Patents by Inventor Nagamasa MISU

Nagamasa MISU 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: 20250086930
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to correct a pixel of interest that is a colored pixel of interest in a case where a sum of values of colored pixels around the pixel of interest in a predetermined region including the pixel of interest in image data including white pixels and the colored pixels is equal to or less than a threshold value, in which the threshold value is different for each pixel of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Nagamasa MISU, Masahiko MIZUMURA, Seiji SHIRAKI, Yushiro TANAKA, Saki SHIDARA
  • Publication number: 20250088595
    Abstract: An image processing system includes: a processor configured to: determine, for each of predetermined areas, whether a black spot corresponding to a pixel with density greater than or equal to specified density is included in image data generated by reading a received document sheet; make a count of the black spot for each predetermined area; recognize, as a specific area, an area that is one of the predetermined areas and that includes a black spot a count of which is greater than or equal to a first threshold; recognize, as a different area relevant to the specific area, an area that is located at a position a predetermined length away from the specific area and that is located parallel or perpendicular to a scanning direction of the image data, the area including a black spot a count of which is greater than or equal to the first threshold; calculate a sum total of the count of the black spot for the document sheet and determine whether a derived count derived from subtraction from the sum total is less tha
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiko Mizumura, Yushiro Tanaka, Saki Shidara, Seiji Shiraki, Nagamasa Misu
  • Publication number: 20250080684
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to: perform a weighting operation to weight, about image data on white pixels and color pixels, color pixels surrounding a pixel of interest within a predetermined region in a manner such that a lower weight is attached to each of the color pixels as the color pixel is farther from the pixel of interest; and correct the pixel of interest if a sum of weights of the color pixels surrounding the pixel of interest is lower than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Seiji SHIRAKI, Masahiko MIZUMURA, Nagamasa MISU, Yushiro TANAKA, Saki SHIDARA
  • Publication number: 20240323290
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image reader that reads a document image and that generates image information regarding a CIELAB color space, and a processor configured to: obtain an a*b*-plane two-dimensional histogram for the image information; obtain a background color of the document image using the a*b*-plane two-dimensional histogram and count a number of black spots of the image information for each of bins of the a*b*-plane two-dimensional histogram; subtract the number of black spots in a bin determined to include the background color from a total number of black spots in all the bins; and determine, if an obtained value is larger than a predetermined threshold, that the document image indicates a non-blank sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Saki SHIDARA, Yushiro TANAKA, Seiji SHIRAKI, Masahiko MIZUMURA, Nagamasa MISU
  • Publication number: 20240320862
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image reader that reads a document image and that generates image information regarding a CIELAB color space, and a processor configured to: obtain L*, a*, and b* histograms for the image information; determine whether there is a contrast in the image information using the L* histogram; determine whether there is a hue difference in the image information using the a* and b* histograms; and determine, if there is a contrast and/or there is a hue difference, that the document image indicates a non-blank sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yushiro TANAKA, Masahiko MIZUMURA, Seiji SHIRAKI, Nagamasa MISU, Saki SHIDARA
  • Publication number: 20240080398
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain plural page images obtained by reading pages; identify, in two page images that are target pages among the plural page images, a torn part in edge parts adjacent to each other when the target pages are two facing pages that show one image; and detect and output the two facing pages by using an obtained result of identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Nagamasa MISU, Masahiko MIZUMURA, Seiji SHIRAKI, Yushiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240040055
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: insert an unprinted page between unremoved pages in order to perform duplex printing, if a number of removed blank pages between the unremoved pages is an odd number of one or three or more on a digital file that has the blank pages removed when a document formed on duplex pages is read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yushiro TANAKA, Seiji SHIRAKI, Masahiko MIZUMURA, Nagamasa MISU
  • Publication number: 20240031494
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain image information by reading a document image; divide a single page in the obtained image information on the basis of a predetermined block unit; count black points in each block obtained through the division; use the counting result of black points in each block to determine whether the document image is a layout image in which multiple images are allocated in a single page, and to detect and delete a blank-sheet image in the layout image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masahiko MIZUMURA, Seiji SHIRAKI, Nagamasa MISU, Yushiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11399119
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a designated color which is designated as a color, which is converted into a specific color, of a pixel among pixels which express an image, a determination unit that determines whether or not a common color area, which is expressed by pixels in a common hue range, expresses prescribed information in the image, and a conversion unit that performs a first conversion process of converting a pixel corresponding to the acquired designated color into a specific color in the common color area which is determined to express the information, and performs a second conversion process of converting a pixel corresponding to a color in a wider hue range than the designated color into a specific color in the common color area which is determined to not express the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Une, Seiji Shiraki, Nagamasa Misu, Ryosuke Tsuji, Yushiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11368607
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a recognition unit that recognizes an object which is included in an image and is expressed using a single color, and a conversion unit that performs conversion on a pixel, which is included in the image and corresponds to a designated color, into a specific color, and, in a case where a color of an area, which is in contact with an outer edge of the recognized object, is designated and a difference between the color of the recognized object and the specific color is smaller than a first reference, performs conversion on a pixel of the outer edge into a color other than the specific color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Une, Seiji Shiraki, Nagamasa Misu, Ryosuke Tsuji, Yushiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11334299
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory, and a processor configured to: read a first image of a sheet in a state in which the sheet is held on a sheet holding unit, the sheet being a sheet on which an image has been formed; detect a symbol from the first image of the sheet which has been read, the symbol indicating an orientation of the first image; and, when the orientation of the first image indicated by the detected symbol is different from an orientation of a second image that is to be formed on the sheet, perform a correction process of matching the orientation of the first image with the orientation of the second image that is to be formed on the sheet, the orientation of the first image being indicated by the detected symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Nagamasa Misu, Seiji Shiraki, Ryosuke Tsuji, Yushiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11297205
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to output an image formed based on image data including predetermined specific text after replacing a color of one or more portions in the image data with a special color that is in advance associated with the specific text, the one or more portions being assigned a color identical or similar to a color of the specific text to form the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yushiro Tanaka, Seiji Shiraki, Nagamasa Misu, Ryosuke Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20210337085
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to output an image formed based on image data including predetermined specific text after replacing a color of one or more portions in the image data with a special color that is in advance associated with the specific text, the one or more portions being assigned a color identical or similar to a color of the specific text to form the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yushiro TANAKA, Seiji SHIRAKI, Nagamasa MISU, Ryosuke TSUJI
  • Patent number: 11158058
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detector, a receiver, and an image processor. The detector is configured to detect a punch hole candidate partial image having a punch hole accuracy indicating whether the punch hole candidate partial image is a punch hole image is less than a first threshold value and equal to or greater than a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value, from plural partial images constituting a read image of a document. The receiver is configured to display the punch hole candidate partial image, and receive an instruction from a user as to whether to perform image processing on the punch hole candidate partial image. The image processor is configured to perform the image processing on the punch hole candidate partial image when the receiver receives an instruction to perform the image processing on the punch hole candidate partial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Une, Seiji Shiraki, Nagamasa Misu, Ryosuke Tsuji, Yushiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210318839
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory, and a processor configured to: read a first image of a sheet in a state in which the sheet is held on a sheet holding unit, the sheet being a sheet on which an image has been formed; detect a symbol from the first image of the sheet which has been read, the symbol indicating an orientation of the first image; and, when the orientation of the first image indicated by the detected symbol is different from an orientation of a second image that is to be formed on the sheet, perform a correction process of matching the orientation of the first image with the orientation of the second image that is to be formed on the sheet, the orientation of the first image being indicated by the detected symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Nagamasa MISU, Seiji SHIRAKI, Ryosuke TSUJI, Yushiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10924620
    Abstract: A reading method guidance apparatus includes a receiving unit, an acquisition unit, and a guidance unit. The receiving unit receives a document size that is a size of a document as a reading target. The acquisition unit acquires an image of at least a partial area in the document. The guidance unit provides an operator with guidance about a reading procedure when the document is read by a first reading apparatus in plural batches, using a feature amount obtained from the acquired image, the received document size, and a readable size that is a size of an area readable by the first reading apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Une, Nagamasa Misu, Ryosuke Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20210042934
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detector, a receiver, and an image processor. The detector is configured to detect a punch hole candidate partial image having a punch hole accuracy indicating whether the punch hole candidate partial image is a punch hole image is less than a first threshold value and equal to or greater than a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value, from plural partial images constituting a read image of a document. The receiver is configured to display the punch hole candidate partial image, and receive an instruction from a user as to whether to perform image processing on the punch hole candidate partial image. The image processor is configured to perform the image processing on the punch hole candidate partial image when the receiver receives an instruction to perform the image processing on the punch hole candidate partial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi UNE, Seiji SHIRAKI, Nagamasa MISU, Ryosuke TSUJI, Yushiro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10834281
    Abstract: A document size detecting apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a detector. The first acquisition unit acquires a first image that is an image of an entire document as a reading target. The second acquisition unit acquires a second image that is an image of a part of the document read by a first reading apparatus. The detector detects a size of the document using a result of a matching process between the first image and the second image and a read size that is a size of the second image read by the first reading apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Tsuji, Kiyoshi Une, Nagamasa Misu
  • Publication number: 20190364172
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a designated color which is designated as a color, which is converted into a specific color, of a pixel among pixels which express an image, a determination unit that determines whether or not a common color area, which is expressed by pixels in a common hue range, expresses prescribed information in the image, and a conversion unit that performs a first conversion process of converting a pixel corresponding to the acquired designated color into a specific color in the common color area which is determined to express the information, and performs a second conversion process of converting a pixel corresponding to a color in a wider hue range than the designated color into a specific color in the common color area which is determined to not express the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi UNE, Seiji SHIRAKI, Nagamasa MISU, Ryosuke TSUJI, Yushiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190356819
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a recognition unit that recognizes an object which is included in an image and is expressed using a single color, and a conversion unit that performs conversion on a pixel, which is included in the image and corresponds to a designated color, into a specific color, and, in a case where a color of an area, which is in contact with an outer edge of the recognized object, is designated and a difference between the color of the recognized object and the specific color is smaller than a first reference, performs conversion on a pixel of the outer edge into a color other than the specific color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi UNE, Seiji SHIRAKI, Nagamasa MISU, Ryosuke TSUJI, Yushiro TANAKA