Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Hasegawa

Tomohiko Hasegawa 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: 20140078557
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor, and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the apparatus to function as a document image acquiring unit configured to acquire document image data which is generated by optically reading a document and represents a document image, an area image generating unit configured to use the document image data to generate plural area image data representing plural area images that are included in the document image, and a file generating unit configured to generate a file including the plural area image data such that the plural area images are disposed in different pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko HASEGAWA, Masaki KONDO
  • Patent number: 8649064
    Abstract: In order to correct image files to be printed in a printing device, there is provided a printing device including: an inputting unit that is configured to be capable of inputting an image file representing a motion image; a generating unit that is configured to extract a plurality of frame images from the image file and to generate a first output image in which the plurality of extracted frame images are laid out on a single page; correcting unit that is configured to correct the first output image and to generate a first corrected output image; and a printing unit that is configured to be capable of printing the first corrected output image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8634590
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device that includes a processor configured to execute instructions that cause the processor to provide functional units including: a setting unit that sets a plurality of extraction target ranges in a motion image configured of a plurality of frame images that are chronologically in succession with one another, each extraction target range being configured of a group of frame images that are selected from among the plurality of frame images constituting the motion image and that are chronologically in succession with one another, and the plurality of extraction target ranges being set such that there is no common frame image shared among the extraction target ranges; a selecting unit that selects a representative frame image from among the group of frame images in an extraction target range, the representative frame image being such a frame image whose difference from another representative frame image is the largest among differences of the frame images belonging to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20140002863
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor, and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the apparatus to function as a document image acquiring unit configured to acquire document image data which is generated by optically reading a document and represents a document image, an area image generating unit configured to use the document image data to generate plural area image data representing plural area images that are included in the document image, and a file generating unit configured to generate a file including the plural area image data such that the plural area images are disposed in different pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko HASEGAWA, Masaki KONDO
  • Patent number: 8599428
    Abstract: A data acquiring unit acquires imaging data generated by an imaging device. The imaging data represents a still image or a motion image. The motion image is configured of a plurality of frame images that are chronologically in succession with one another. An image processing unit executes a first process for the still image to output the still image according to a first layout and a second process for the motion image. The second process is different from the first process. The image processing unit outputs, according to the first layout, one frame image in the plurality of frame images of the motion image when the imaging data representing the motion image satisfies a prescribed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8588532
    Abstract: An image processor includes a storing unit, an image determining unit, and an output unit. The storing unit stores a selecting condition. The image determining unit determines whether the image corresponding to the set of the image data satisfies the selecting condition. The output unit outputs an image list including either one of the image that is determined to satisfy the selecting condition by the image determining unit and a resized image resized from the image that is determined to satisfy the selecting condition by the image determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko Hasegawa, Masaki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8547591
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus performing image processing on image data stored in a temporary storage area, is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: a size-reducing unit that reduces a size of original image data, wherein the size of the original image data is reduced according to a parameter of the original image data such that a size-reduction ratio of a chroma component is greater than a size-reduction ratio of a luminance component, to perform the image processing; and a storage control unit that stores size-reduced image data in the temporary storage area to perform the image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8542406
    Abstract: An ink reduction rate is set in accordance with the type of image and the type of recording medium. For example, when a photograph is to be printed on a glossy paper with low resolution, the ink reduction rate is set to 10%. When a photograph is to be printed on a plain paper with low resolution, the ink reduction rate is set to 25%. When a document is to be printed with low resolution, the ink reduction rate is set to 50%, irrespective of the type of recording paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Ueda, Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8472711
    Abstract: An image processor includes a memory calculating unit, a storing unit, a mode selecting unit, and a Retinex process performing unit. The memory amount calculating unit calculates, based on an original size of an original image having an original pixels, a required memory amount required for performing a Retinex process on the original image. The storing unit has a usable memory area that can be used in performing the Retinex process on the original image. The usable memory area has a usable memory amount. The mode selecting unit selects a mode from among a plurality of modes based on both the usable memory amount and the required memory amount. The Retinex process performing unit performs the Retinex process on the original image in the selected mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8466929
    Abstract: An image processor includes an extracting unit, an assigning unit, and an output unit. The extracting unit extracts at least one set of frame image data from the plurality of sets of frame image data included in one of the at least one set of moving image data. The assigning unit assigns a set of control data to each of the at least one set of frame image data extracted by the extracting unit. The output unit outputs an image list including a moving image index, the moving image index having an index frame image and information with respect to the set of control data, the index frame image being either one of a frame image corresponding to the at least one set of frame image data assigned with the set of control data and a resized frame image resized from the frame image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko Hasegawa, Masaki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8437031
