Patents by Inventor Takumi SHIMOMUKAI

Takumi SHIMOMUKAI 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: 11849095
    Abstract: A profile creation device that causes a display section to display a display screen displaying an input color space image and an output color space image, the profile creation device includes an acquisition section that acquires first color gamut data indicating a color space related to the input device and second color gamut data indicating a color space related to the output device, an image generating section configured to generate an input color space image of a three dimensional image based on the first color gamut data and an output color space image of a three dimensional image based on the second color gamut data, a display control section configured to generate screen data for displaying the display screen having an image display area for displaying the input color space image and the output color space image generated by the image generating section, and an input and output section for transmitting the screen data generated by the display control section to the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Shimomukai, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Takahiro Kamada, Masayuki Seko, Naoki Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20230247167
    Abstract: A profile creation device that causes a display section to display a display screen displaying an input color space image and an output color space image, the profile creation device includes an acquisition section that acquires first color gamut data indicating a color space related to the input device and second color gamut data indicating a color space related to the output device, an image generating section configured to generate an input color space image of a three dimensional image based on the first color gamut data and an output color space image of a three dimensional image based on the second color gamut data, a display control section configured to generate screen data for displaying the display screen having an image display area for displaying the input color space image and the output color space image generated by the image generating section, and an input and output section for transmitting the screen data generated by the display control section to the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Takumi SHIMOMUKAI, Katsuyuki TANAKA, Takahiro KAMADA, Masayuki SEKO, Naoki HAGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230144881
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing device coupled to a printing device that performs printing on a medium by ejecting ink having a plurality of colors, and configured to convert image data into ink amount data. The image processing device includes: an input unit configured to input a search condition; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of search values based on the search condition input by the input unit; a table storage unit storing a plurality of image conversion tables for converting the image data into the ink amount data; and a search unit configured to search the plurality of image conversion tables for a target image conversion table based on the plurality of search values acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuyuki TANAKA, Takuya ONO, Yuko YAMAMOTO, Takumi SHIMOMUKAI, Shotaro MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 11626056
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an image input section configured to receive input of an image, a chromatic value acquisition section configured to obtain a chromatic value with respect to each of pixels of the image, an RGB conversion section configured to convert the chromatic value of each of the pixels of the image into an unnormalized linear RGB value expressed by a linear RGB value based on a characteristic of a display which outputs the image, a normalization section configured to divide the unnormalized linear RGB value by a modulus higher than a maximum value of linear RGB values which express displayable colors of the display to thereby generate a normalized linear RGB value when the unnormalized linear RGB value of at least one of the pixels is higher than the maximum value, an outputting RGB conversion section configured to convert the normalized linear RGB value into a display outputting RGB value, and an output section configured to output the display outputting RGB value to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto Fujino, Takuya Ono, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Takumi Shimomukai
  • Publication number: 20220172662
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an image input section configured to receive input of an image, a chromatic value acquisition section configured to obtain a chromatic value with respect to each of pixels of the image, an RGB conversion section configured to convert the chromatic value of each of the pixels of the image into an unnormalized linear RGB value expressed by a linear RGB value based on a characteristic of a display which outputs the image, a normalization section configured to divide the unnormalized linear RGB value by a modulus higher than a maximum value of linear RGB values which express displayable colors of the display to thereby generate a normalized linear RGB value when the unnormalized linear RGB value of at least one of the pixels is higher than the maximum value, an outputting RGB conversion section configured to convert the normalized linear RGB value into a display outputting RGB value, and an output section configured to output the display outputting RGB value to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto FUJINO, Takuya ONO, Katsuyuki TANAKA, Takumi SHIMOMUKAI
  • Patent number: 11297208
