Patents by Inventor Masanori Sekino

Masanori Sekino 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: 11537812
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a first recognition result and a first recognition probability on target data from a first recognizer, acquire a second recognition result and a second recognition probability on the target data from a second recognizer, execute checking of the first recognition result and the second recognition result, and execute first control in a case where the first recognition result and the second recognition result match each other as a result of the checking. The first control is control for executing either of first processing or second processing on the matched recognition result and outputting a processing result based on at least one of the first recognition probability or the second recognition probability. A human workload for the first processing is smaller than a human workload for the second processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shunichi Kimura, Yutaka Koshi, Masanori Sekino, Satoshi Kubota
  • Publication number: 20220263957
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: display, on one screen, information written or entered at multiple predetermined items and a read result of reading the information from the items such that which piece of the information and the read result is displayed is changeable on a per item basis; and perform a function of assisting a user to at least verify or correct the read result on the one screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shunichi KIMURA, Masanori SEKINO, Satoshi KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 11410408
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute first acquisition processing for acquiring a first recognition result and a first recognition probability on target data from a first recognizer, execute second acquisition processing for acquiring a second recognition probability for the first recognition result on the target data from a second recognizer, and execute control for determining which of first processing and second processing with a necessary human workload greater than in the first processing is to be executed for the first recognition result based on the first recognition probability and the second recognition probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shunichi Kimura, Masanori Sekino, Satoshi Kubota, Yutaka Koshi
  • Patent number: 11258925
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiver that receives an input image to be recognized and a processor configured to, by executing a program, align the input image with a template image in such a way as to match a recognition area of the input image and a recognition area defined on the template image, perform a process for recognizing the recognition area of the aligned input image, generate a check image including the template image and the aligned input image, and display the check image and a result of the process for recognizing the recognition area of the aligned input image such that a correspondence between the check image and the result is recognizable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shunichi Kimura, Masanori Sekino
  • Publication number: 20210306518
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiver that receives an input image to be recognized and a processor configured to, by executing a program, align the input image with a template image in such a way as to match a recognition area of the input image and a recognition area defined on the template image, perform a process for recognizing the recognition area of the aligned input image, generate a check image including the template image and the aligned input image, and display the check image and a result of the process for recognizing the recognition area of the aligned input image such that a correspondence between the check image and the result is recognizable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Shunichi KIMURA, Masanori SEKINO
  • Patent number: 11100356
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a character recognition section that performs character recognition of an input image to output a character recognition result, a receiving section that receives an input of a character recognition result by a person on the input image, a detection section that detects a strikethrough from the input image, a matching section that matches the character recognition result output by the character recognition section with the character recognition result by the person, which is received by the receiving section, and a control section that performs control for causing the matching section to perform matching so as to obtain a final character recognition result based on a result of the matching, in a case where the detection section detects the strikethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shunichi Kimura, Masanori Sekino, Takuya Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10997452
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first character recognition section that performs character recognition of an input image on an assumption that a character in the input image belongs to a first character type and outputs a first character recognition result being a result of the character recognition, a second character recognition section that performs character recognition of the input image on an assumption that the character in the input image belongs to a second character type and outputs a second character recognition section being a result of the character recognition, the second character type being a set obtained by adding at least one or more characters which do not belong to the first character type to a set of characters belonging to the first character type, and a matching section that performs matching of the first character recognition result with the second character recognition result, and, in a case where it is found that the first character recognition result does not match w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi Kimura, Masanori Sekino, Takuya Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20210124970
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute first acquisition processing for acquiring a first recognition result and a first recognition probability on target data from a first recognizer, execute second acquisition processing for acquiring a second recognition probability for the first recognition result on the target data from a second recognizer, and execute control for determining which of first processing and second processing with a necessary human workload greater than in the first processing is to be executed for the first recognition result based on the first recognition probability and the second recognition probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi KIMURA, Masanori SEKINO, Satoshi KUBOTA, Yutaka KOSHI
  • Publication number: 20210124991
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a first recognition result and a first recognition probability on target data from a first recognizer, acquire a second recognition result and a second recognition probability on the target data from a second recognizer, execute checking of the first recognition result and the second recognition result, and execute first control in a case where the first recognition result and the second recognition result match each other as a result of the checking. The first control is control for executing either of first processing or second processing on the matched recognition result and outputting a processing result based on at least one of the first recognition probability or the second recognition probability. A human workload for the first processing is smaller than a human workload for the second processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi Kimura, Yutaka Koshi, Masanori Sekino, Satoshi Kubota
  • Patent number: 10963684
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires process information associated with a reference image and regarding an input process performed by referencing the reference image, and a process decision unit that decides a content of a next input process to perform by referencing the reference image, on a basis of the process information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi Kimura, Masanori Sekino, Satoshi Kubota, Takuya Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10817756
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a determination, first, second and third receiving, and first and second checking units, and a controller. When a determination result matches a first determination result, the first checking unit outputs a matching determination result as the final output. The second checking unit checks the first determination result against a second. The first and second determination results are respectively received by the first and second receiving units. When the first determination result matches the second, the second checking unit outputs the matching determination result as the final output. When the input information is received, the controller operates the determination, first receiving, and first checking units. When it is determined that the determination result does not match the first determination result, the controller operates selectively one of a unit set and the third receiving unit. The unit set is constituted by the second receiving and checking units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi Kimura, Masanori Sekino, Ikken So, Satoshi Kubota, Takuya Sakurai, Kumi Fujiwara, Kunikazu Ueno, Yutaka Koshi
  • Publication number: 20200242390
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a character recognition section that performs character recognition of an input image to output a character recognition result, a receiving section that receives an input of a character recognition result by a person on the input image, a detection section that detects a strikethrough from the input image, a matching section that matches the character recognition result output by the character recognition section with the character recognition result by the person, which is received by the receiving section, and a control section that performs control for causing the matching section to perform matching so as to obtain a final character recognition result based on a result of the matching, in a case where the detection section detects the strikethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi KIMURA, Masanori SEKINO, Takuya SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20200242387
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first character recognition section that performs character recognition of an input image on an assumption that a character in the input image belongs to a first character type and outputs a first character recognition result being a result of the character recognition, a second character recognition section that performs character recognition of the input image on an assumption that the character in the input image belongs to a second character type and outputs a second character recognition section being a result of the character recognition, the second character type being a set obtained by adding at least one or more characters which do not belong to the first character type to a set of characters belonging to the first character type, and a matching section that performs matching of the first character recognition result with the second character recognition result, and, in a case where it is found that the first character recognition result does not match w
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi KIMURA, Masanori SEKINO, Takuya SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20190385008
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a determination, first, second and third receiving, and first and second checking units, and a controller. When a determination result matches a first determination result, the first checking unit outputs a matching determination result as the final output. The second checking unit checks the first determination result against a second. The first and second determination results are respectively received by the first and second receiving units. When the first determination result matches the second, the second checking unit outputs the matching determination result as the final output. When the input information is received, the controller operates the determination, first receiving, and first checking units. When it is determined that the determination result does not match the first determination result, the controller operates selectively one of a unit set and the third receiving unit. The unit set is constituted by the second receiving and checking units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi KIMURA, Masanori SEKINO, Ikken SO, Satoshi KUBOTA, Takuya SAKURAI, Kumi FUJIWARA, Kunikazu UENO, Yutaka KOSHI
  • Publication number: 20190294873
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires process information associated with a reference image and regarding an input process performed by referencing the reference image, and a process decision unit that decides a content of a next input process to perform by referencing the reference image, on a basis of the process information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichi KIMURA, Masanori SEKINO, Satoshi KUBOTA, Takuya SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 9582740
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a selecting unit. The receiving unit receives an image of a document. The selecting unit selects a character recognition result in a first frame of the document from plural character recognition candidates in the first frame on the basis of definition information defining a relationship between a character string in the first frame of the document and a character string in a second frame of the document different from the first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kubota, Masanori Sekino, Shunichi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20150206006
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a selecting unit. The receiving unit receives an image of a document. The selecting unit selects a character recognition result in a first frame of the document from plural character recognition candidates in the first frame on the basis of definition information defining a relationship between a character string in the first frame of the document and a character string in a second frame of the document different from the first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi KUBOTA, Masanori SEKINO, Shunichi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 8913833
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an extraction unit that extracts a first image and a second image similar to the first image, in a first resolution; and a generation unit that generates an image in a second resolution based on the respective images extracted by the extraction unit and phases of the respective images calculated with precision higher than one pixel in the first resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Koshi, Shunichi Kimura, Ikken So, Masanori Sekino
  • Patent number: 8824798
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a document receiving unit that receives a document containing at least one page, wherein positions of document components of a page of the at least one page are fixed within the page; a page dividing unit that divides the document received by the document receiving unit into at least one page; a page heading determining unit that determines a heading of a page of the at least one page divided by the page dividing unit based on components included in the page; and a processing unit that assigns the heading determined by the page heading determining unit to the page divided by the page dividing unit as first level outline information of the page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunichi Kimura, Satoshi Kubota, Ikken So, Masanori Sekino
  • Patent number: 8494272
    Abstract: An image processing device including: an image acceptance unit accepting a first image and a second image; a perimeter measurement unit measuring a perimeter of an object image within the first image or an object image within the second image; an area measurement unit measuring an area of the object image within the first image or the object image within the second image; a first reference area generation unit generating a first reference area based on the perimeter and area measured; a datum point extraction unit extracting datum points from the first image and the second image; and a first match judgment unit making the datum points coincide with each other, and judging whether or not the object image within the first image and the object image within the second image are matched, based on densities of the first and second image within the first reference area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Sekino