    Abstract: An image processor includes a reduced image forming unit, a first reflectance value calculating unit, a normalizing parameter determining unit, a second reflectance value calculating unit, a normalizing unit, a correcting unit, and a reducing information determining unit. The reduced image forming unit reduces an original image to form a reduced image. The first reflectance value calculating unit calculates a first reflectance value for each reduced pixel. The normalizing parameter determining unit determines a normalizing parameter based on a distribution of the first reflectance values. The second reflectance value calculating unit calculates a second reflectance value for each original pixel. The normalizing unit normalizes the second reflectance values based on the normalizing parameter to obtain normalized Retinex values. The correcting unit corrects the original pixel values based on the normalized Retinex values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8422068
    Abstract: An image processor is connectable with a storing medium storing still image data corresponding to a still image and moving image data corresponding to a moving image, the moving image data including a plurality of sets of frame image data corresponding to a plurality of frame images respectively. The image processor includes an outputting unit, an extracting unit, and index image producing unit, and a layout unit. The outputting unit outputs an image list having a first layout area having a first layout size and a second layout area having a second layout size. The extracting unit extracts at least two sets of frame image data from the plurality of sets of frame image data. The index image producing unit produces a first index image from the still image data and a plurality of second index images from the extracted frame image data. The layout unit lays out the first index image in the first layout area and the plurality of second index images in the second layout area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko Hasegawa, Masaki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8411311
    Abstract: An image processor is connectable with a storing medium storing at least one set of still image data each corresponding to a still image and at least one set of moving image data each including a plurality of sets of frame image data corresponding to a plurality of frame images. An extracting unit extracts at least one set of frame image data from the plurality of frame image data sets of each moving image data set. A layout order determining unit determines a layout order of still images each corresponding to the still image data sets and frame images each corresponding to the frame image data set extracted by the extracting unit according to a predetermined criterion. An output unit outputs an image list with the still images and the frame images laid out therein in the layout order determined by the layout order determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko Hasegawa, Masaki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20130058576
    Abstract: An image processor includes a storing unit, an image determining unit, and an output unit. The storing unit stores a selecting condition. The image determining unit determines whether the image corresponding to the set of the image data satisfies the selecting condition. The output unit outputs an image list including either one of the image that is determined to satisfy the selecting condition by the image determining unit and a resized image resized from the image that is determined to satisfy the selecting condition by the image determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Tomohiko HASEGAWA, Masaki KONDO
  • Patent number: 8390905
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a first image inputting unit, a second image inputting unit, a first partial image extracting unit, a first characteristic quantity data determining unit, a second characteristic quantity data determining unit, and a correcting unit. The first image inputting unit inputs a first image. The second image inputting unit inputs a second image The first partial image extracting unit extracts a desired region of the first image as a first partial image. The first characteristic quantity data determining unit determines first characteristic quantity data based on the first partial image. The second characteristic quantity data determining unit determines second characteristic quantity data based on the second image. The correcting unit corrects the second image based on the first characteristic quantity data and the second characteristic quantity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Kondo, Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8355166
    Abstract: An image-printing device includes a reading unit, a sample characteristic amount extracting unit, an original characteristic amount extracting unit, an image converting unit, and a printing unit. The reading unit reads a sample image and an original image. The sample image has a sample characteristic amount indicating a characteristic of the sample image. The original image has an original characteristic amount indicating a characteristic of the original image. The sample characteristic amount extracting unit extracts the sample characteristic amount from the sample image. The original characteristic amount extracting unit extracts the original characteristic amount from the original image. The image converting unit converts the original image based on both the sample characteristic amount and the original characteristic amount. The printing unit prints the converted original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Kondo, Kiyoji Muramatsu, Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8320717
    Abstract: An image processor includes a storing unit, an image determining unit, and an output unit. The storing unit stores a selecting condition. The image determining unit determines whether the image corresponding to the set of the image data satisfies the selecting condition. The output unit outputs an image list including either one of the image that is determined to satisfy the selecting condition by the image determining unit and a resized image resized from the image that is determined to satisfy the selecting condition by the image determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko Hasegawa, Masaki Kondo
  • Patent number: 8311323
    Abstract: An image processor includes a keyword inputting unit, a first image acquiring unit, a first characteristic quantity determining unit, a second image inputting unit, a second characteristic quantity determining unit and an image correcting unit. The keyword inputting unit inputs a keyword. The first image acquiring unit acquires at least one first image related to the keyword inputted by the keyword inputting unit. The first characteristic quantity determining unit determines first characteristic quantity data expressing a characteristic of at least one of the at least one first image acquired by the first image acquiring unit. The second image inputting unit inputs a second image. The second characteristic quantity determining unit determines second characteristic quantity data expressing a characteristic of the second image inputted by the second image inputting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Kondo, Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8300265
    Abstract: An ink reduction rate is set in accordance with the type of image and the type of recording medium. For example, when a photograph is to be printed on a glossy paper with low resolution, the ink reduction rate is set to 10%. When a photograph is to be printed on a plain paper with low resolution, the ink reduction rate is set to 25%. When a document is to be printed with low resolution, the ink reduction rate is set to 50%, irrespective of the type of recording paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Ueda, Tomohiko Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8284417
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a first image inputting unit, a second image inputting unit, an image processing unit, and a restriction control unit. The first image inputting that inputs a first image. The second image inputting unit inputs a second image. The image processing unit performs a prescribed process on the second image based on the first image. The restriction control unit is configured to restrict the prescribed process based on information of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Kondo, Tomohiko Hasegawa