Patents by Inventor Junya AKIYAMA
Junya AKIYAMA 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).
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Publication number: 20230419712Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a reading section that refers to a reference image to read entered information from an input image or a partial image, the reference image representing a blank entry column, the input image representing a target form that contains an entry column, the partial image representing the entry column; a generating section that refers to a group of partial images to generate a new reference image, the group of partial images having the partial image added thereto, the new reference image representing a blank entry column; and an updating section that replaces the reference image with the new reference image, in order to allow, without advance preparation of a plurality of forms, more accurate reading of the entered information having been entered in a form.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: NEC CorporationInventor: Junya AKIYAMA
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Patent number: 11605219Abstract: An image-processing device includes: a character string detection unit configured to detect a character string of a specific item in a first document image based on a feature amount of the displayed first document image among feature amounts which are recorded in advance based on a result of learning using a plurality of document images and indicate features of the character string of the item for each kind of document image and each specific item; and an output unit configured to output information regarding a correspondence relation indicating the same specific item between the first document image and a second document image displayed to correspond to the first document image.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Nakatani, Katsuhiko Kondoh, Satoshi Segawa, Michiru Sugimoto, Yasushi Hidaka, Junya Akiyama
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Patent number: 11514700Abstract: An image-processing device includes: a reliability calculation unit configured to calculate reliability of a character recognition result for a document image which is a character recognition target on the basis of a descriptive feature amount of a character string of a specific item included in the document image; and an image output unit configured to output an image of the character recognition result indicating the character string of the specific item in a display mode in accordance with the reliability.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Michiru Sugimoto, Katsuhiko Kondoh, Yuichi Nakatani, Junya Akiyama, Satoshi Segawa, Yasushi Hidaka
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Patent number: 11482029Abstract: An image processing device includes: an identifying unit that identifies a plurality of character strings that are candidates for a recording character string among a plurality of character strings acquired by recognizing characters included in a document image; an output unit that outputs a checking screen that represents positions of the plurality of character strings; and a feature quantity extracting unit that extracts a feature quantity of a character string corresponding to a position identified by a user on the checking screen as a feature quantity of the recording character string.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhiko Kondoh, Yasushi Hidaka, Satoshi Segawa, Yuichi Nakatani, Michiru Sugimoto, Junya Akiyama
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Patent number: 11328504Abstract: An image-processing device includes: a reliability calculation unit configured to calculate reliability of a character recognition result on a document image which is a character recognition target on the basis of a feature amount of a character string of a specific item included in the document image; and an output destination selection unit configured to select an output destination of the character recognition result in accordance with the reliability.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Nakatani, Katsuhiko Kondoh, Satoshi Segawa, Michiru Sugimoto, Yasushi Hidaka, Junya Akiyama
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Patent number: 11321936Abstract: An image processing device including: a first feature quantity selecting unit configured to select a first feature quantity of a document image that is a character recognition target among first feature quantities that are recoded in advance and represent features of character strings of an item; a character recognition processing unit configured to perform a character recognition process for the document image; a character string selecting unit configured to select a character string of a specific item corresponding to the first feature quantity among the character strings acquired as a result of the character recognition process; and a determination result acquiring unit configured to acquire a determination result indicating whether or not a character string that has been input in advance matches the character string of the specific item in a case in which the character string selecting unit has not selected any one of the character strings.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhiko Kondoh, Satoshi Segawa, Yuichi Nakatani, Michiru Sugimoto, Yasushi Hidaka, Junya Akiyama
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Publication number: 20210192200Abstract: An image-processing device includes: a reliability calculation unit configured to calculate reliability of a character recognition result for a document image which is a character recognition target on the basis of a descriptive feature amount of a character string of a specific item included in the document image; and an image output unit configured to output an image of the character recognition result indicating the character string of the specific item in a display mode in accordance with the reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Michiru SUGIMOTO, Katsuhiko KONDOH, Yuichi NAKATANI, Junya AKIYAMA, Satoshi SEGAWA, Yasushi HIDAKA
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Publication number: 20210142083Abstract: An image-processing device includes: a character string detection unit configured to detect a character string of a specific item in a first document image based on a feature amount of the displayed first document image among feature amounts which are recorded in advance based on a result of learning using a plurality of document images and indicate features of the character string of the item for each kind of document image and each specific item; and an output unit configured to output information regarding a correspondence relation indicating the same specific item between the first document image and a second document image displayed to correspond to the first document image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Yuichi NAKATANI, Katsuhiko KONDOH, Satoshi SEGAWA, Michiru SUGIMOTO, Yasushi HIDAKA, Junya AKIYAMA
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Publication number: 20210049394Abstract: An image-processing device includes: a reliability calculation unit configured to calculate reliability of a character recognition result on a document image which is a character recognition target on the basis of a feature amount of a character string of a specific item included in the document image; and an output destination selection unit configured to select an output destination of the character recognition result in accordance with the reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi NAKATANI, Katsuhiko KONDOH, Satoshi SEGAWA, Michiru SUGIMOTO, Yasushi HIDAKA, Junya AKIYAMA
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Publication number: 20210027052Abstract: An image-processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire form image data generated as an optical reading result of a form image; a group-specifying unit configured to determine whether kinds of groups into which the form image data is grouped are specifiable; and a work target determination unit configured to determine that the form image data is the form image data on which checking work for the kinds of groups is required when the kinds of groups of the form image data are determined to be unspecifiable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi NAKATANI, Katsuhiko KONDOH, Satoshi SEGAWA, Michiru SUGIMOTO, Yasushi HIDAKA, Junya AKIYAMA
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Publication number: 20210012138Abstract: An image processing device including: a first feature quantity selecting unit configured to select a first feature quantity of a document image that is a character recognition target among first feature quantities that are recoded in advance and represent features of character strings of an item; a character recognition processing unit configured to perform a character recognition process for the document image; a character string selecting unit configured to select a character string of a specific item corresponding to the first feature quantity among the character strings acquired as a result of the character recognition process; and a determination result acquiring unit configured to acquire a determination result indicating whether or not a character string that has been input in advance matches the character string of the specific item in a case in which the character string selecting unit has not selected any one of the character strings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhiko KONDOH, Satoshi SEGAWA, Yuichi NAKATANI, Michiru SUGIMOTO, Yasushi HIDAKA, Junya AKIYAMA
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Publication number: 20210012104Abstract: An image processing device includes: an identifying unit that identifies a plurality of character strings that are candidates for a recording character string among a plurality of character strings acquired by recognizing characters included in a document image; an output unit that outputs a checking screen that represents positions of the plurality of character strings; and a feature quantity extracting unit that extracts a feature quantity of a character string corresponding to a position identified by a user on the checking screen as a feature quantity of the recording character string.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Katsuhiko KONDOH, Yasushi HIDAKA, Satoshi SEGAWA, Yuichi NAKATANI, Michiru SUGIMOTO, Junya AKIYAMA