Patents by Inventor Shigeru Okada

Shigeru Okada 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: 10477052
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains image information of a second region to detect an erecting direction of an image formed on a document, the second region being defined in the image in advance according to a criterion different from a criterion for defining a first region in the image, in which character recognition is performed; and an output unit that outputs character information of the first region, the character information being recognized in accordance with the erecting direction of the image obtained from the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Oya, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Akane Yoshizaki
  • Patent number: 10460697
    Abstract: A circuit device 500 includes a comparator circuit CP and a switching circuit SW. The switching circuit SW supplies a detection voltage Vdet that is based on a result of detection from the environment sensor to a first input terminal Tin1 of the comparator circuit CP and a reference voltage Vref to a second input terminal Tin2 of the comparator circuit CP during a first period out of a detection period, and supplies the reference voltage Vref to the first input terminal Tin1 and the detection voltage Vdet to the second input terminal Tin2 during a second period out of the detection period. TB>TA is satisfied, where TA denotes a duration of the detection period, and TB denotes a duration of a period from an end of a first detection period to a start of a second detection period that is subsequent to the first detection period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Okada
  • Publication number: 20190325210
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first designation unit, a second designation unit, a position acquisition unit, a memory, and an extraction unit. The first designation unit designates an extensive area from a first read image, the extensive area including an output area and an object area. The second designation unit designates the output area from the designated extensive area. The position acquisition unit acquires positional information regarding the extensive area with respect to the first read image and positional information regarding the output area with respect to the extensive area. The memory stores the positional information regarding the extensive area and the positional information regarding the output area. The extraction unit identifies a position of the extensive area in a second read image in a format identical to a format of the first read image on a basis of the positional information regarding the extensive area stored by the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shintaro ADACHI, Shigeru OKADA, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Kazuhiro OYA, Shinya NAKAMURA, Akane ABE
  • Publication number: 20190325245
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit that extracts object information from an image including an object to be read having a predetermined size; a cutting unit that cuts out a first area including at least a part of the object to be read from the image; and a changing unit that changes the first area such that an area having a background color different from a background color of the image is included, from the first area, when the first area cut out by the cutting unit has a size different from the predetermined size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi SHIMIZU, Akane ABE, Kazuhiro OYA, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Shinya NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10430963
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a punch hole trace detection unit that detects a punch hole trace from an input image, a line segment detection unit that detects a line segment which is positioned in a vicinity of the detected punch hole trace, and a punch hole trace processing unit that performs processing on the punch hole trace on the basis of a result of the detection by the line segment detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane Yoshizaki, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Kazuhiro Oya, Shigeru Okada, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Shintaro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20190230233
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a layout analyzing part that executes layout analysis for image data, an extraction part that extracts a diagrammatic representation from the image data by using a result of the layout analysis, a character recognizing part that executes character recognition for a partial area having a high probability of presence of a character string in a relationship with the extracted diagrammatic representation, and an erecting direction deciding part that decides an erecting direction of the image data by using a result of the character recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro OYA, Akane ABE, Akinobu YAMAGUCHI, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Junichi SHIMIZU, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Shinya NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10358810
    Abstract: The present invention is a discharge socket connecting a toilet main body and a discharge pipe. The discharge socket has a vertical conduit portion; and a bent conduit portion including an inflow port connected to the vertical conduit portion; an outflow port, connected to an inlet port of the discharge pipe; and a flow path, the flow path having a bent portion. A projecting portion is disposed on the bent portion, the projecting portion forming a projecting space which projects outward from the flow path. The projecting portion is formed so that the flow direction of discharge water flowing from the bent conduit portion into the inlet portion of the discharge pipe is changed to the center direction of the discharge pipe by the discharge water returning to the projecting space after flowing from the flow path into the projecting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Haruka Saito, Hiroshi Tomonari, Hideto Tomiyoshi, Isami Sakaba, Shigeru Okada
  • Patent number: 10264151
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first classification condition for classifying a document by use of image information of an image formed on the document; an acceptance unit that accepts a second classification condition for classifying the document, the second classification condition being defined by a user; and a classification unit that applies the first classification condition and the second classification condition to the image information based on a predetermined rule of a degree of priority, and classifies the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Koyanagi, Kazuhiro Oya, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Akane Yoshizaki
  • Patent number: 10192090
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a scanner that performs scanning of a read image of a document and detects a code image included in a scanned region, which is a region where the scanning is completed; and a setting unit that sets, based on the code image detected by the scanner, a scanning region when the scanner scans an unscanned region, in which the scanning by the scanner has not been performed yet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane Yoshizaki, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Oya, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10063728
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires a read image obtained by an image reading unit by reading at least a formation portion of a document to which a code image has been affixed, the code image being formed. The output unit outputs at least one of a recommended formation condition, which is a recommended condition used when the code image is formed on the document, and a recommended reading condition, which is a recommended condition used when the image reading unit reads the formation portion, on the basis of the read image acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane Yoshizaki, Shigeru Okada, Katsuya Koyanagi, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Shintaro Adachi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20180240248
