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20100197834 | RESIN COMPOSITION BLENDED WITH STARCHY MATERIAL - To provide a molding material having good affinity to a starchy material, is homogeneously compatible therewith even without adding compatibility-imparting agent, can be favorably mold-worked despite the starchy material is blended in large amounts, and features excellent balance between the flexibility and the mechanical properties, as well as excellent moisture permeability, antistatic property and transparence (haze) depending upon the composition that is used. | 08-05-2010 |
20100247939 | IONOMER, RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE IONOMER, UNSTRETCHED FILM, SHEET OR MOLDED BODY EACH MADE OF THE COMPOSITION, AND LAMINATE COMPRISING LAYER OF THE UNSTRETCHED FILM - [Problem] It is an object to provide an unstretched film and a sheet that are excellent in an antistatic property and transparency, a resin composition that is used in producing the unstretched film or the sheet and a potassium ionomer that is contained in the composition. | 09-30-2010 |
20110071259 | POLYMER COMPOSITION - Provided is a polymer composition including (A) an ionomer containing an ethylene/α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and an ethylene/α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid/α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymer, and (B) a propylene-based polymer, wherein the mass of constituent units derived from the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester is from 1 to 4.5% by mass of the entire mass of the ionomer. Through this, a high seal strength may be obtained in a high-temperature range when forming a lock seal, while a high seal strength, as compared with the related art, can be stably obtained over a wide temperature range with a temperature dependence suppressed when forming a peelable seal. | 03-24-2011 |
20130079457 | RESIN COMPOSITION, HEAT SEAL FILM AND LAYERED FILM - The present invention provides a resin composition including (1) at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene-α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and ionomers thereof, which have a melt flow rate of from 0.5 g/10 min to 6 g/10 min, (2) at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene-α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and ionomers thereof, which have a melt flow rate of from 10 g/10 min to 30 g/10 min, and (3) at least one selected from the group consisting of propylene homopolymers and copolymers obtained by copolymerization using propylene and one or more α-olefins excluding propylene, in which a structural unit derived from an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester is substantially not contained in the total amount of the ethylene-α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers and the ionomers thereof. | 03-28-2013 |
20130337279 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR EXTRUSION COATING, AND LAYERED FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a resin composition for extrusion coating, the composition including (1) at least one of a copolymer of ethylene and α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or an ionomer thereof and (2) a homopolypropylene, wherein a content of the component (2) is 3 to 12% by mass based on the total mass of the component (1) and the component (2) and has a melt flow rate (at a load of 2160 g and 190° C., JIS K7210) of 4.0 g/10 min, or more. | 12-19-2013 |
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20110037036 | DISPERSION, COMPOSITION FOR TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM FORMATION, TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM, AND DISPLAY - Disclosed is composition providing high refractive index to form a transparent conductive film having excellent transparency and high refractive index, a transparent conductive film produced thereby, a display having the transparent conductive film, and a dispersion having high storage stability for use in preparation of the composition. LCDs employ an anti-reflection film produced from the composition containing a metal complex in a resin solution or a solvent and a high refractive index metal oxide and a conductive metal oxide dispersed therein. However, conventional dispersion has problems such as corroding an apparatus and a material employed in a dispersion step and poor storage stability. Disclosed is a dispersion which contains a high refractive index metal oxide having a refractive index of 1.8 or higher, a conductive metal oxide, an alkoxide-free metal complex, and a dispersion medium, and which has a water content of 3 mass % or less. | 02-17-2011 |
20110039081 | COMPOSITION FOR TRANSPARENT FILM FORMATION AND LAYERED TRANSPARENT FILM - A transparent-film-forming composition contains at least one microparticle-form inorganic substance having a refractive index of 1.80 or higher and lower than 3.00 (ingredient A), at least one microparticle-form inorganic substance having a refractive index of 1.55 or higher and lower than 1.80 (ingredient B), and a binder having a refractive index lower than that of the ingredient B, and preferably, a dispersion stabilizer, and being capable of forming, on a surface of a transparent substrate, a transparent film having excellent transparency and free from interference-related disturbance. A transparent-film-layered product has a transparent substrate and, on a surface of the substrate, a transparent film formed from the composition, which layered product exhibits a difference in refractive index between the transparent substrate and the transparent film of 0.03 or smaller and excellent transparency, and providing minimized interference-related disturbance. | 02-17-2011 |
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20080219676 | Transmitting device, receiving device, and optical communication method - A receiving device includes a light-receiving unit receiving a light transmitted from a light source, luminance of the light changing corresponding to an information, the light-receiving unit having a plurality of light-receiving elements detecting the light repeatedly at times different from one another, and a decoding unit decoding a light-receiving signal outputted from the light-receiving unit into the information. | 09-11-2008 |
20090210227 | VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING VOICE RECOGNITION - A voice recognition apparatus includes: a voice recognition module that performs a voice recognition for an audio signal during a voice period; a distance measurement module that measures a current distance between the user and an voice input module; a calculation module that calculates a recommended distance range, in which being estimated that an S/N ratio exceeds a first threshold, based on the voice characteristic; and a display module that displays the recommended distance range and the current distance. | 08-20-2009 |
20090240496 | SPEECH RECOGNIZER AND SPEECH RECOGNIZING METHOD - According to one aspect of the invention, a speech recognizer includes: an audio data acquiring portion configured to acquire audio data via a microphone; a speech section detecting portion configured to detect a talking start time and a talking end time based on the audio data; a spoken word identifying portion configured to identify the audio in a speech section from the talking start time to the talking end time; and a noise suppressing portion configured to suppress a generation of a noise from an electrical noise source for the speech section. | 09-24-2009 |
20120072210 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - In one embodiment, a signal processing method is disclosed. The method can perform filter processing of convoluting a tap coefficient in a first signal sequence to generate a second signal sequence. The method can subtract the second signal sequence from a third signal sequence to generate a fourth signal sequence. The third signal sequence includes an echo signal of the first signal sequence. The method can correct the tap coefficient in accordance with an amount of correction determined using a function. The function includes at least one of a first region and a second region, and has values limited. The first region is included in a negative value region of the fourth signal sequence. The second region is included in a positive value region of the fourth signal sequence. | 03-22-2012 |
20140143721 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information processing device associated with a display unit displaying information, includes a first detecting unit, a second detecting unit, and an executing unit. The first detecting unit is configured to detect a selection command and a first object. The selection command is input in handwriting to instruct selection of an object included in the information displayed on the display unit. The first object is additionally input in handwriting relating the information. The second detecting unit is configured to detect a second object from among objects included in the information. The second object is instructed to be selected by the selection command. The executing unit is configured to perform a specified process using the first object and the second object. | 05-22-2014 |
20140289619 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an information display device includes a receiving unit, a processor, a generating unit, an associating unit, and a controller. The receiving unit receives input of a stroke with respect to at least one of either a first document or a second document displayed on a display. The processor analyzes the stroke, at least whether the stroke is an area specifying stroke or whether the stroke is an association stroke. When the stroke is an area specifying stroke, the generating unit generates area information of the area. When the stroke is an association stroke, the associating unit associates the first document with the area information. Based on an operation, the controller displays, on the display, a list of one or more pieces of the area information that are associated to the first document. | 09-25-2014 |
20150085307 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a management system includes a first storage, a first generator, a second generator, a second storage, and a printer. The first storage is configured to store therein content data. The first generator is configured to acquire the content data and address data where the content data is stored, from the first storage, and generate a drawing command for printing the content data from the content data. The second generator is configured to generate image data of the content data according to the drawing command. The second storage is configured to store therein the address data and tag data based on the image data in association with each other. The printer is configured to generate a printed medium by printing the image data on a medium. | 03-26-2015 |
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20080235729 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A content material of a first content which is reproducible constantly and content information describing information relating to a reproduction of a second content which is reproducible on a predetermined time and date are stored in a storage unit. A timewise characteristic or a characteristic relating to a reproducing state of the content material and/or the content information corresponding to operation candidate contents are determined. The operation candidate contents are list-displayed for each type of the characteristic, and an execution process corresponding to the characteristic of an operation candidate content is displayed as a processing candidate. | 09-25-2008 |
