Patents by Inventor Masashi Kuranoshita

Masashi Kuranoshita 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).

  • Publication number: 20230394879
    Abstract: A CPU of an information processing server includes an acquisition unit, a derivation unit, and a distribution control unit. The acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a user during a target event for which a satisfaction level of the user is measured. The derivation unit derives the satisfaction level of the user with the target event based on the image. The distribution control unit presents an attribute of the user and satisfaction level-related information which is related to the satisfaction level to an organizer of the target event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto TANAKA, Asuka YAMASHITA, Masako YOSHIDA, Toshihiko KAKU, Masashi KURANOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220279155
    Abstract: A mobile object includes a mobile object main body, an imaging device that is included in the mobile object main body and that performs imaging of a target object, the imaging device including an image data acquisition device and a three-dimensional data acquisition device that are calibrated, and a control device that acquires, for the target object, unit image data in which image data acquired for each angle of view of the image data acquisition device and three-dimensional data acquired by the three-dimensional data acquisition device are associated with each other from the imaging device, performs plane estimation on an imaging target, based on the three-dimensional data, determines whether the imaging target is a plane, and in the case where it is determined that the imaging target is the plane, determines a first distance until next unit image data is acquired based on information on the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi KURANOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220276387
    Abstract: An image processing method includes a step of acquiring, from an image data acquisition device and a three-dimensional data acquisition device that are calibrated, a plurality of pieces of unit image data in which image data and three-dimensional data are associated with each other, for a target object, for each angle of view of the image data acquisition device; a step of estimating a plane, based on a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data included in the plurality of pieces of unit image data; a step of acquiring image group data by grouping a plurality of pieces of image data included in a plurality of pieces of unit image data belonging to the estimated plane; and a step of selecting image data necessary to form the plane from among the plurality of pieces of image data included in the image group data. Thus, image data can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi KURANOSHITA
  • Patent number: 10977300
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an index generating method and index generating apparatus capable of accurately and stably generating an index for measuring a width of a subject, and a measuring method capable of accurately and stably measuring a width of a subject. An index generating method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an image input step of inputting an image obtained by imaging a linear subject; a density distribution acquiring step of acquiring, from the input image, a plurality of density distributions along a direction orthogonal to a width direction of the linear subject, which are density distributions in the width direction of the linear subject; a function calculating step of calculating a probability distribution function corresponding to the acquired plurality of density distributions; and an index generating step of generating an index indicating a width of the subject based on the calculated probability distribution function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kikuchi, Masashi Kuranoshita
  • Patent number: 10951821
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes a wide-angle image acquisition unit 401, an imaging information acquisition unit 405, a margin information acquisition unit 407, a region information acquisition unit 409, an imaging region calculation unit 413 that calculates an imaging region of each of divided images constituting a composite image as each imaging region in a wide-angle image, in which a margin is secured, based on imaging information, margin information, and imaging target region information, and a control unit 411 that moves a moving object, makes the moving object image each calculated imaging region in a closed-up imaging mode with a camera, and acquires captured closed-up images as the divided images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yonaha, Masashi Kuranoshita
  • Patent number: 10740892
    Abstract: A measurement support apparatus includes an image acquisition unit; a scale image generation unit, the scale image representing a scale assigned at least one of gradations for measuring a length of the crack or line drawings and numerals for measuring a width of the crack; and an image display unit that displays the image of the structure and the scale image in a superimposed manner in a display area, in which the scale image generation unit generates a scale image in accordance with a distance between the image acquisition unit and the measurement surface and an orientation of the measurement surface, and the image display unit displays the generated scale image in the superimposed manner at a position according to a position of the crack in the image of the structure in a direction according to a direction of the crack in the image of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichiro Nonaka, Masashi Kuranoshita
  • Publication number: 20190379829
    Abstract: An imaging control device includes a wide-angle image acquisition unit 401, an imaging information acquisition unit 405, a margin information acquisition unit 407, a region information acquisition unit 409, an imaging region calculation unit 413 that calculates an imaging region of each of divided images constituting a composite image as each imaging region in a wide-angle image, in which a margin is secured, based on imaging information, margin information, and imaging target region information, and a control unit 411 that moves a moving object, makes the moving object image each calculated imaging region in a closed-up imaging mode with a camera, and acquires captured closed-up images as the divided images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto YONAHA, Masashi KURANOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20190050401
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an index generating method and index generating apparatus capable of accurately and stably generating an index for measuring a width of a subject, and a measuring method capable of accurately and stably measuring a width of a subject. An index generating method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an image input step of inputting an image obtained by imaging a linear subject; a density distribution acquiring step of acquiring, from the input image, a plurality of density distributions along a direction orthogonal to a width direction of the linear subject, which are density distributions in the width direction of the linear subject; a function calculating step of calculating a probability distribution function corresponding to the acquired plurality of density distributions; and an index generating step of generating an index indicating a width of the subject based on the calculated probability distribution function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki KIKUCHI, Masashi KURANOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20180300867
    Abstract: A measurement support apparatus includes an image acquisition unit; a scale image generation unit, the scale image representing a scale assigned at least one of gradations for measuring a length of the crack or line drawings and numerals for measuring a width of the crack; and an image display unit that displays the image of the structure and the scale image in a superimposed manner in a display area, in which the scale image generation unit generates a scale image in accordance with a distance between the image acquisition unit and the measurement surface and an orientation of the measurement surface, and the image display unit displays the generated scale image in the superimposed manner at a position according to a position of the crack in the image of the structure in a direction according to a direction of the crack in the image of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichiro NONAKA, Masashi KURANOSHITA
