Patents by Inventor Shinichi Seo

Shinichi Seo 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: 20230406046
    Abstract: A tire information detection device that detects tire information including at least one of wear, deformation, road surface state, ground contact state, presence/absence of failure, travel history, load state, or frictional coefficient, includes at least one detection unit disposed on a tire inner surface, a power supply unit to supply power to the detection unit, a position information detection unit to detect position information of the tire or a vehicle, an additional information acquisition unit to acquire additional information associated with the position information, a determination unit to determine whether a current position specified based on the position information is included in an area that satisfies a determination condition extracted from the additional information, and a control unit to control measurement of the detection unit based on a determination result from the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro NARUSE, Jun MATSUDA, Heishiro FUDO, Eiji SHINOHARA, Shinya ICHISE, Shinichi SEO, Yuki OHNO
  • Patent number: 11652949
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a stacking unit, a conveyance unit to convey stacked sheets, a reading unit, a white reference plate provided in a second position, and a processor. The reading unit is movable and, at a first position, reads a conveyed sheet image to obtain image data and, at the second position, reads the white reference plate. The processor generates, based on a plate reading result, a shading correction value and corrects the image data using the shading correction value. Based on whether the number of times in which reading the white reference plate has been performed is less than a predetermined number of times, the reading unit changes a time interval in a reading period that is from a first timing to a second timing. The processor generates, each time the white reference plate is read, the shading correction value based on the plate reading results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichi Seo
  • Publication number: 20220377201
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a stacking unit, a conveyance unit to convey stacked sheets, a reading unit, a white reference plate provided in a second position, and a processor. The reading unit is movable and, at a first position, reads a conveyed sheet image to obtain image data and, at the second position, reads the white reference plate. The processor generates, based on a plate reading result, a shading correction value and corrects the image data using the shading correction value. Based on whether the number of times in which reading the white reference plate has been performed is less than a predetermined number of times, the reading unit changes a time interval in a reading period that is from a first timing to a second timing. The processor generates, each time the white reference plate is read, the shading correction value based on the plate reading results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Shinichi Seo
  • Patent number: 11431875
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a stacking unit, a conveyance unit to convey stacked sheets, a reading unit, a white reference plate provided in a second position, and a processor. The reading unit is movable and, at a first position, reads a conveyed sheet image to obtain image data and, at the second position, reads the white reference plate. The processor generates, based on a plate reading result, a shading correction value and corrects the image data using the shading correction value. Based on whether the number of times in which reading the white reference plate has been performed is less than a predetermined number of times, the reading unit changes a time interval in a reading period that is from a first timing to a second timing. The processor generates, each time the white reference plate is read, the shading correction value based on the plate reading results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichi Seo
  • Publication number: 20210306520
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a stacking unit, a conveyance unit to convey stacked sheets, a reading unit, a white reference plate provided in a second position, and a processor. The reading unit is movable and, at a first position, reads a conveyed sheet image to obtain image data and, at the second position, reads the white reference plate. The processor generates, based on a plate reading result, a shading correction value and corrects the image data using the shading correction value. Based on whether the number of times in which reading the white reference plate has been performed is less than a predetermined number of times, the reading unit changes a time interval in a reading period that is from a first timing to a second timing. The processor generates, each time the white reference plate is read, the shading correction value based on the plate reading results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Shinichi Seo
  • Patent number: 10356278
    Abstract: Provided is a reading apparatus capable of preventing luminance unevenness in a reading range by correcting shading data. An original reading unit of a reading apparatus configured to read an image on an original includes a row of light receiving elements aligned in a main scanning direction orthogonal to a direction in which the original is conveyed. The reading apparatus generates shading data used in shading correction, based on the result of reading a white reference board via the original reading unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichi Seo
  • Publication number: 20180084150
    Abstract: Provided is a reading apparatus capable of preventing luminance unevenness in a reading range by correcting shading data. An original reading unit of a reading apparatus configured to read an image on an original includes a row of light receiving elements aligned in a main scanning direction orthogonal to a direction in which the original is conveyed. The reading apparatus generates shading data used in shading correction, based on the result of reading a white reference board via the original reading unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Shinichi Seo