Patents by Inventor Kaoru Yamauchi
Kaoru Yamauchi 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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Patent number: 11785168Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive an image; and in response to inputting a magenta component resulting from CMYK conversion of the received image, output the image having undergone color conversion performed by using a profile in which at least one of the magenta component and a pink component that leads to fluorescent color forming is output, in which in an area having an input magenta amount lower than a predetermined threshold, the magenta component is not output and only the pink component is output, the input magenta amount serving as an amount of the magenta component resulting from the CMYK conversion, and in which in an area having the input magenta amount higher than or equal to the threshold, the magenta component and the pink component are output.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kaoru Yamauchi, Masahiko Kubo
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Publication number: 20220377205Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive an image; and in response to inputting a magenta component resulting from CMYK conversion of the received image, output the image having undergone color conversion performed by using a profile in which at least one of the magenta component and a pink component that leads to fluorescent color forming is output, in which in an area having an input magenta amount lower than a predetermined threshold, the magenta component is not output and only the pink component is output, the input magenta amount serving as an amount of the magenta component resulting from the CMYK conversion, and in which in an area having the input magenta amount higher than or equal to the threshold, the magenta component and the pink component are output.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Masahiko KUBO
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Patent number: 11480891Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural image forming units and a controller. The plural image forming units are configured to form images of colors using colorants, respectively. The controller is configured to perform control such that the plural images formed by the plural image forming units are output as one image onto a recording medium. At least two of the image forming units are configured to form images using colorants of special colors, respectively and are arranged in succession.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Yamauchi, Toshifumi Takahira, Masahiko Kubo
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Publication number: 20210286287Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural image forming units and a controller. The plural image forming units are configured to form images of colors using colorants, respectively. The controller is configured to perform control such that the plural images formed by the plural image forming units are output as one image onto a recording medium. At least two of the image forming units are configured to form images using colorants of special colors, respectively and are arranged in succession.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Yamauchi, Toshifumi Takahira, Masahiko Kubo
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Patent number: 10771656Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquirer that acquires an image to print onto a medium; a color converter that converts color in the image acquired by the image acquirer depending on a positional relationship between a white image forming section that forms an image on the medium with white color material and a color image forming section that forms an image on the medium with colored color material; and an image output unit that outputs the image whose color is converted by the color converter.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Masahiko Kubo, Toshifumi Takahira, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Yamauchi, Ayako Watanabe
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Patent number: 10705443Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming component that forms an image on a recording medium by using a white color material and a color material other than the white color material, and a controller that controls a color material amount of the white color material to differ depending on a position where an image that uses the white color material is formed in order of formation of images that use respective color materials in the image forming component.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Masahiko Kubo, Ayako Watanabe, Kaoru Yamauchi, Yosuke Tashiro
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Publication number: 20200128150Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquirer that acquires an image to print onto a medium; a color converter that converts color in the image acquired by the image acquirer depending on a positional relationship between a white image forming section that forms an image on the medium with white color material and a color image forming section that forms an image on the medium with colored color material; and an image output unit that outputs the image whose color is converted by the color converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaori IWAKI, Masahiko KUBO, Toshifumi TAKAHIRA, Yosuke TASHIRO, Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Ayako WATANABE
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Patent number: 10616449Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first converter and a second converter. The first converter converts coloring-material amounts of plural coloring materials including a luster coloring material to plural colorimetric values obtained in a case of performing, in plural color measurement directions, a color measurement of a target color image printed using the plural coloring materials. The second converter converts the plural colorimetric values obtained as a result of conversion by the first converter to display values for displaying the target color image on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayako Watanabe, Masahiko Kubo, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Yamauchi, Kaori Iwaki
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Patent number: 10582090Abstract: A color processing apparatus includes a first subtracting unit, a second subtracting unit, and an output unit. The first subtracting unit subtracts color values of CMY color signals corresponding to an achromatic color value from color values of input CMY color signals in accordance with replacement to the achromatic color value. The second subtracting unit subtracts color values of CMY color signals corresponding to a color value of an additional color signal different from the CMY color signals from the color values of the CMY color signals after the subtraction by the first subtracting unit in accordance with replacement to the color value of the additional color signal. The output unit multiplies the color values of the CMY color signals after the subtraction by the second subtracting unit and the color value of the additional color signal by N (N>1) and subsequently outputs the color signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshifumi Takahira, Masahiko Kubo, Ayako Watanabe, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Yamauchi, Kaori Iwaki
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Patent number: 10554859Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquirer that acquires an image to print onto a medium; a color converter that converts color in the image acquired by the image acquirer depending on a positional relationship between a white image forming section that forms an image on the medium with white color material and a color image forming section that forms an image on the medium with colored color material; and an image output unit that outputs the image whose color is converted by the color converter.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Masahiko Kubo, Toshifumi Takahira, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Yamauchi, Ayako Watanabe
