya NAKAMURA, Masanori YOSHIZUKA, Akane ABE
  • Publication number: 20230095652
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to perform a character recognition process on a form image containing data in a table format, and thereby acquire character strings of item names expressing items of the data in a table format and character strings of attribute values for the items, and change, in a case where a correspondence relationship between the attribute values for multiple items is undetermined, the correspondence relationship between the attribute values for the multiple items by using a height in the form image of the character string of the attribute value for which the correspondence relationship with the attribute value of another item is undetermined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya NAKAMURA, Shintaro ADACHI, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Masanori YOSHIZUKA, Junichi SHIMIZU, Naomi TAKAHASHI, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Akane ABE
  • Publication number: 20230102476
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive an electronic document generated while maintaining text information by an application program or an electronic document generated by reading an image with a document reading apparatus; perform type determination as to whether the received electronic document including a portion representing a text is generated by the application program or generated by the document reading apparatus; and determine based on a result of the type determination whether an optical character recognition process is to be performed on the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shintaro ADACHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Akane ABE, Shinya NAKAMURA, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Masanori YOSHIZUKA, Naomi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230099764
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: extract attribute values for plural attributes from an optical character recognition (OCR) result for an image in accordance with an extraction rule determined in advance, and generate an extraction result in which the extracted attribute values and the respective attributes are correlated with each other; and perform control so as to associate, in accordance with an association rule for associating an attribute value for a sub attribute with a different attribute, the attribute value for the sub attribute with the different attribute included in the extraction result, the sub attribute being an attribute for which an attribute value is extracted from the image and which supplements a content for the different attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shintaro ADACHI, Shinya NAKAMURA, Masanori YOSHIZUKA, Akane ABE, Naomi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230012053
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires outline information indicating an outline of a user who makes a body motion; and a specification unit that specifies, among body parts, a main part corresponding to the body motion and a related part, which is to be a target of correction processing of motion information corresponding to the body motion, on the basis of the outline information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: YUHEI TAKI, JUNICHI SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11521404
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to: determine a document type of a document by using a title of the document, the document being classified as the determined document type, the title representing a category of the document and being extracted from a read image of the document; and extract a field value from the document by using an item of definition information prepared in accordance with the determined document type from among items of definition information. The definition information is prepared for each document type and defines a rule for extracting a field value from a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Junichi Shimizu, Shigeru Okada, Masanori Yoshizuka
  • Patent number: 11481447
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor programmed to: determine whether a character string indicating a reference to target information is recorded in a range within a document, the target information corresponding to a keyword in the document, the range being determined based on a position of the keyword in the document; and extract the target information upon a determination that the character string is recorded in the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeru Okada, Junichi Shimizu, Masanori Yoshizuka
  • Patent number: 11361572
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processing unit, an extraction unit, a memory unit, a determination unit, and an assignment unit. The processing unit executes a character recognition process. The extraction unit extracts at least one area located within a predetermined range from a first area that is included in a designated image and that is designated to undergo the character recognition process. The at least one area is a second area. The memory unit stores an attribute on a per character string basis. The determination unit determines, on a basis of the attribute stored by the memory unit, an attribute corresponding to a character string recognized as one or more characters from the first area by the processing unit and a character string recognized as one or more characters from the second area by the processing unit. The assignment unit assigns the determined attribute to the designated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya Nakamura, Akane Abe, Shintaro Adachi, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Oya, Shigeru Okada, Junichi Shimizu, Akinobu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220179596
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to specify plural use apparatuses to use an image of an identical document generated by an image generation apparatus, based on input workflow information, acquire requirements of an input image of each of the plural use apparatuses, and execute a provision process of providing generation information indicating that an image is generated according to a set of values of image attributes satisfying the acquired requirements, to the image generation apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Mamiko SATO, Junichi SHIMIZU, Kosuke TOMOKUNI, Shusaku KUBO
  • Publication number: 20220179616
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program, the information processing device including a control unit that dynamically controls output of notification information related to a function corresponding to a gesture regarding function execution of the device based on a recognition status of an operation body that is executing the gesture in a predetermined operation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Junichi NAGAHARA, Manabu FUJIKI, Tomohiro IMURA, Keiichi KITAHARA