Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Nishikawa

Naoyuki Nishikawa 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: 20140327923
    Abstract: A method for image processing executed by an image processing apparatus includes sequentially receiving PDL data and transferring a figure included in the PDL data to processing in a subsequent stage, assigning edge extraction processing as a unit of processing for extracting edge information for each transferred figure, merging the edge information extracted from each figure, spooling the merged data in a tile format as intermediate data, and reading out the intermediate data in the tile format from spooling process and performing processing on each tile to generate a pixel from the intermediate data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8859060
    Abstract: A protective film of polarizer comprising an organic acid that has a solubility in water at 25° C. of at most 0.1% by mass and has an acid dissociation constant in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran/water=6/4 by volume at 25° C. of from 2 to 7 can improve polarizer durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Masato Nagura, Yoshio Ishii, Takayasu Yasuda, Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8804145
    Abstract: A method for image processing executed by an image processing apparatus includes sequentially receiving PDL data and transferring a figure included in the PDL data to processing in a subsequent stage, assigning edge extraction processing as a unit of processing for extracting edge information for each transferred figure, merging the edge information extracted from each figure, spooling the merged data in a tile format as intermediate data, and reading out the intermediate data in the tile format from spooling process and performing processing on each tile to generate a pixel from the intermediate data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8736871
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for performing rendering processing includes an input unit configured to input information relating to an object, a classification unit configured to classify a graphic type of the object based on the information relating to the object, and a processing unit configured to switch a processing procedure according to the graphic type classified by the classification unit to generate edge information relating to the rendering processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8569513
    Abstract: A compound having a triptycene moiety represented by formula (1) is disclosed. In the formula, A1 and A2 represent —S—, —O—, —CO—, or —NR—; R1 and R3 represent a substituent; n is an integer from 0 to 2; R4 and R5 an electron-withdrawing group having a Hammett's substituent constant ?p of equal to or more than 0; L11, L12, L21 and L22 represent a single bond or a divalent group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —S(?O)2—, —CO—, —OCO—, —COO—, —OCOO— and —NRA— where RA represents a C1-7 alkyl group or hydrogen atom, —CH2— and any combinations thereof; Z1 and Z2 represent a divalent 5- or 6-membered cyclic linking group; R21 and R22 represent a hydrogen atom or substituted or non-substituted alkyl group; and m1 and m2 each respectively represent an integer of from 0 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Masaki Okazaki, Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8514447
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing method for, when performing color space transformation from a first color space to a second color space for an object such as characters and graphics, performing synthesis color processing for objects in different colors, in which matching processing is performed for the objects in different colors by different matching methods; and synthesis color processing is performed for the objects in different colors for which the matching processing has been performed by the different matching methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8497003
    Abstract: A glucose compound represented by Formula (I): wherein, R11 and R12 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein one CH2 group or two or more non-adjacent CH2 groups in the alkyl and alkenyl groups may be replaced by O; L1 represents —OCO—*, —OCH2—* (binding to B at the * side), or a single bond; A and B each independently represent a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group which may be substituted or a 1,4-phenylene group which may be substituted; and R13 and R14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an acyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and a cellulose composition, a cellulose film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display device, and a retardation-increasing agent which have the glucose compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimamura, Yoshiaki Hisakado, Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20130078739
    Abstract: Provided are a base plate and a method for cortisol immunoassay, which enable immunoassay of cortisol with high sensitivity particularly in a clinically significant cortisol concentration range (that is, 1 ?g/dL to 30 ?g/dL). A base plate for cortisol immunoassay which has a cortisol albumin conjugate having a cortisol/albumin ratio of from 12 to 20 immobilized thereon is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki KASAGI, Yuya WATANABE, Ryo HAMASAKI, Naoyuki NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8293146
    Abstract: An optical film, which has been subjected to an orientation treatment, containing a low-molecular weight compound, in which a birefringence ?n(550 nm) is larger than zero (0) in an orientation direction, and the optical film satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2); and a phase difference plate, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display using the same: 0.5<?n(450 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.0; and??Expression (1) 1.05<?n(630 nm)/?n(550 nm)<1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Uehira, Michitaka Matsuumi, Mamoru Sakurazawa, Masaki Okazaki, Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120229834
    Abstract: A method for image processing executed by an image processing apparatus includes sequentially receiving PDL data and transferring a figure included in the PDL data to processing in a subsequent stage, assigning edge extraction processing as a unit of processing for extracting edge information for each transferred figure, merging the edge information extracted from each figure, spooling the merged data in a tile format as intermediate data, and reading out the intermediate data in the tile format from spooling process and performing processing on each tile to generate a pixel from the intermediate data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120186489
    Abstract: A cellulose acylate film containing a cellulose acylate and a carbohydrate derivative satisfying that the Clog P value thereof is from 0 to 5.5 and the maximum value of the molar extinction coefficient thereof in a wavelength range of from 230 nm to 700 nm is at most 50×103, wherein the hydroxyl groups in the carbohydrate derivative are substituted with at least two types of substituents and at least one of the substituents has at least one aromatic ring, and wherein the carbohydrate derivative is contained in an amount of from 1 part by mass to 30 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the cellulose acylate therein has a low water content, capable of preventing the deterioration of polarizer when it is stuck to polarizer and aged in high-temperature and high-humidity environments, having good optical characteristics expressibility and having a low haze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Takahiro Ohno, Naoyuki Nishikawa, Toshihiro Kamada
  • Publication number: 20120062952
    Abstract: Using a print response process block for generating a print job, a spool process block for spooling the print job and generating a print completion job, a transferring data convert process block for converting the print completion job into a format in which the print completion job can be transferred to a remote printer, a remote transfer process block for transferring the print completion job according to a predetermined transfer protocol, and an encipher block for enciphering the print completion job, a print process for performing remote printing is temporarily completed in a local network to suppress a delay in communications when remote printing is performed, a disconnection of a connected circuit, and a data leak during the remote transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8081323
    Abstract: Using a print response process block for generating a print job, a spool process block for spooling the print job and generating a print completion job, a transferring data convert process block for converting the print completion job into a format in which the print completion job can be transferred to a remote printer, a remote transfer process block for transferring the print completion job according to a predetermined transfer protocol, and an encipher block for enciphering the print completion job, a print process for performing remote printing is temporarily completed in a local network to suppress a delay in communications when remote printing is performed, a disconnection of a connected circuit, and a data leak during the remote transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110262661
    Abstract: An optical performance humidity dependency improving agent for cellulose acylate film, which contains a compound having a nucleic acid base skeleton, is capable of preventing the fluctuation of Re and Rth of the film against the humidity change in usage environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Nagura, Aiko Yoshida, Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110237804
    Abstract: A compound having a triptycene moiety represented by formula (1) is disclosed. In the formula, A1 and A2 represent —S—, —O—, —CO—, or —NR—; R1 and R3 represent a substituent; n is an integer from 0 to 2; R4 and R5 an electron-withdrawing group having a Hammett's substituent constant ?p of equal to or more than 0; L11, L12, L21 and L22 represent a single bond or a divalent group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —S(?O)2—, —CO—, —OCO—, —COO—, —OCOO— and —NRA— where RA represents a C1-7 alkyl group or hydrogen atom, —CH2— and any combinations thereof; Z1 and Z2 represent a divalent 5- or 6-membered cyclic linking group; R21 and R22 represent a hydrogen atom or substituted or non-substituted alkyl group; and m1 and m2 each respectively represent an integer of from 0 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi TANAKA, Masaki OKAZAKI, Naoyuki NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20110159433
    Abstract: Provided are a radiation-sensitive composition including a compound (P) having a partial structure (A) having an ionic structural site and capable of decomposing upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation to generate an acid and a partial structure (B) having at least one phenolic hydroxyl group, a part or all of hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl group or groups each being protected by a group capable of leaving by the action of an acid, wherein the ionic structural site of the partial structure (A) contained in the compound (P) is a structure capable of generating an acid anion in the compound (P) upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; a pattern-forming method using the same; and a resin which is used in the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Takahashi, Tomotaka Tsuchimura, Toru Tsuchihashi, Katsuhiro Yamashita, Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110134374
    Abstract: A protective film of polarizer comprising an organic acid that has a solubility in water at 25° C. of at most 0.1% by mass and has an acid dissociation constant in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran/water=6/4 by volume at 25° C. of from 2 to 7 can improve polarizer durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutaka Fukagawa, Masato Nagura, Yoshio Ishii, Takayasu Yasuda, Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 7957044
    Abstract: An object of an input print job is discriminated, and color conversion processing is applied to the object of the print job based on the discrimination result and information which is set in correspondence with the print job and is used to designate color conversion processing. When the object is a transparent object, the color conversion processing is executed on a rendering color space, and when the object is a gradation object, the color conversion processing is executed on a device color space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110026078
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for performing rendering processing includes an input unit configured to input information relating to an object, a classification unit configured to classify a graphic type of the object based on the information relating to the object, and a processing unit configured to switch a processing procedure according to the graphic type classified by the classification unit to generate edge information relating to the rendering processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100321713
    Abstract: An object of an input print job is discriminated, and color conversion processing is applied to the object of the print job based on the discrimination result and information which is set in correspondence with the print job and is used to designate color conversion processing. When the object is a transparent object, the color conversion processing is executed on a rendering color space, and when the object is a gradation object, the color conversion processing is executed on a device color space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoyuki Nishikawa