Patents by Inventor Masanori Matsuzaki

Masanori Matsuzaki 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: 11829818
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image, a measuring unit configured to measure the formed image, a control unit configured to control execution of a single-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a single-color formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a single-color image formed with a single-color recording agent and execution of a multi-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a multi-color image formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a multi-color formed with a plurality of recording agents, and a selection unit configured to select whether to cause the control unit to perform the multi-color calibration after completing the single-color calibration or cause the control unit to perform any one of the single-color calibration and the multi-color calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20230080765
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image, a measuring unit configured to measure the formed image, a control unit configured to control execution of a single-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a single-color formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a single-color image formed with a single-color recording agent and execution of a multi-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a multi-color image formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a multi-color formed with a plurality of recording agents, and a selection unit configured to select whether to cause the control unit to perform the multi-color calibration after completing the single-color calibration or cause the control unit to perform any one of the single-color calibration and the multi-color calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 11514280
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image, a measuring unit configured to measure the formed image, a control unit configured to control execution of a single-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a single-color formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a single-color image formed with a single-color recording agent and execution of a multi-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a multi-color image formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a multi-color formed with a plurality of recording agents, and a selection unit configured to select whether to cause the control unit to perform the multi-color calibration after completing the single-color calibration or cause the control unit to perform any one of the single-color calibration and the multi-color calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 11381688
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first reading unit configured to read a first image on a first surface of a document, a second reading unit configured to read a second image on a second surface of the document different from the first surface, a printing unit configured to print a third image on a sheet, and a setting unit configured to set resolution of the third image printed by the printing unit. The printing unit prints the third image on the sheet with the resolution set by the setting unit. The printing unit also prints a fourth image with resolution lower than or equal to a threshold, without using the set resolution, the fourth image used for correction of at least a color value obtained by reading the second image using the second reading unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 11320639
    Abstract: Describes herein are a microscope optical module, a microscope, a control device for the microscope optical module, and multiphoton excitation microscope, which can switch the observation field of view at high speed and observe a large field of view. The microscope optical module includes an optical-axis-shifting optical system having an optical element, an optical-axis-shifting optical system support for positioning the optical-axis-shifting optical system with respect to the objective light flux of the microscope, and a rotator arranged on the optical-axis-shifting optical system support, the rotator rotatably supporting the optical-axis-shifting optical system with respect to the optical axis of the objective light flux, wherein the microscope optical module is added to an objective light flux side of a microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Masanori Matsuzaki, Shin-Ichiro Terada
  • Patent number: 11265447
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus outputs a tone chart for calibration by a printer, reads the output tone chart by a scanner, determines whether data on a sheet is affected by a surface shape of the sheet based on the read tone chart, corrects data on a white area of the read chart based on a result of the determination, and executes calibration using the corrected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20210385341
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus outputs a tone chart for calibration by a printer, reads the output tone chart by a scanner, determines whether data on a sheet is affected by a surface shape of the sheet based on the read tone chart, corrects data on a white area of the read chart based on a result of the determination, and executes calibration using the corrected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 10997479
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image, a measuring unit configured to measure the formed image, a control unit configured to control execution of a single-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a single-color formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a single-color image formed with a single-color recording agent and execution of a multi-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a multi-color image formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a multi-color formed with a plurality of recording agents, and a selection unit configured to select whether to cause the control unit to perform the multi-color calibration after completing the single-color calibration or cause the control unit to perform any one of the single-color calibration and the multi-color calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20200344360
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first reading unit configured to read a first image on a first surface of a document, a second reading unit configured to read a second image on a second surface of the document different from the first surface, a printing unit configured to print a third image on a sheet, and a setting unit configured to set resolution of the third image printed by the printing unit. The printing unit prints the third image on the sheet with the resolution set by the setting unit. The printing unit also prints a fourth image with resolution lower than or equal to a threshold, without using the set resolution, the fourth image used for correction of at least a color value obtained by reading the second image using the second reading unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20200272868
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image, a measuring unit configured to measure the formed image, a control unit configured to control execution of a single-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a single-color formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a single-color image formed with a single-color recording agent and execution of a multi-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a multi-color image formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a multi-color formed with a plurality of recording agents, and a selection unit configured to select whether to cause the control unit to perform the multi-color calibration after completing the single-color calibration or cause the control unit to perform any one of the single-color calibration and the multi-color calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 10733487
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that generates a color conversion table to be set in an image forming apparatus includes a conversion unit that uses a color conversion table to convert input RGB values into output RGB values, wherein the color conversion table is a conversion table for conversion of the input RGB values into output RGB values that depend on a color gamut of the image forming apparatus, an extraction unit that extracts an L value indicating lightness out of a plurality of elements forming Lab values corresponding to the output RGB values, a correction unit that corrects the extracted L value, and a correction unit that uses the corrected L value, and a and b values indicating chromaticity and other than the extracted L value out of the plurality of elements forming the Lab values corresponding to the output RGB values to correct the color conversion table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20190114518
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that generates a color conversion table to be set in an image forming apparatus includes a conversion unit that uses a color conversion table to convert input RGB values into output RGB values, wherein the color conversion table is a conversion table for conversion of the input RGB values into output RGB values that depend on a color gamut of the image forming apparatus, an extraction unit that extracts an L value indicating lightness out of a plurality of elements forming Lab values corresponding to the output RGB values, a correction unit that corrects the extracted L value, and a correction unit that uses the corrected L value, and a and b values indicating chromaticity and other than the extracted L value out of the plurality of elements forming the Lab values corresponding to the output RGB values to correct the color conversion table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 10194042
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a predetermined pattern image on a sheet, a notifying unit configured to provide a notification of an orientation for placing the sheet on which the predetermined pattern image is formed by the image forming unit, on a placement portion, a reading unit configured to read the sheet on a line to line basis, to generate image data, and a detection unit configured to detect a streak-shaped image extending in a direction along a predetermined edge of the sheet, by analyzing the image data generated by reading the sheet by the reading unit, wherein the notifying unit provides a notification of a placement orientation for allowing the sheet, on which the predetermined pattern image is formed, to be read on a line to line basis, the line extending in a direction along the predetermined edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 10187532
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a clipping unit that clips an arbitrary area from image data acquired by reading a chart output from an image forming unit, an acquisition unit that acquires a signal value relating to a plurality of positions in a scanning direction of the area clipped by the clipping unit, and a transmission unit that transmits information about the clipped area and the acquired signal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20180203219
    Abstract: The present invention has been made to solve the above problems by providing a microscope optical module, a microscope, a control device for the microscope optical module, and multiphoton excitation microscope, which can switch the observation field of view at high speed and observe a large field of view. A microscope optical module includes an optical-axis-shifting optical system having an optical element, an optical-axis-shifting optical system support means for positioning the optical-axis-shifting optical system with respect to the objective light flux of the microscope, and a rotating means arranged on the optical-axis-shifting optical system support means, the rotating means rotatably supporting the optical-axis-shifting optical system with respect to the optical axis of the objective light flux, wherein the microscope optical module is added to an objective light flux side of a microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Masanori MATSUZAKI, Shin-Ichiro TERADA
  • Patent number: 9942445
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires, from image data acquired in such a manner that a chart formed by an image forming unit is read, a line signal value from pixel values of pixels for a line arranged in a first direction of the chart and a line representative value by using line signal values respectively acquired from a plurality of lines adjacent to each other in a second direction different from the first direction of the chart, and a determination unit that determines a portion where a streak is generated in the second direction by using a difference between a first representative value and a second representative value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20170318172
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a predetermined pattern image on a sheet, a notifying unit configured to provide a notification of an orientation for placing the sheet on which the predetermined pattern image is formed by the image forming unit, on a placement portion, a reading unit configured to read the sheet on a line to line basis, to generate image data, and a detection unit configured to detect a streak-shaped image extending in a direction along a predetermined edge of the sheet, by analyzing the image data generated by reading the sheet by the reading unit, wherein the notifying unit provides a notification of a placement orientation for allowing the sheet, on which the predetermined pattern image is formed, to be read on a line to line basis, the line extending in a direction along the predetermined edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 9667837
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a unit configured to convert colorimetric values resulting from colorimetry performed, in a first color space, on a chart output by using multi color chart data represented in a three-dimensional color space, into colors of a uniform color space, a unit configured to acquire a first color conversion table for converting a three-dimensional color space into a uniform color space, a unit configured to correct a second color conversion table for converting a uniform color space into a three-dimensional color space by using colorimetric values of the uniform color space, target values of the uniform color space, and the second color conversion table, and a unit configured to generate a color conversion table for correcting a four-dimensional color space by using the first color conversion table and the corrected second color conversion table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20170076182
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image forming unit configured to form an image, a measuring unit configured to measure the formed image, a control unit configured to control execution of a single-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a single-color formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a single-color image formed with a single-color recording agent and execution of a multi-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a multi-color image formed by the image forming unit based on a measuring result of a multi-color formed with a plurality of recording agents, and a selection unit configured to select whether to cause the control unit to perform the multi-color calibration after completing the single-color calibration or cause the control unit to perform any one of the single-color calibration and the multi-color calibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20170064095
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a clipping unit that clips an arbitrary area from image data acquired by reading a chart output from an image forming unit, an acquisition unit that acquires a signal value relating to a plurality of positions in a scanning direction of the area clipped by the clipping unit, and a transmission unit that transmits information about the clipped area and the acquired signal value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Masanori Matsuzaki