Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Kimakura

Yoshitaka Kimakura 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).

  • Image forming apparatus with image density change portion for gradually reducing image density from an outer periphery of a character toward an inside
    Patent number: 8089639
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image acquisition portion that acquires image data on an image including a character. A character-periphery detector detects the peripheral part of the character in the image data acquired by the image acquisition portion. An outline emphasis portion sets the density of the image data acquired by the image acquisition portion, so that the density of the peripheral part of the character detected by the character-periphery detector becomes higher than the density indicated by this image data. A density changer sets the density of the image data so that this density gradually becomes lower from the peripheral part of the character detected by the character-periphery detector toward the inside thereof. An image former forms an image on a sheet of recording paper on the basis of the image data whose density is set by the outline emphasis portion and the density changer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Kimakura
  • Image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20080018937
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image acquisition portion that acquires image data on an image including a character. A character-periphery detector detects the peripheral part of the character in the image data acquired by the image acquisition portion. An outline emphasis portion sets the density of the image data acquired by the image acquisition portion, so that the density of the peripheral part of the character detected by the character-periphery detector becomes higher than the density indicated by this image data. A density changer sets the density of the image data so that this density gradually becomes lower from the peripheral part of the character detected by the character-periphery detector toward the inside thereof. An image former forms an image on a sheet of recording paper on the basis of the image data whose density is set by the outline emphasis portion and the density changer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Kimakura