Patents by Inventor Yoshikuni Nishimura

Yoshikuni Nishimura 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).

  • THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210229460
    Abstract: A first image has a first superimposing portion being a rear end portion of the first image. A second image has a second superimposing portion being a front end portion of the second image. A filter processing unit performs filter processing on the first superimposing portion and the second superimposing portion. A panoramic image has a superimposing region. The filter processing is processing for reducing change in image quality of the superimposing region occurring in a situation where the second superimposing portion overlaps the first superimposing portion in a misaligned manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikuni NISHIMURA
  • Thermal transfer printing apparatus, method for calibrating thermal transfer printing apparatus, and printing method of thermal transfer printing apparatus
    Patent number: 10913288
    Abstract: A thermal transfer printing apparatus includes a storage to store a plurality of density adjustment parameters that are each associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of first-page calibration patterns and a plurality of second-page calibration patterns, a density adjustment processing part to adjust data on a color gradation value of a first-page superimposing portion and data on a gradation value of a second-page superimposing portion using their respective associated density adjustment parameters, and a printing part to make a print on recording paper to form a plurality of printed calibration patterns that include a printed superimposing portion where the first-page superimposing portion and the second-page superimposing portion are superimposed on each other based on data on color densities adjusted by the density adjustment processing part. A color density of the printed superimposing portion printed on the recording paper varies for each of the printed calibration patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikuni Nishimura
  • THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CALIBRATING THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD OF THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200406632
    Abstract: A thermal transfer printing apparatus includes a storage to store a plurality of density adjustment parameters that are each associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of first-page calibration patterns and a plurality of second-page calibration patterns, a density adjustment processing part to adjust data on a color gradation value of a first-page superimposing portion and data on a gradation value of a second-page superimposing portion using their respective associated density adjustment parameters, and a printing part to make a print on recording paper to form a plurality of printed calibration patterns that include a printed superimposing portion where the first-page superimposing portion and the second-page superimposing portion are superimposed on each other based on data on color densities adjusted by the density adjustment processing part. A color density of the printed superimposing portion printed on the recording paper varies for each of the printed calibration patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikuni NISHIMURA
  • Color characteristic measurement apparatus, color characteristic measurement method, and picked up image data storage medium
    Patent number: 6859224
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to measure the precise color characteristic of an image pickup machine and accurately reproduce a subject in an image display unit. A color characteristic measurement apparatus which has a test chart (1) as a subject of an image pickup machine (6), a hole (2) made in the test chart (1), a black box (3) placed on a rear face of the test chart (1) and formed on an inner surface in black, and a light output section (4) placed in the black box (3) at a position where the light output section (4) can be observed through the hole (2) from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sugiura, Tetsuya Kuno, Junichiro Hayashi, Kiyotaka Yamamoto, Yoshikuni Nishimura
  • Color characteristic measuring apparatus and method, and storage medium of image pickup data
    Patent number: 6633330
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to measure the precise color characteristic of an image pickup machine and accurately reproduce a subject in an image display unit. A color characteristic measurement apparatus which has a test chart (1) as a subject of an image pickup machine (6), a hole (2) made in the test chart (1), a black box (3) placed on a rear face of the test chart (1) and formed on an inner surface in black, and a light output section (4) placed in the black box (3) at a position where the light output section (4) can be observed through the hole (2) from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sugiura, Tetsuya Kuno, Junichiro Hayashi, Kiyotaka Yamamoto, Yoshikuni Nishimura
  • Color characteristic measurement apparatus, color characteristic measurement method, and picked up image data storage medium
    Publication number: 20030156194
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to measure the precise color characteristic of an image pickup machine and accurately reproduce a subject in an image display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sugiura, Tetsuya Kuno, Junichiro Hayashi, Kiyotaka Yamamoto, Yoshikuni Nishimura