  • Patent number: 9760317
    Abstract: If a page allocation table determining apparatus receives a change, either in the content of items in a page allocation table screen that is displayed by a display unit, or in the plotted content of an imposition screen, which is displayed by the display unit in response to an action taken by the user, the page allocation table determining apparatus generates a page allocation table screen and an imposition screen that simultaneously reflect such a change. Based thereon, the display unit simultaneously displays the page allocation table screen, which simulates the page allocation table, and the imposition screen, which simulates a layout of imposed pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kuranoshita, Kyouta Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9639991
    Abstract: Provided are an augmented reality provision system, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium capable of displaying a virtual object in a very natural representation form regardless of a state of an illumination in a real space. A plurality of same color patches with the same color are extracted from a captured image including a target. Light distribution characteristics of light with which the target is irradiated are estimated from a relationship between color values in the plurality of same color patches. An object image to which a visual effect in which the virtual object is irradiated with the light has been given depending on the estimated light distribution characteristics is obtained by correcting a color of an original object image indicating the virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Kuranoshita
  • Patent number: 9626606
    Abstract: The numbers of pages making up respective records are acquired as individual page counts by analyzing page description data used for variable data printing. The maximum page count among the acquired individual page counts is determined as a common page count. Imposition data representing a common and single page layout made up of the determined common page count are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Kuranoshita
  • Patent number: 9477910
    Abstract: An imposing apparatus searches for a layout of objects whose profile shapes (profile lines) do not overlap each other with respect to each of cells that make up an imposition area. The imposing apparatus then adjusts an interval between the objects that have been laid out according to the search result, by a unit smaller than the unit length of the cells, thereby bringing the profile lines of adjacent ones of the objects into partial agreement with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Kuranoshita
  • Patent number: 9430174
    Abstract: A print production system includes an order-receiving server and a printing management server. The order-receiving server transmits an electronic operation manual including ordering information to the printing management server. The printing management server classifies a plurality of items for identifying content of a print job to be carried out into specifiable items that can be specified uniquely according to the electronic operation manual, and unspecifiable items that cannot be specified uniquely according to the electronic operation manual. The printing management server also generates job information by determining content of one or more unspecifiable items according to guidelines, and stores the job information in association with a management identifier of the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kuranoshita, Eiji Teraue, Hiromichi Watanabe, Koichiro Togawa
  • Patent number: 9367525
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus extracts operators (including particular operators) describing character strings in a text format, at least one by one, from among acquired page data. The data processing apparatus determines an order in which two or more of the page data containing the particular operators whose font information coincides with each other are to be arranged according to a sequence indicated by particular characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Kuranoshita
  • Patent number: 9245216
    Abstract: An imposing apparatus determines at least one pair of line components included in positioning marks based on the positional relationship between particular line components in a page region, and estimates marking positions for the positioning marks based on the shape of the pair of line components. The imposing apparatus acquires the marking positions as positional information of a page box in association with the page region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Kuranoshita
  • Patent number: 9206013
    Abstract: A data editing apparatus includes a data editing portion for editing grid data in order to generate imposition data, and a fold data editing indicating portion that instructs the data editing portion to edit fold data. In the case that the data editing portion is instructed to edit the fold data by the fold data editing indicating portion, the data editing portion adds the fold data to the imposition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Kuranoshita
  • Publication number: 20150277812
    Abstract: If a page allocation table determining apparatus receives a change, either in the content of items in a page allocation table screen that is displayed by a display unit, or in the plotted content of an imposition screen, which is displayed by the display unit in response to an action taken by the user, the page allocation table determining apparatus generates a page allocation table screen and an imposition screen that simultaneously reflect such a change. Based thereon, the display unit simultaneously displays the page allocation table screen, which simulates the page allocation table, and the imposition screen, which simulates a layout of imposed pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi KURANOSHITA, Kyouta WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20150277831
    Abstract: A print production system includes an order-receiving server and a printing management server. The order-receiving server transmits an electronic operation manual including ordering information to the printing management server. The printing management server classifies a plurality of items for identifying content of a print job to be carried out into specifiable items that can be specified uniquely according to the electronic operation manual, and unspecifiable items that cannot be specified uniquely according to the electronic operation manual. The printing management server also generates job information by determining content of one or more unspecifiable items according to guidelines, and stores the job information in association with a management identifier of the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi KURANOSHITA, Eiji TERAUE, Hiromichi WATANABE, Koichiro TOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150262427
    Abstract: Provided are an augmented reality provision system, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium capable of displaying a virtual object in a very natural representation form regardless of a state of an illumination in a real space. A plurality of same color patches with the same color are extracted from a captured image including a target. Light distribution characteristics of light with which the target is irradiated are estimated from a relationship between color values in the plurality of same color patches. An object image to which a visual effect in which the virtual object is irradiated with the light has been given depending on the estimated light distribution characteristics is obtained by correcting a color of an original object image indicating the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi KURANOSHITA