Patents by Inventor Kouichiro Hirao

Kouichiro Hirao 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: 6701022
    Abstract: A pattern matching coding device for conducting coding of a unit pattern based on pattern matching with a library pattern, which device, as to a mark pattern determined to be matching, when the number of match error pixels of the pattern is not more than a prescribed value, codes, without coding the bit map, an identification ID of a matching bit map in a library and an identification flag indicating that the number of match error pixels is not more than the prescribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichiro Hirao, Takahiro Hongu
  • Patent number: 6549665
    Abstract: An image signal processing device enables renewal of probability presumption information to be processed in high speed using logical circuit. A transition state renewal part 101 implements maintenance/renewal of status (‘ST’) value corresponding to respective contexts (‘CX’) and more probability symbol (‘MPS’) value of the ‘CX’. An ‘A’-register operation part 102 implements subtraction between value of ‘A’-register and occurrence probability (‘LSZ’) of low probability symbol (‘LPS’), shift of the ‘A’-register. A probability transition table 103 outputs corresponding ‘LSZ’, next objective of transition (‘NMPS’) in the case of ‘MPS’, next objective of transition (‘NLPS’) when ‘PIX’ is ‘LPS’, and value of occurrence of inversion of ‘MPS’ value (‘SWTCH’) in answer to value of ‘ST’ inputted therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kouichiro Hirao
  • Publication number: 20010008564
    Abstract: A pattern matching coding device for conducting coding of a unit pattern based on pattern matching with a library pattern, which device, as to a mark pattern determined to be matching, when the number of match error pixels of the pattern is not more than a prescribed value, codes, without coding the bit map, an identification ID of a matching bit map in a library and an identification flag indicating that the number of match error pixels is not more than the prescribed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: Kouichiro Hirao, Takahiro Hongu