Patents by Inventor Yasunari Kishimoto

Yasunari Kishimoto 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: 8675247
    Abstract: There is provided an image file creation device including: an obtaining section that obtains image data forming a color image, conversion conditions for converting the image data into color data of a device-independent color space, and basic viewing conditions for viewing the color image; an input section that inputs target viewing conditions for viewing a formed image that is formed by using the image data; and a creation section that creates an image file containing a main data region for storing the image data, the conversion conditions and the basic viewing conditions, and a sub-data region for storing the target viewing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akhiro Ito, Ryosuke Higashikata, Yasunari Kishimoto, Yasuki Yamauchi, Noriko Hasegawa, Hidetoshi Kawashima, Kiyoshi Une, Toshihiro Iwafuchi, Jungo Harigai
  • Patent number: 8634641
    Abstract: A color processing apparatus includes a generating unit that generates correction information to a second white point from luminance information of a first white point, which is a white point of color information of a given processing target, and luminance information of a target white point, and a color correcting unit that performs a color correcting process on the color information of the processing target using the correction information to the second white point generated by the generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 8325396
    Abstract: In color management apparatus, the generation unit uses the color prediction model, the data of an input color expressed by the device dependent color and data of an output color expressed by the device independent color to generate color profile between the input color and the output color. The obtaining unit obtains a target lightness of the white point which is less than the standardized maximum lightness in the device independent color space. The change unit changes the output color into the device independent color of which the target lightness of the white point is a maximum lightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 8223396
    Abstract: A color processing device includes a color range conversion component, a control component and a color conversion and clipping component. The color range conversion component performs a color range conversion of input color signals in accordance with a specified color range conversion condition. The control component excludes from objects of the color range conversion by the color range conversion component a color value, of the input color signals, of which a position in a predetermined color space is outside a color reproduction range and which satisfies a predetermined condition. The color conversion and clipping component, after a color space conversion, applies clipping to a color value that falls outside the color reproduction range of the designated device in the color space dependent on the designated device, including rounding off such that the color value falls in the color reproduction range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20120163716
    Abstract: A color processing apparatus includes a generating unit that generates correction information to a second white point from luminance information of a first white point, which is a white point of color information of a given processing target, and luminance information of a target white point, and a color correcting unit that performs a color correcting process on the color information of the processing target using the correction information to the second white point generated by the generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20120019843
    Abstract: A color processing device includes a calculating unit that calculates hues in a device-dependent color space and hues in a device-independent color space of plural reproduction colors that are positioned on an input color gamut boundary and that have different hues, a deriving unit that calculates hues of corresponding colors in which a change in at least one of lightness and chrome caused by color gamut mapping performed in the device-independent color space is smaller than a change caused by the color gamut mapping performed on the reproduction colors, thereby deriving a correspondence between the hues in the device-dependent color space and the hues of the corresponding colors in the device-independent color space, a hue correcting unit that calculates hues in the device-dependent color space from input colors, thereby correcting the input colors, and a color gamut mapping unit that performs the color gamut mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunari KISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8086033
    Abstract: A color conversion device is provided including: a setting unit that sets a conversion mode, based on characteristics of a source color region related to an input image signal in a color space, for converting the input image signal to an image signal that falls within at least one color region from a plurality of color regions that have been defined in the color space; and a conversion unit that converts the input image signal in accordance with the conversion mode into the image signal that falls within the color region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriko Hasegawa, Yasunari Kishimoto, Yasuki Yamauchi, Hidetoshi Kawashima, Kiyoshi Une, Akihiro Ito, Ryosuke Higashikata, Yousuke Tashiro
  • Patent number: 8031203
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a first conversion unit converts, on the basis of an input device profile, input data into first device-independent data expressed by a color space that is independent of an apparatus. A storage unit stores plural conversion profiles for converting using a color appearance model in the color space that is independent of the apparatus in correspondence with plural device characteristics that are dependent on apparatuses. A selection unit selects a conversion profile corresponding to characteristics of the input device, characteristics of an output device, observation conditions of the input data and the output data. A second conversion unit converts, on basis of the selected conversion profile, the first device-independent data into second device-independent data. A third conversion unit converts the second device-independent data into the output data on the basis of an output device profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kawashima, Yasunari Kishimoto, Ryosuke Higashikata, Yasuki Yamauchi, Akihiro Ito, Noriko Hasegawa, Yousuke Tashiro, Kiyoshi Une
  • Patent number: 8031965
    Abstract: An image processor includes a signal acquiring unit, a first converting unit, a signal specifying unit and a second converting unit. The signal acquiring unit acquires a signal in a color space having a perceptual property. The first converting unit converts the signal acquired by the signal acquiring unit into a first color signal in a color-mapping space having an equilightness-equihue plane. The signal specifying unit specifies a second color signal in the color-mapping color space corresponding to the first color signal, as a color-gamut mapping process. The second converting unit converts the second color signal specified by the signal specifying unit into a signal in a same color space as the color space to which the signal acquired by the signal acquiring unit belongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20110235907
    Abstract: A color processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains a first color signal from outside, a converting unit that converts the first color signal obtained by the obtaining unit into a second color signal based on a viewing condition, and a generating unit that generates a third color signal on the basis of the first color signal obtained by the obtaining unit and the second color signal obtained through conversion performed by the converting unit, the third color signal being an input signal that is used for a color gamut mapping process of performing mapping to a color gamut of an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 7944594
