公开(公告)号：US09358813B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-07

申请号：US14812045

申请日：2015-07-29

申请人： Suguru Yokozawa ,  Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Kenji Morita ,  Masayuki Fujii ,  Daisaku Horikawa

发明人： Suguru Yokozawa ,  Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Kenji Morita ,  Masayuki Fujii ,  Daisaku Horikawa

IPC分类号： B41J29/393 ,  B41J11/00

CPC分类号： B41J29/393 ,  B41J11/009 ,  G01N21/251 ,  G01N21/55 ,  G01N21/57 ,  G01N2021/556 ,  G01N2021/557 ,  G01N2201/12 ,  G03G15/5029 ,  G03G15/5062 ,  G03G15/6591

摘要： A medium identification device identifies a type of a recording medium used for image formation. The medium identification device includes: a two-dimensional image sensor that captures an image of the recording medium; and an identifying unit that obtains a glossiness evaluation value indicating glossiness of the recording medium, a surface roughness evaluation value indicating surface roughness of the recording medium, and a coloring evaluation value indicating coloring of the recording medium, using image data of a specular reflection region reflecting specular reflection light from the recording medium and image data of a diffused reflection region reflecting diffused reflection light from the recording medium, the regions being in the image of the recording medium, and identifies the type of the recording medium by combining determination using the glossiness evaluation value, determination using the surface roughness evaluation value, and determination using the coloring evaluation value.

摘要翻译： 介质识别装置识别用于图像形成的记录介质的类型。 介质识别装置包括：二维图像传感器，其捕获记录介质的图像; 以及识别单元，其使用表面光反射区域的图像数据获得表示记录介质的光泽度的光泽度评价值，表示记录介质的表面粗糙度的表面粗糙度评价值和表示记录介质的着色的着色评价值 反射来自记录介质的镜面反射光和反射来自记录介质的漫反射光的扩散反射区域的图像数据，该区域在记录介质的图像中，并且通过使用光泽度的组合确定来识别记录介质的类型 评价值，使用表面粗糙度评价值的测定，以及使用着色评价值的测定。

公开(公告)号：US09290028B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-22

申请号：US13397133

申请日：2012-02-15

申请人： Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Makoto Moriwaki

发明人： Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Makoto Moriwaki

IPC分类号： G06K15/10 ,  B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J29/38

摘要： An image forming apparatus which reads a test pattern formed by ejecting liquid droplets onto a recording medium to adjust an ejection timing of the liquid droplets is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit; a reading unit; a relative movement unit; an intensity data obtaining unit which obtains intensity data on a reflected light which is received from a scanning position of a light by a light receiving unit while the light moves over the test pattern; and a position detection unit which applies a line position determining operation on the intensity data in the vicinity of a point of inflection included between an upper-limit threshold value and a lower-limit threshold value, and detects a position of a line.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种图像形成装置，其读取通过将液滴喷射到记录介质上以调节液滴的喷射正时而形成的测试图案。 图像形成装置包括图像形成单元; 阅读单位 相对运动单位; 强度数据获取单元，其获得当光在测试图案上移动时由光接收单元从光的扫描位置接收的反射光的强度数据; 以及位置检测单元，其对包括在上限阈值和下限阈值之间的拐点附近的强度数据施加线位置确定操作，并检测线的位置。

公开(公告)号：US09221284B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-29

申请号：US14094576

申请日：2013-12-02

申请人： Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Makoto Moriwaki

发明人： Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Makoto Moriwaki

IPC分类号： B41J29/393 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2/12

CPC分类号： B41J29/393 ,  B41J2/12 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2029/3935

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a recording head in which a plurality of nozzles for discharging liquid droplets; and a pattern forming unit configured to form a test pattern used for positional deviation adjustment including a first pattern serving as a reference pattern and a second pattern serving as an adjustment pattern. The first pattern and the second pattern each are a linear pattern that is parallel to a nozzle arrangement direction and has a disconnected portion. The disconnected portion of the first pattern and the disconnected portion of the second pattern are shifted from each other in the nozzle arrangement direction.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：记录头，其中多个用于排出液滴的喷嘴; 以及图案形成单元，被配置为形成用于位置偏差调整的测试图案，包括用作参考图案的第一图案和用作调整图案的第二图案。 第一图案和第二图案各自是与喷嘴布置方向平行的线状图案，并且具有断开部分。 第一图案的断开部分和第二图案的断开部分在喷嘴排列方向上彼此偏移。

公开(公告)号：US09162451B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-20

申请号：US14091453

申请日：2013-11-27

申请人： Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Makoto Moriwaki

发明人： Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Makoto Moriwaki

IPC分类号： B41J29/393 ,  B41J2/125 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J11/00

