Patents by Inventor Kaoru Arakawa

Kaoru Arakawa 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: 10810719
    Abstract: A face image processing system includes: a component extracting means which receives an input of face image information indicating a face image, and extracts a wrinkle component, a fleck component and a pore component of the face image from the face image information; a removal rate adjusting means which adjusts a removal rate of each of the wrinkle component, the fleck component and the pore component extracted by the component extracting means; a storage means which stores the removal rate; a synthesizing means which synthesizes the wrinkle component, the fleck component and the pore component which are amplified or attenuated at the removal rate adjusted by the removal rate adjusting means, and generates a face image; and an output means which outputs the face image information synthesized by the synthesizing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: MEIJI UNIVERSITY, KOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Arakawa, Fumihiko Tsukiyama
  • Publication number: 20190244334
    Abstract: A face image processing system includes: a component extracting means which receives an input of face image information indicating a face image, and extracts a wrinkle component, a fleck component and a pore component of the face image from the face image information; a removal rate adjusting means which adjusts a removal rate of each of the wrinkle component, the fleck component and the pore component extracted by the component extracting means; a storage means which stores the removal rate; a synthesizing means which synthesizes the wrinkle component, the fleck component and the pore component which are amplified or attenuated at the removal rate adjusted by the removal rate adjusting means, and generates a face image; and an output means which outputs the face image information synthesized by the synthesizing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicants: MEIJI UNIVERSITY, KOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru ARAKAWA, Fumihiko TSUKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 6496115
    Abstract: This invention provides a system for analyzing baby cries capable of diagnosing a cause of cry of a baby based on a cry from the baby. A microphone (1) picks up a cry from a baby as an audio signal. At a certain sampling frequency, an A/D converter (2) samples the audio signal received by the microphone (1) to A/D convert it. An audio analyzer (3) analyzes the audio signal samples by the A/D converter (2) and computes a characteristic quantity based on a frequency spectrum. A cause-of-cry assumption unit (4) assumes a cause of cry based on the characteristic quantity of the audio signal derived at the audio analyzer (3). Finally, an assumed result display (5) displays the assumed result from the cause-of-cry assumption unit (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Meiji University Legal Person
    Inventor: Kaoru Arakawa
  • Publication number: 20020135485
    Abstract: This invention provides a system for analyzing baby cries capable of diagnosing a cause of cry of a baby based on a cry from the baby. A microphone (1) picks up a cry from a baby as an audio signal. At a certain sampling frequency, an A/D converter (2) samples the audio signal received by the microphone (1) to A/D convert it. An audio analyzer (3) analyzes the audio signal sampled by the A/D converter (2) and computes a characteristic quantity based on a frequency spectrum. A cause-of-cry assumption unit (4) assumes a cause of cry based on the characteristic quantity of the audio signal derived at the audio analyzer (3). Finally, an assumed result display (5) displays the assumed result from the cause-of-cry assumption unit (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Meiji University Legal Person
    Inventor: Kaoru Arakawa