    Abstract: An image forming device that carries out color reproduction using plural of color materials having: a setting unit setting a color material curbing mode that curbs an amount of color material; and a color information inputting unit that inputs input color information. The image forming device further has a converting unit that, when the color material curbing mode is set by the setting unit, converts the input color information inputted by the color information inputting unit into output color information in a color material curbing region, on the basis of correspondence relationships that are set in advance such that a region that is color-reproducible by the image forming device is kept within the color material curbing region that is narrowed such that an amount of the color material is curbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ito, Noriko Hasegawa, Yasunari Kishimoto, Yasuki Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 7830567
    Abstract: A color conversion device for color-converting an input image signal in an input color reproduction region of a source device, in a predetermined color space, by mapping the input image signal into an output color reproduction region of a destination device in the predetermined color space, comprising: a calculation portion for calculating a mapping destination in the output color reproduction region of a pre-specified characteristic point in the input color reproduction region; a correction portion for correcting the output color reproduction region such that a region including a saturation higher than the calculated mapping destination is eliminated; and a mapping portion for mapping the input image signal into the corrected output color reproduction region, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuku Higashikata, Akihiro Ito, Yasunari Kishimoto, Tomoko Taguchi
  • Patent number: 7764411
    Abstract: A color processing apparatus determines, based on output color gamut information, the color gamut conversion condition for converting the image data so that the color gamut of image data on the predetermined color space may fall within the output color gamut, converts the color gamut of input image data according to the set color gamut conversion condition, determines the limiting condition of the color gamut conversion, changes the color value of the specified color so that the color value of the specified color out of the input image data may be converted into the color corresponding to the output satisfying the limiting condition, and pre-processes so as to change the color value other than the color value of the specified color out of the input image data according to the relation between the color value before change of the specified color and the color value after change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20090284774
    Abstract: In color management apparatus, the generation unit uses the color prediction model, the data of an input color expressed by the device dependent color and data of an output color expressed by the device independent color to generate color profile between the input color and the output color. The obtaining unit obtains a target lightness of the white point which is less than the standardized maximum lightness in the device independent color space. The change unit changes the output color into the device independent color of which the target lightness of the white point is a maximum lightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunari KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20080259371
    Abstract: There is provided an image file creation device including: an obtaining section that obtains image data forming a color image, conversion conditions for converting the image data into color data of a device-independent color space, and basic viewing conditions for viewing the color image; an input section that inputs target viewing conditions for viewing a formed image that is formed by using the image data; and a creation section that creates an image file containing a main data region for storing the image data, the conversion conditions and the basic viewing conditions, and a sub-data region for storing the target viewing conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro ITO, Ryosuke HIGASHIKATA, Yasunari KISHIMOTO, Yasuki YAMAUCHI, Noriko HASEGAWA, Hidetoshi KAWASHIMA, Kiyoshi UNE, Toshihiro IWAFUCHI, Jungo HARIGAI
  • Publication number: 20080204775
    Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a first conversion unit converts, on the basis of an input device profile, input data into first device-independent data expressed by a color space that is independent of an apparatus. A storage unit stores plural conversion profiles for converting using a color appearance model in the color space that is independent of the apparatus in correspondence with plural device characteristics that are dependent on apparatuses. A selection unit selects a conversion profile corresponding to characteristics of the input device, characteristics of an output device, observation conditions of the input data and the output data. A second conversion unit converts, on basis of the selected conversion profile, the first device-independent data into second device-independent data. A third conversion unit converts the second device-independent data into the output data on the basis of an output device profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi KAWASHIMA, Yasunari KISHIMOTO, Ryosuke HIGASHIKATA, Yasuki YAMAUCHI, Akihiro ITO, Noriko HASEGAWA, Yousuke TASHIRO, Kiyoshi UNE
  • Publication number: 20080175505
    Abstract: An image processor includes a signal acquiring unit, a first converting unit, a signal specifying unit and a second converting unit. The signal acquiring unit acquires a signal in a color space having a perceptual property. The first converting unit converts the signal acquired by the signal acquiring unit into a first color signal in a color-mapping space having an equilightness-equihue plane. The signal specifying unit specifies a second color signal in the color-mapping color space corresponding to the first color signal, as a color-gamut mapping process. The second converting unit converts the second color signal specified by the signal specifying unit into a signal in a same color space as the color space to which the signal acquired by the signal acquiring unit belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20080170779
    Abstract: A color conversion device is provided including: a setting unit that sets a conversion mode, based on characteristics of a source color region related to an input image signal in a color space, for converting the input image signal to an image signal that falls within at least one color region from a plurality of color regions that have been defined in the color space; and a conversion unit that converts the input image signal in accordance with the conversion mode into the image signal that falls within the color region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noriko HASEGAWA, Yasunari KISHIMOTO, Yasuki YAMAUCHI, Hidetoshi KAWASHIMA, Kiyoshi UNE, Akihiro ITO, Ryosuke HIGASHIKATA, Yousuke TASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20080112026
    Abstract: A color processing apparatus determines, based on output color gamut information, the color gamut conversion condition for converting the image data so that the color gamut of image data on the predetermined color space may fall within the output color gamut, converts the color gamut of input image data according to the set color gamut conversion condition, determines the limiting condition of the color gamut conversion, changes the color value of the specified color so that the color value of the specified color out of the input image data may be converted into the color corresponding to the output satisfying the limiting condition, and pre-processes so as to change the color value other than the color value of the specified color out of the input image data according to the relation between the color value before change of the specified color and the color value after change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20080112025
    Abstract: A color processing device includes a color range conversion component, a control component and a color conversion and clipping component. The color range conversion component performs a color range conversion of input color signals in accordance with a specified color range conversion condition. The control component excludes from objects of the color range conversion by the color range conversion component a color value, of the input color signals, of which a position in a predetermined color space is outside a color reproduction range and which satisfies a predetermined condition. The color conversion and clipping component, after a color space conversion, applies clipping to a color value that falls outside the color reproduction range of the designated device in the color space dependent on the designated device, including rounding off such that the color value falls in the color reproduction range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto