Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Kitabatake
Yasuhiro Kitabatake 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: 9544486Abstract: A system for generating an image of a seal impression. The system includes: means for acquiring N still images of a face of a seal corresponding respectively to N beams of light striking the face in succession, wherein N is at least 2; and means for combining the N still images to generate a composite image of pixels, wherein a common area of pixels in the composite image appears on the face of the seal in all still images of the N still images, and wherein the common area includes a character area pertaining to where an engraved character is located on the face of the seal.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Tetsuo Shiba
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Publication number: 20150271376Abstract: A system for generating an image of a seal impression. The system includes: means for acquiring N still images of a face of a seal corresponding respectively to N beams of light striking the face in succession, wherein N is at least 2; and means for combining the N still images to generate a composite image of pixels, wherein a common area of pixels in the composite image appears on the face of the seal in all still images of the N still images, and wherein the common area includes a character area pertaining to where an engraved character is located on the face of the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Tetsuo Shiba
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Patent number: 9113084Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an image of a seal impression. N still images of a face of a seal are combined. N is at least 2. The N still images of the face correspond respectively to N beams of light that had previously irradiated the face in succession from N respective different directions respectively corresponding to N different angles of incidence of the light on the face. The combining of the N images include generating in the composite image a common area of pixels that commonly appears on the face of the seal in all still images of the N still images. The common area includes a character area pertaining to where an engraved character is located on the face of the seal.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Tetsuo Shiba
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Publication number: 20140375842Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an image of a seal impression. N still images of a face of a seal are combined. N is at least 2. The N still images of the face correspond respectively to N beams of light that had previously irradiated the face in succession from N respective different directions respectively corresponding to N different angles of incidence of the light on the face. The combining of the N images include generating in the composite image a common area of pixels that commonly appears on the face of the seal in all still images of the N still images. The common area includes a character area pertaining to where an engraved character is located on the face of the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Tetsuo Shiba
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Patent number: 8879833Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an image of a seal impression. Irradiation of a face of a seal with N beams of light striking the face in succession from N respective different directions respectively corresponding to N different angles of incidence of the light on the face is caused, the face having a character thereon, N?2. N still images of the face corresponding respectively to the N beams are acquired, each still image structured as pixels including a RGB color combination. The N still images are combined to generate a composite image of pixels that includes a common area of pixels that commonly appears on the face of the seal in all still images, the common area having a luminance value exceeding a specified luminance threshold, the common area including a character area pertaining to where the engraved character is located on the face of the seal.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Tetsuo Shiba
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Publication number: 20090080787Abstract: The present invention aims at improving an image compression rate and enhancing quality of images after expansion. An image compression device generates compressed data formed by compressing an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Toshiroh Hiromitsu, Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Seiji Motai, Yasushi Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 7477795Abstract: The present invention aims at improving an image compression rate and enhancing quality of images after expansion. An image compression device generates compressed data formed by compressing an image.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Toshiroh Hiromitsu, Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Seiji Motai, Yasushi Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 7233366Abstract: To allow a telop image to be displayed appropriately even when color information and transparency information for the telop image are transmitted over a network, the present invention provides a telop image sending/receiving system comprising a telop image sending apparatus and a telop image receiving apparatus in which the telop image sending apparatus has an OA fill signal input section for inputting color information for a telop image, an OA key signal input section for inputting transparency information for the telop image, an association storage section for storing color information and transparency information as a pair, a data compression section for compressing data, and a sending section for sending compressed color information and transparency information to a receiving apparatus, and the telop image receiving apparatus has a reception and storage section for receiving and storing the information, a data decompression section for performing data decompression, an OA fill signal output section for ouType: GrantFiled: August 23, 2004Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Toshirob Hiromitsu, Yasushi Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20050286789Abstract: The present invention aims at improving an image compression rate and enhancing quality of images after expansion. An image compression device generates compressed data formed by compressing an image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Toshiroh Hiromitsu, Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Seiji Motai, Yasushi Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20050057686Abstract: To allow a telop image to be displayed appropriately even when color information and transparency information for the telop image are transmitted over a network, the present invention provides a telop image sending/receiving system comprising a telop image sending apparatus and a telop image receiving apparatus in which the telop image sending apparatus has an OA fill signal input section for inputting color information for a telop image, an OA key signal input section for inputting transparency information for the telop image, an association storage section for storing color information and transparency information as a pair, a data compression section for compressing data, and a sending section for sending compressed color information and transparency information to a receiving apparatus, and the telop image receiving apparatus has a reception and storage section for receiving and storing the information, a data decompression section for performing data decompression, an OA fill signal output section for ouType: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2004Publication date: March 17, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Kitabatake, Toshirob Hiromitsu, Yasushi Tsukamoto