Patents by Inventor Seiji Shiraki

Seiji Shiraki 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10362197
    Abstract: An image control device includes a reception unit that receives patch chart data items arranged such that the patch data items corresponding to a plurality of patches belonging to a same hue, among a plurality of patches constituting a patch chart, are positioned only in any of grid points of grid lines which divide a lightness axis and a saturation axis which define a hue plane corresponding to the hue at equal intervals, and a controller that outputs the patch chart data items to an image forming unit which forms the patch chart on a recording material if an output operation of the patch chart is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya Nagasaki, Seiji Shiraki
  • Patent number: 10178279
    Abstract: An image forming device includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium in response to an input of image data representing the image, a reading unit that reads a first image formed by the image forming device, and a second image formed by another image forming device to respectively generate a first read image and a second read image, the first image and the second image being formed based on identical image data, a discrimination unit that discriminates the first read image and the second read image from each other, and a color correction unit that performs, on the image formed by the image forming unit, a color correction that cancels out a difference in color between the first read image and the second read image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Tsuji, Takashi Nakajima, Takaya Nagasaki, Seiji Shiraki, Kiyoshi Une, Shinji Hanaoka
  • Publication number: 20180139357
    Abstract: An image control device includes a reception unit that receives patch chart data items arranged such that the patch data items corresponding to a plurality of patches belonging to a same hue, among a plurality of patches constituting a patch chart, are positioned only in any of grid points of grid lines which divide a lightness axis and a saturation axis which define a hue plane corresponding to the hue at equal intervals, and a controller that outputs the patch chart data items to an image forming unit which forms the patch chart on a recording material if an output operation of the patch chart is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya NAGASAKI, Seiji SHIRAKI
  • Publication number: 20170236040
    Abstract: An image quality adjustment apparatus includes an adjustment unit and an order controller. The adjustment unit sequentially receives instructions of adjustment details for adjustment processes of multiple of types for adjusting image quality, and sequentially performs the adjustment processes on an image. The order controller presents, in accordance with priority ranks that have been associated in advance with characteristics of an image to be processed, operation screens for receiving instruction operations for the adjustment details.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi UNE, Takashi NAKAJIMA, Takaya NAGASAKI, Seiji SHIRAKI, Shinji HANAOKA, Ryosuke TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20170180609
    Abstract: An image forming device includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium in response to an input of image data representing the image, a reading unit that reads a first image formed by the image forming device, and a second image formed by another image forming device to respectively generate a first read image and a second read image, the first image and the second image being formed based on identical image data, a discrimination unit that discriminates the first read image and the second read image from each other, and a color correction unit that performs, on the image formed by the image forming unit, a color correction that cancels out a difference in color between the first read image and the second read image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke TSUJI, Takashi NAKAJIMA, Takaya NAGASAKI, Seiji SHIRAKI, Kiyoshi UNE, Shinji HANAOKA
  • Patent number: 8451520
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a chart data generating unit that generates density adjustment chart data; a printing unit that prints a density adjustment chart where the reference patterns and the adjustment patterns of each pattern are juxtaposed, based on the density adjustment chart data; a receiving unit that receives the input of a density adjustment value of an arbitrary pattern; a gradation correcting unit that corrects gradation of the arbitrary pattern based on the density adjustment value of the arbitrary pattern that is received by the receiving unit; and a reconstructing unit that reconstructs density adjustment chart data used to juxtapose and print the reference patterns and density-corrected adjustment patterns for only pattern data of the patterns where the receiving unit receives the density adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Komatsu, Seiji Shiraki, Kiyoshi Une, Takumi Nishikata
  • Patent number: 8368979
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a tone correction storage unit that stores a plurality of tone correction charts for correcting tone of image data; a determination unit that determines characteristics of the image data; a selection unit that selects a tone correction chart suitable for the image data from the plurality of tone correction charts stored in the tone correction storage unit; a chart print unit that prints the tone correction chart selected by the selection unit on a sheet; a receiving unit that receives an adjustment value inputted based on the tone correction chart printed by the chart print unit; a tone correction unit that corrects tone of the image data based the adjustment value; and a print unit that prints out the image data after correcting tone of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Une, Takaya Nagasaki, Hiroyuki Kawai, Yasuo Komatsu, Seiji Shiraki, Takumi Nishikata