    Abstract: A method of creating teacher data used for creating a color prediction model that predicts a spectral reflectance of a printed matter printed using an ink amount set from the ink amount set that is a combination of ink amounts of inks used for printing, includes, in an ink amount space in which a plurality of lattice points are disposed, selecting an ink amount set from an ink amount set associated with each lattice point, according to a predetermined selection rule, acquiring a spectral reflectance of a color chart printed on a printing medium using the selected ink amount set, and setting the teacher data using the selected ink amount set as an input value and the acquired spectral reflectance as an output value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Yamashita, Masayuki Seko, Takumi Shimomukai, Katsuyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210306525
    Abstract: A method of creating teacher data used for creating a color prediction model that predicts a spectral reflectance of a printed matter printed using an ink amount set from the ink amount set that is a combination of ink amounts of inks used for printing, includes, in an ink amount space in which a plurality of lattice points are disposed, selecting an ink amount set from an ink amount set associated with each lattice point, according to a predetermined selection rule, acquiring a spectral reflectance of a color chart printed on a printing medium using the selected ink amount set, and setting the teacher data using the selected ink amount set as an input value and the acquired spectral reflectance as an output value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yuko YAMAMOTO, Mitsuhiro YAMASHITA, Masayuki SEKO, Takumi SHIMOMUKAI, Katsuyuki TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10812684
    Abstract: A color conversion table creation method includes creating a reference color conversion table using a color value of a color chart, and adjusting a color conversion table by adjusting an output value of a specific grid point corresponding to a predetermined input value in the created reference color conversion table, in which the adjusting the color conversion table includes an adjustment amount calculation step of calculating an adjustment amount of the output value of the specific grid point, a ripple amount determination step of determining a ripple amount when the calculated adjustment amount propagates with respect to a peripheral grid point existing in a vicinity of the specific grid point, and an application step of applying the determined ripple amount to the peripheral grid point in the color conversion table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Shimomukai, Mitsuhiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20200227002
    Abstract: A profile information display apparatus includes a database section in which a plurality of output profiles including information concerning association of a coordinate value in a first color space and a coordinate value in a second color space are accumulated, a color-value receiving section configured to receive an input of a color value indicating the coordinate value in the first color space, a color-reproduction determining section configured to determine, concerning each of the plurality of output profiles, whether the output profile is capable of reproducing the color value, a display section configured to display information, and a display control section configured to cause, based on a result of the determination of the color-reproduction determining section, the display section to display setting information concerning one or more output profiles selected from the plurality of output profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yuko YAMAMOTO, Takahiro KAMADA, Takumi SHIMOMUKAI, Shotaro MATSUDA, Masayuki SEKO, Kenji MATSUZAKA
  • Publication number: 20200204707
    Abstract: A color conversion table creation method includes creating a reference color conversion table using a color value of a color chart, and adjusting a color conversion table by adjusting an output value of a specific grid point corresponding to a predetermined input value in the created reference color conversion table, in which the adjusting the color conversion table includes an adjustment amount calculation step of calculating an adjustment amount of the output value of the specific grid point, a ripple amount determination step of determining a ripple amount when the calculated adjustment amount propagates with respect to a peripheral grid point existing in a vicinity of the specific grid point, and an application step of applying the determined ripple amount to the peripheral grid point in the color conversion table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Takumi SHIMOMUKAI, Mitsuhiro YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10245842
    Abstract: A printer has a print unit that prints bidirectionally on a print medium; and an adjustment unit that prints, by the print unit, in contrast with each other on a second print medium, a first direction print image generated using first direction color conversion information for a first print medium, and a second direction print image generated using second direction color conversion information for a second print medium; the second direction color conversion information for the second print medium being second direction color conversion information for the first print medium that was adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Shimomukai, Yuko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180111385
    Abstract: A printer has a print unit that prints bidirectionally on a print medium; and an adjustment unit that prints, by the print unit, in contrast with each other on a second print medium, a first direction print image generated using first direction color conversion information for a first print medium, and a second direction print image generated using second direction color conversion information for a second print medium; the second direction color conversion information for the second print medium being second direction color conversion information for the first print medium that was adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Takumi SHIMOMUKAI, Yuko YAMAMOTO