Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Iwafuchi
Toshihiro Iwafuchi 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).
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Patent number: 11792349Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in a case where a first color material, a second color material, a third color material, and a fourth color material in which a difference between the first color material and the fourth color material in a color space is less than a threshold value, are capable of being used, output combinations of values of color materials reproducing a first color, which is used for expanding a color gamut of a secondary color of the first color material and the second color material, and a second color, which is used for expanding a color gamut of a secondary color of the first color material and the third color material.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Toshihiro Iwafuchi
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Publication number: 20230308596Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in a case where a first color material, a second color material, a third color material, and a fourth color material in which a difference between the first color material and the fourth color material in a color space is less than a threshold value, are capable of being used, output combinations of values of color materials reproducing a first color, which is used for expanding a color gamut of a secondary color of the first color material and the second color material, and a second color, which is used for expanding a color gamut of a secondary color of the first color material and the third color material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Toshihiro IWAFUCHI
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Patent number: 11669591Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to infer an object represented in image data to be processed, the object being inferred by using a learning model for inferring the object represented in the image data, and perform image processing on the image data with a correction level of the image processing for correcting the image data being varied on a basis of a probability of correctness in inference of the object.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Toshihiro Iwafuchi, Chizuru Ohsawa, Masashi Morimoto, Yusuke Izumisawa, Mami Yokohashi
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Patent number: 11627237Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in accordance with a proportion of a black component with which to replace one or more non-black components that are color components other than the black component, replace the one or more non-black components with the black component for an image. The proportion of the black component is determined by brightness of the image, and when saturation of the image varies in a saturation range, the proportion decreases to a minimum value of the proportion with increasing saturation of the image and increases with increasing saturation of the image after the proportion decreases to the minimum value of the proportion.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Masashi Morimoto, Toshihiro Iwafuchi
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Patent number: 11537828Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: for each of values in a target device-independent color system, calculate values of some colors in a device-dependent color system including a spot color; change the values of some colors in the device-dependent color system so as to smooth changes in the values of some colors in the device-dependent color system in response to changes in the values in the device-independent color system; and for each of the values in the target device-independent color system, based on the values of some colors in the device-dependent color system after the change, calculate values of remaining colors in the device-dependent color system, and generate a color-conversion profile with the values in the device-independent color system as input and the values of some colors in the device-dependent color system after the change and the values of the remaining colors in the device-dependent color system as output.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yusuke Izumisawa, Toshihiro Iwafuchi
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Publication number: 20220374663Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: for each of values in a target device-independent color system, calculate values of some colors in a device-dependent color system including a spot color; change the values of some colors in the device-dependent color system so as to smooth changes in the values of some colors in the device-dependent color system in response to changes in the values in the device-independent color system; and for each of the values in the target device-independent color system, based on the values of some colors in the device-dependent color system after the change, calculate values of remaining colors in the device-dependent color system, and generate a color-conversion profile with the values in the device-independent color system as input and the values of some colors in the device-dependent color system after the change and the values of the remaining colors in the device-dependent color system as output.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yusuke IZUMISAWA, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI
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Publication number: 20220377187Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receivably display, as options, plural generation conditions each with a different balance among plural effects including gradation and color reproducibility, the plural generation conditions each being a condition for generating a color conversion profile with values in a device-independent color system as input and values of colors in a device-dependent color system including a spot color as output; and generate a color conversion profile based on a generation condition received as an option.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yusuke IZUMISAWA, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI
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Publication number: 20220358622Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain plural images each including any of plural objects; and determine, based on an analysis result regarding the plural objects in the plural images, according to which of two or more objects, among the plural objects, included in an image the image is corrected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Mami YOKOHASHI, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI
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Publication number: 20220358683Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain plural images each including any of plural objects; and output report information that is information generated based on an analysis result regarding the plural objects in the plural images, and that is information for reporting according to which of two or more objects, among the plural objects, included in an image the image is to be corrected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Mami YOKOHASHI, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI
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Patent number: 11489977Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receivably display, as options, plural generation conditions each with a different balance among plural effects including gradation and color reproducibility, the plural generation conditions each being a condition for generating a color conversion profile with values in a device-independent color system as input and values of colors in a device-dependent color system including a spot color as output; and generate a color conversion profile based on a generation condition received as an option.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yusuke Izumisawa, Toshihiro Iwafuchi
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Patent number: 11350016Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to execute a first smoothing process of smoothing a black component of a color conversion table, calculate other color components of the color conversion table using the black component for which the first smoothing process is executed, and execute a first update process of updating the color conversion table based on the black component for which the first smoothing process is executed and the calculated other color components.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yusuke Izumisawa, Toshihiro Iwafuchi
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Publication number: 20220092363Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to infer an object represented in image data to be processed, the object being inferred by using a learning model for inferring the object represented in the image data, and perform image processing on the image data with a correction level of the image processing for correcting the image data being varied on a basis of a probability of correctness in inference of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Toshihiro IWAFUCHI, Chizuru OHSAWA, Masashi MORIMOTO, Yusuke IZUMISAWA, Mami YOKOHASHI
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Publication number: 20220094897Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in accordance with a proportion of a black component with which to replace one or more non-black components that are color components other than the black component, replace the one or more non-black components with the black component for an image. The proportion of the black component is determined by brightness of the image, and when saturation of the image varies in a saturation range, the proportion decreases to a minimum value of the proportion with increasing saturation of the image and increases with increasing saturation of the image after the proportion decreases to the minimum value of the proportion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Masashi MORIMOTO, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI
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Publication number: 20210289105Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to execute a first smoothing process of smoothing a black component of a color conversion table, calculate other color components of the color conversion table using the black component for which the first smoothing process is executed, and execute a first update process of updating the color conversion table based on the black component for which the first smoothing process is executed and the calculated other color components.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventors: Yusuke IZUMISAWA, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI
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Patent number: 10997749Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a unit that obtains one or more pairs, each of which is constituted by images before and after correction, a unit that obtains changes in color, caused by the correction, of points in an image for the one or more pairs, a unit that obtains a distribution of the changes for the obtained pairs, and an extracting unit. When an interval having a frequency equal to or larger than a threshold determined for each interval exists at a distance of a tolerance width or more from an interval having a maximum frequency in the distribution, the extracting unit extracts, as learning data to learn a color change caused by the correction, the changes that are included in the interval having the maximum frequency but are not included in the interval having a frequency equal to or larger than the threshold determined for each interval.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Morimoto, Toshihiro Iwafuchi, Noriko Sakai, Chizuru Ohsawa
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Patent number: 10834370Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acceptance unit and a color conversion property creation unit. The acceptance unit accepts sets of image information each of which is composed of image information of an image before color conversion and image information of an image after color conversion. The color conversion property creation unit creates a color conversion property for color conversion of an image on the basis of pieces of image-capture setting information that are set for image-capture conditions used when the images before color conversion are captured.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Iwafuchi, Noriko Sakai, Masashi Morimoto, Chizuru Ohsawa
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Patent number: 10602026Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a specifying unit, an extraction unit, and a creation unit. The specifying unit specifies, for one image among a first image before color conversion and a second image after color conversion, an area for which image information is extracted. The extraction unit extracts plural pieces of color conversion information, which are image information about pixels in the area of the one image among the first image and the second image, the area being specified by the specifying unit, and image information about pixels in the other image corresponding to the pixels in the one image. The creation unit creates a color conversion property on the basis of the plural pieces of color conversion information extracted by the extraction unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiro Iwafuchi, Noriko Sakai, Yusuke Izumisawa
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Patent number: 10499047Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a pair of image information including image information before color conversion and image information after the color conversion, an accuracy output unit that outputs accuracy of a color conversion characteristic from a plural of pairs of image information received by the reception unit, and a display control unit that displays the accuracy output from the accuracy output unit on a display apparatus for color areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriko Sakai, Toshihiro Iwafuchi, Masashi Morimoto, Yusuke Izumisawa
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Patent number: 10397483Abstract: An image processing device includes: an acceptance unit that accepts an image information pair composed of image information before color conversion and image information after color conversion; an accuracy output unit that outputs accuracy of a color conversion property from the plural accepted image information pairs; a color conversion property creation unit that creates the color conversion property from the plural accepted image information pairs; and a display control unit that, when the acceptance unit accepts a new image information pair, controls to display, on a display device, at least image information created by color conversion of image information of the new image information pair before color conversion based on the color conversion property created by the color conversion property creation unit from the image information pair that has already been accepted by the acceptance unit and image information of the new image information pair after color conversion.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriko Sakai, Toshihiro Iwafuchi, Masashi Morimoto, Yusuke Izumisawa
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Publication number: 20190228543Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a unit that obtains one or more pairs, each of which is constituted by images before and after correction, a unit that obtains changes in color, caused by the correction, of points in an image for the one or more pairs, a unit that obtains a distribution of the changes for the obtained pairs, and an extracting unit. When an interval having a frequency equal to or larger than a threshold determined for each interval exists at a distance of a tolerance width or more from an interval having a maximum frequency in the distribution, the extracting unit extracts, as learning data to learn a color change caused by the correction, the changes that are included in the interval having the maximum frequency but are not included in the interval having a frequency equal to or larger than the threshold determined for each interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO.,LTD.Inventors: Masashi MORIMOTO, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI, Noriko SAKAI, Chizuru OHSAWA