Patents by Inventor Shin-ichiroh Kitoh

Shin-ichiroh Kitoh 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: 8422071
    Abstract: Reproduction can be adjusted according to the degree of achromatopsia and the color distribution of an image, and color reproduction approximate to the vision of normal persons is provided to achromates. Different textures are added to respective regions (similar and hardly indistinguishable regions) which have different colors but conduce to similar result of light-reception by a light receiving device according to the differences of the original colors. The textures include a pattern of angle, hatching, or contrast each different according to the difference of the original color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Shimamura, Po-Chieh Hung, Yorihiro Yamaya, Shin-ichiroh Kitoh, Mayumi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20100134810
    Abstract: Reproduction can be adjusted according to the degree of achromatopsia and the color distribution of an image, and color reproduction approximate to the vision of normal persons is provided to achromates. Different textures are added to respective regions (similar and hardly indistinguishable regions) which have different colors but conduce to similar result of light-reception by a light receiving device according to the differences of the original colors. The textures include a pattern of angle, hatching, or contrast each different according to the difference of the original color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Kenta Shimamura, Po-Chieh Hung, Yorihiro Yamaya, Shin-ichiroh Kitoh, Mayumi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20090092297
    Abstract: An image processor performing image processing for reproducing the skin color of an object easily on a screen without being affected by variation in surrounding environment. The image processor (3) comprises a living body color information acquiring section (9) for acquiring color data in the white region of a living body from image data obtained by photographing the living body as an object, and a data processing section (10) performing white balance adjustment of the photographed image data based on the color data acquired at the living body color information acquiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shin-ichiroh Kitoh, Po-Chieh Hung, Yukio Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20090043210
    Abstract: A data detection device (1) includes an illumination unit (3) for illuminating a detection portion of a living body surface so as to obtain a shadow, an image capturing unit (7) for imaging sequential images of the detection portion of the living body surface, and a data processing unit (9) for analyzing the sequential images captured in the image capturing unit (7) so as to analyze the state of shadows, thereby detecting the motion of the living body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shin-ichiroh Kitoh, Po-Chieh Hung