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a punch hole trace detection unit that detects a punch hole trace from an input image, a line segment detection unit that detects a line segment which is positioned in a vicinity of the detected punch hole trace, and a punch hole trace processing unit that performs processing on the punch hole trace on the basis of a result of the detection by the line segment detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane YOSHIZAKI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO, Kazuhiro OYA, Shigeru OKADA, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shintaro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20180225541
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit that generates, in a case where a small-sheet image in a first image is unsuccessfully extracted and results in multiple small-sheet images, a second image including the small-sheet images that are combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiro OYA, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO, Akane ABE
  • Patent number: 10013606
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a classifying unit and a replacing unit. The classifying unit classifies an input image into a category among plural categories. The replacing unit replaces a portion of the input image with a first image in a case where the category into which the input image is classified by the classifying unit is corrected by a user to a correct category among the plural categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Adachi, Katsuya Koyanagi, Shigeru Okada, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Akane Yoshizaki
  • Publication number: 20180076801
    Abstract: A circuit device 500 includes a comparator circuit CP and a switching circuit SW. The switching circuit SW supplies a detection voltage Vdet that is based on a result of detection from the environment sensor to a first input terminal Tin1 of the comparator circuit CP and a reference voltage Vref to a second input terminal Tin2 of the comparator circuit CP during a first period out of a detection period, and supplies the reference voltage Vref to the first input terminal Tin1 and the detection voltage Vdet to the second input terminal Tin2 during a second period out of the detection period. TB>TA is satisfied, where TA denotes a duration of the detection period, and TB denotes a duration of a period from an end of a first detection period to a start of a second detection period that is subsequent to the first detection period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru OKADA
  • Patent number: 9881238
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including an image data obtaining unit that obtains image data of an original document including plural pages, a feature amount obtaining unit that obtains a predetermined feature amount for each of the pages based on the obtained image data, a detection unit that compares a feature amount of one page on which identification information for dividing the plural pages in units of pages is formed with a feature amount of the other pages and detects the identification information on a page having a feature amount similar to a feature amount of the one page from among the other pages, and a division unit that divides the plural pages in units of pages based on the detected identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Oya, Katsuya Koyanagi, Shigeru Okada, Shintaro Adachi, Akane Yoshizaki, Hiroyuki Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 9875401
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a first classification unit, and a second classification unit. The obtaining unit obtains plural types of document images. The first classification unit classifies each of the plural types of document images obtained by the obtaining unit into any of classification items included in one category among plural categories, the plural categories each including plural classification items. The second classification unit classifies, in a case where there is a document image that is not classified into the one category by the first classification unit among the plural types of document images, the document image, which is not classified into the one category, into another category that includes at least one of classification items into which some of the document images are classified by the first classification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Adachi, Shigeru Okada, Katsuya Koyanagi, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Akane Yoshizaki
  • Patent number: 9824308
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a replacing unit. The obtaining unit obtains one or more pieces of information obtained from a code image included in a read image of a document. The replacing unit replaces at least one piece of information among the one or more pieces of information obtained by the obtaining unit with another piece of information that is associated in advance with the at least one piece of information and that has a larger amount of information than an amount of information of the at least one piece of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Shigeru Okada, Katsuya Koyanagi, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Shintaro Adachi, Akane Yoshizaki
  • Patent number: 9778823
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a difference-information acquiring unit that acquires difference information indicating a correspondence relationship between a difference section and a page having the difference section in two electronic documents each having multiple pages; a difference-display-document acquiring unit that acquires a difference display document in which the difference section is indicated in contents of at least one of the two electronic documents; an electronic-bookmark adding unit that adds first electronic-bookmark information to a page having the difference section in the difference display document and that adds second electronic-bookmark information to a page not having the difference section in the difference display document based on the difference information; and a display controller that causes a display unit to display a first electronic bookmark corresponding to the first electronic-bookmark information and a second electronic bookmark corresponding to the second electron
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane Yoshizaki, Shigeru Okada, Katsuya Koyanagi, Shintaro Adachi, Minoru Sodeura, Shinji Hanaoka, Hiroyuki Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20170277926
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a scanner that performs scanning of a read image of a document and detects a code image included in a scanned region, which is a region where the scanning is completed; and a setting unit that sets, based on the code image detected by the scanner, a scanning region when the scanner scans an unscanned region, in which the scanning by the scanner has not been performed yet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane YOSHIZAKI, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiro OYA, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170244851
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains image information of a second region to detect an erecting direction of an image formed on a document, the second region being defined in the image in advance according to a criterion different from a criterion for defining a first region in the image, in which character recognition is performed; and an output unit that outputs character information of the first region, the character information being recognized in accordance with the erecting direction of the image obtained from the image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro OYA, Kunihiko KOBAYASHI, Shigeru OKADA, Shintaro ADACHI, Hiroyuki KISHIMOTO, Akane YOSHIZAKI