CPC分类号： B41J2/125 ,  B41J11/0095 ,  B41J29/38

摘要： An image forming apparatus which reads a test pattern formed by ejecting liquid droplets onto a recording medium to adjust an ejection timing of the liquid droplets is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a reading unit including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit; a sensitivity adjusting unit; a relative movement unit; a first correction unit which detects a position of the test pattern; a second correction unit which detects the position of the test pattern; and a correction method selecting unit which selects the first correction unit or the second correction unit based on adjusting results of sensitivity adjusted by the sensitivity adjusting unit.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种图像形成装置，其读取通过将液滴喷射到记录介质上以调节液滴的喷射定时形成的测试图案。 图像形成装置包括：读取单元，包括发光单元和光接收单元; 灵敏度调整单元; 相对运动单位; 第一校正单元，其检测测试图案的位置; 第二校正单元，其检测测试图案的位置; 以及校正方法选择单元，其基于由灵敏度调节单元调整的灵敏度的调整结果来选择第一校正单元或第二校正单元。

公开(公告)号：US09118874B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-25

申请号：US13800001

申请日：2013-03-13

申请人： Hiroshi Matsumoto ,  Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Suguru Yokozawa ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Tomokazu Kanzawa ,  Daisaku Horikawa

发明人： Hiroshi Matsumoto ,  Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Suguru Yokozawa ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Tomokazu Kanzawa ,  Daisaku Horikawa

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/12 ,  H04N1/40 ,  G06T5/00 ,  H04N1/60 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/46 ,  G01J3/52

CPC分类号： H04N1/6033 ,  G01J3/0208 ,  G01J3/0262 ,  G01J3/0291 ,  G01J3/0297 ,  G01J3/462 ,  G01J3/52 ,  G01J3/524 ,  H04N1/6044

摘要： An image capturing device includes a sensor unit that captures a predetermined range including a subject; a reference chart that is captured by the sensor unit together with the subject; an illumination light source that illuminates the subject and the reference chart; a lens member including one or more lenses arranged in an optical path of reflected light extending from the subject and the reference chart to the sensor unit; and a lens moving unit that moves at least one lens of the lens member so as to change a position thereof in a direction along the optical path.

摘要翻译： 图像捕获装置包括：捕获包括被摄体的预定范围的传感器单元; 由传感器单元与被摄体一起捕获的参考图; 照明对象和参考图的照明光源; 透镜构件，包括布置在从被摄体延伸的反射光的光路中的一个或多个透镜和参考图表到传感器单元; 以及透镜移动单元，其移动透镜构件的至少一个透镜，以便沿着光路的方向改变其位置。

公开(公告)号：US20150070737A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-12

申请号：US14482499

申请日：2014-09-10

申请人： Satoshi Hirata ,  Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Hideaki Suzuki ,  Satoshi Iwanami ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Masayuki Fujii ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Hiroshi Matsumoto

发明人： Satoshi Hirata ,  Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Hideaki Suzuki ,  Satoshi Iwanami ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Masayuki Fujii ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Hiroshi Matsumoto

IPC分类号： H04N1/56 ,  H04N1/50

CPC分类号： H04N1/6044

摘要： A glossiness determining device includes: a light source; a two-dimensional sensor that receives reflected light containing a specular reflection component of a subject illuminated by the light source, and outputs an image of the subject; and a determining unit that determines glossiness of the subject by using a saturated image, which is the image of the subject output by the two-dimensional sensor and in which pixel values of a partial area are saturated.

摘要翻译： 光泽度确定装置包括：光源; 二维传感器，其接收由光源照射的被检体的镜面反射成分的反射光，并输出被检体的图像; 以及确定单元，其通过使用作为由二维传感器输出的被摄体的图像的饱和图像并且部分区域的像素值饱和来确定被摄体的光泽度。

公开(公告)号：US08840221B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-23

申请号：US13400740

申请日：2012-02-21

申请人： Daisaku Horikawa ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Makoto Moriwaki

发明人： Daisaku Horikawa ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Makoto Moriwaki

IPC分类号： B41J29/393

CPC分类号： B41J2/2132

摘要： An image forming apparatus is disclosed which reads a test pattern, including a reading unit, a relative movement unit, a second detected data obtaining unit which obtains one or more second detected data sets of a reflected light which is received from a scanning position of a light by a light receiving unit while the reading unit moves relatively with respect to the recording medium before the test pattern is formed, a first detected data obtaining unit which obtains one or more first detected data sets of the reflected light which is received by the light receiving unit when the light moves over the test pattern at generally the same scanning position as the scanning position while the reading unit moves relatively with respect to the recording medium after the test pattern is formed, and a signal correction unit.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种图像形成装置，其读取测试图案，包括读取单元，相对移动单元，第二检测数据获取单元，其获得从扫描位置接收的反射光的一个或多个第二检测数据组 在形成测试图案之前，读取单元相对于记录介质移动的同时由光接收单元发出的光;第一检测数据获取单元，其获得由光接收的反射光的一个或多个第一检测数据组 以及信号校正单元，当读取单元在形成测试图案之后相对于记录介质相对移动时，光在与扫描位置大致相同的扫描位置移动到测试图案上。

公开(公告)号：US08817329B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-26

申请号：US13768629

申请日：2013-02-15

申请人： Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Suguru Yokozawa ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Ryo Honda

发明人： Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Suguru Yokozawa ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Ryo Honda

IPC分类号： H04N1/60 ,  H04N1/46 ,  G03F3/08 ,  G06K15/00 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G01J3/463 ,  G01J3/021 ,  G01J3/462 ,  G01J3/50 ,  G01J3/524

摘要： A color measuring device includes a unit configured to calculate a reference-value matrix for converting imaged reference RGB value of a reference color patch a reference colorimetric value of the reference color patch; a unit configured to convert a color-measurement RGB value of a color measurement object into an imaged colorimetric value of the color measurement object by using the corresponding reference-value matrix; a unit configured to select reference color patches of which the reference colorimetric values each have a close distance from the imaged colorimetric value in the predetermined color space; a unit configured to select, as selection RGB values, the imaged reference RGB values of the selected patches; a unit configured to calculate a selection-RGB-value matrix for converting the selection RGB values into the reference colorimetric values; and a unit configured to convert the color-measurement RGB value into a colorimetric value by using the selection-RGB-value matrix.

摘要翻译： 颜色测量装置包括被配置为计算用于将参考色块的成像参考RGB值转换为参考色块的参考比色值的参考值矩阵的单元; 配置为通过使用相应的参考值矩阵将颜色测量对象的颜色测量RGB值转换成所述颜色测量对象的成像色度值的单元; 被配置为选择其中参考比色值各自与所述预定颜色空间中的成像色度值具有相近距离的参考色块的单元; 被配置为选择所选择的贴片的成像参考RGB值作为选择RGB值的单元; 被配置为计算用于将选择RGB值转换为参考比色值的选择RGB值矩阵的单元; 以及被配置为通过使用选择RGB值矩阵将颜色测量RGB值转换为比色值的单元。

公开(公告)号：US20130229671A1

公开(公告)日：2013-09-05

申请号：US13780340

申请日：2013-02-28

申请人： Suguru YOKOZAWA ,  Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Masahiro Shigemoto ,  Kazushi Takei ,  Hideaki Suzuki ,  Satoshi Iwanami

发明人： Suguru YOKOZAWA ,  Nobuyuki Satoh ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Masahiro Shigemoto ,  Kazushi Takei ,  Hideaki Suzuki ,  Satoshi Iwanami

IPC分类号： H04N1/60

CPC分类号： G06K15/14 ,  G06K15/102 ,  G06K2215/0094 ,  G06K2215/101 ,  H04N1/00023 ,  H04N1/00045 ,  H04N1/00087 ,  H04N1/0009 ,  H04N1/0087 ,  H04N1/0282 ,  H04N1/034 ,  H04N1/50 ,  H04N1/6033

摘要： An image capturing unit includes a sensor section that images a predetermined range including a subject; a reference chart section that is imaged by the sensor section with the subject; and an illumination light source that illuminates the subject and the reference chart section. The illumination light source is arranged at a position where a mirror reflection region that mirror reflects light entering from the illumination light source to the sensor section is outside a region of the subject and the reference chart section.

公开(公告)号：US20130208289A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-15

申请号：US13768629

申请日：2013-02-15

申请人： Nobuyuki SATOH ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Suguru Yokozawa ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Ryo Honda

发明人： Nobuyuki SATOH ,  Yasuyuki Suzuki ,  Masato Kobayashi ,  Yuichi Sakurada ,  Suguru Yokozawa ,  Mamoru Yorimoto ,  Tatsuhiko Okada ,  Daisaku Horikawa ,  Ryo Honda

IPC分类号： G01J3/46

CPC分类号： G01J3/463 ,  G01J3/021 ,  G01J3/462 ,  G01J3/50 ,  G01J3/524

摘要： A color measuring device includes a unit configured to calculate a reference-value matrix for converting imaged reference RGB value of a reference color patch a reference colorimetric value of the reference color patch; a unit configured to convert a color-measurement RGB value of a color measurement object into an imaged colorimetric value of the color measurement object by using the corresponding reference-value matrix; a unit configured to select reference color patches of which the reference colorimetric values each have a close distance from the imaged colorimetric value in the predetermined color space; a unit configured to select, as selection RGB values, the imaged reference RGB values of the selected patches; a unit configured to calculate a selection-RGB-value matrix for converting the selection RGB values into the reference colorimetric values; and a unit configured to convert the color-measurement RGB value into a colorimetric value by using the selection-RGB-value matrix.

摘要翻译： 颜色测量装置包括被配置为计算用于将参考色块的成像参考RGB值转换为参考色块的参考比色值的参考值矩阵的单元; 配置为通过使用相应的参考值矩阵将颜色测量对象的颜色测量RGB值转换成所述颜色测量对象的成像色度值的单元; 被配置为选择其中参考比色值各自与所述预定颜色空间中的成像色度值具有相近距离的参考色块的单元; 被配置为选择所选择的贴片的成像参考RGB值作为选择RGB值的单元; 被配置为计算用于将选择RGB值转换为参考比色值的选择RGB值矩阵的单元; 以及被配置为通过使用选择RGB值矩阵将颜色测量RGB值转换为比色值的单元。