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Patent number: 10506132Abstract: A color conversion apparatus includes an accepting unit and a converter. The accepting unit accepts plural colorimetric values obtained by measuring a target color image in plural directions. The converter converts the plural colorimetric values accepted by the accepting unit to color values including a value indicating a coloring-material amount of a luster coloring material and a value indicating a coloring-material amount of a coloring material other than the luster coloring material.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Kubo, Kaoru Yamauchi, Ayako Watanabe, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaori Iwaki
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Publication number: 20190332028Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming component that forms an image on a recording medium by using a white color material and a color material other than the white color material, and a controller that controls a color material amount of the white color material to differ depending on a position where an image that uses the white color material is formed in order of formation of images that use respective color materials in the image forming component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaori IWAKI, Masahiko KUBO, Ayako WATANABE, Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Yosuke TASHIRO
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Publication number: 20190306376Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquirer that acquires an image to print onto a medium; a color converter that converts color in the image acquired by the image acquirer depending on a positional relationship between a white image forming section that forms an image on the medium with white color material and a color image forming section that forms an image on the medium with colored color material; and an image output unit that outputs the image whose color is converted by the color converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaori IWAKI, Masahiko KUBO, Toshifumi TAKAHIRA, Yosuke TASHIRO, Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Ayako WATANABE
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Publication number: 20190297228Abstract: A color processing apparatus includes a first subtracting unit, a second subtracting unit, and an output unit. The first subtracting unit subtracts color values of CMY color signals corresponding to an achromatic color value from color values of input CMY color signals in accordance with replacement to the achromatic color value. The second subtracting unit subtracts color values of CMY color signals corresponding to a color value of an additional color signal different from the CMY color signals from the color values of the CMY color signals after the subtraction by the first subtracting unit in accordance with replacement to the color value of the additional color signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshifumi TAKAHIRA, Masahiko KUBO, Ayako WATANABE, Yosuke TASHIRO, Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Kaori IWAKI
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Patent number: 10397447Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit in which plural colorimetric values obtained by measuring a target-color image having a glittering characteristic from plural directions are stored for each target color; a color information receiving unit that receives color information for specifying a target color to be printed; a display controller that reads out plural colorimetric values stored corresponding to the target color of the color information from the storage unit and causes the plural colorimetric values to be displayed on a display; a change receiving unit that receives a change of the plural colorimetric values displayed on the display by the display controller; and a converter that converts the plural colorimetric values reflecting the change into color values including a value indicative of an amount of a glittering color material and a value indicative of an amount of a color material other than the glittering color material.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Kubo, Kaoru Yamauchi, Ayako Watanabe, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaori Iwaki
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Patent number: 10389915Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a memory and an estimation unit. The memory stores a color conversion model representing relations between plural colorimetric values obtained by performing, in plural color measurement directions, a color measurement of plural images formed on a first sheet using plural coloring materials including a luster coloring material, and coloring-material amounts used for the images for which the color measurement is performed and the color measurement directions for which the colorimetric values are obtained. The estimation unit estimates, on the basis of a colorimetric value, of a measurement target image formed on a second sheet of a type different from a type of the first sheet, obtained in a single direction and on the basis of the color conversion model, a colorimetric value, of the measurement target image, obtained in a case of performing a color measurement in a direction other than the single direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Tashiro, Masahiko Kubo, Kaoru Yamauchi, Ayako Watanabe, Kaori Iwaki
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Patent number: 10353313Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming component that forms an image on a recording medium by using a white color material and a color material other than the white color material, and a controller that controls a color material amount of the white color material to differ depending on a position where an image that uses the white color material is formed in order of formation of images that use respective color materials in the image forming component.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Masahiko Kubo, Ayako Watanabe, Kaoru Yamauchi, Yosuke Tashiro
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Patent number: 10348935Abstract: A color conversion device includes a receiving unit receiving colorimetric values obtained by measuring plural target-color images of different tones from plural directions; a memory storing a color conversion model associating a combination of colorimetric direction and color material amounts of respective colors and actually measured color values; and a converter converting the colorimetric values into color values including values indicative of amounts of glittering color material and other color materials, wherein the converter calculates, for each target-color image, a weighted average of color differences between colorimetric values of the target-color image in colorimetric directions and color values in the colorimetric directions obtained from the model by using preset weighting coefficients and selects a combination of weighting coefficients that makes tone characteristics closest to tone characteristics of the target-color images by changing the weighting coefficients when a combination of color matType: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaoru Yamauchi, Masahiko Kubo, Yosuke Tashiro, Ayako Watanabe, Kaori Iwaki
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Publication number: 20190079423Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming component that forms an image on a recording medium by using a white color material and a color material other than the white color material, and a controller that controls a color material amount of the white color material to differ depending on a position where an image that uses the white color material is formed in order of formation of images that use respective color materials in the image forming component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaori IWAKI, Masahiko KUBO, Ayako WATANABE, Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Yosuke TASHIRO
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Publication number: 20190082079Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first converter and a second converter. The first converter converts coloring-material amounts of plural coloring materials including a luster coloring material to plural colorimetric values obtained in a case of performing, in plural color measurement directions, a color measurement of a target color image printed using the plural coloring materials. The second converter converts the plural colorimetric values obtained as a result of conversion by the first converter to display values for displaying the target color image on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayako WATANABE, Masahiko KUBO, Yosuke TASHIRO, Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Kaori IWAKI