20090083029 | RETRIEVING APPARATUS, RETRIEVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A word coinciding with a key word input by speech and a word related to the word are set as retrieval candidate words based on a word dictionary in which words representing formal names and aliases of the formal names are registered in association with a family attribute indicating a familiar relation among the words. Content related to any one of retrieval words selected out of the retrieval candidate words and a word related to the retrieval word is retrieved. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083227 | RETRIEVING APPARATUS, RETRIEVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A word coinciding with a retrieval object keyword and a word tied to the word are read out from a word dictionary in which words representing formal names and aliases of the normal names are registered in association with a family attribute indicating a family relation among the words. The keyword is expanded by reading out the words and content related to any one of the read words is retrieved. | 03-26-2009 |
20110238417 | SPEECH DETECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a speech detection apparatus includes a first acoustic signal analyzing unit configured to analyze a frequency spectrum of a first acoustic signal, and a feature extracting unit configured to remove a frequency spectrum of the first acoustic signal from a third acoustic signal, which is obtained by suppressing an echo component of the first acoustic signal contained in a second acoustic signal, so as to extract a feature of a frequency spectrum of the third acoustic signal. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246190 | SPEECH DIALOG APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a speech dialog apparatus includes a speech detection unit that detects a start and an end of echo removed speech obtained by removing an echo of response speech contained in input speech; a response interruption control unit that outputs a response interruption command if the end is not yet detected when a predetermined period from the detection of the start passes; and a dialog control unit that causes a response speech output unit to interrupt output of the response speech upon receipt of the response interruption command from the response interruption control unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20120076304 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING MOVING IMAGE WITH SOUND - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for presenting a moving image with sound includes an input unit, a setting unit, a main beam former unit, and an output control unit. The input unit inputs data on a moving image with sound including a moving image and a plurality of channels of sounds. The setting unit sets an arrival time difference according to a user operation, the arrival time difference being a difference in time between a plurality of channels of sounds coming from a desired direction. The main beam former unit generates a directional sound in which a sound in a direction having the arrival time difference set by the setting unit is enhanced, from the plurality of channels of sounds included in the data on the moving image with sound. The output control unit outputs the directional sound along with the moving image. | 03-29-2012 |
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20080245564 | POWER FEEDING BOX - A power feeding box includes an electric wire for feeding a power to a movable body to be moved in up-and-down directions and a housing unit contains a surplus length of the electric wire. The housing unit includes an inlet port which is provided on an upper side of the housing unit for introducing the electric wire into the housing unit, an opening portion which is provided on a side face of the housing unit along in the up-and-down directions, and a movable unit which fixes the electric wire extracted from the opening portion so as to move the electric wire in the up-and-down directions together with the movable unit. The housing unit is provided in a lower half of a movable range of the movable unit. | 10-09-2008 |
20090066155 | ELECTRIC POWER-FEEDING STRUCTURE - An electric power-feeding structure for feeding electric power to a moving body which is driven to be raised or lowered, includes: an arm having a distal end connected to the moving body movably in a direction perpendicular to a raising or lowering direction of the moving body and a proximal end adapted to be rotatably driven so as to swing, to thereby drive the raising or lowering of the moving body. An electrical wire is routed alongside the arm, and one end of the electrical wire extending from the distal end of the arm is connected to the moving body to feed electric power to the moving body. The electrical wire is routed alongside a side surface of the arm. | 03-12-2009 |
20090066156 | ELECTRIC POWER-FEEDING STRUCTURE - An electric power-feeding structure for feeding electric power to a moving body which is driven to be raised or lowered, includes: an arm having a distal end connected to the moving body movably in a horizontal direction and a proximal end rotatably driven to swing, to thereby drive the raising or lowering of the moving body. An electrical wire is routed alongside the arm, and one end of the electrical wire extending from the distal end is connected to the moving body. In a vicinity of a rotating shaft of the arm, the electrical wire is fixed to the arm at a first fixing point and to a base for supporting the arm at a second fixing point. The first fixing point is provided on a straight line defined by the rotating shaft and the second fixing point when the arm is at an intermediate position of its swinging range. | 03-12-2009 |
20090066167 | ELECTRIC POWER-FEEDING STRUCTURE - An electric power-feeding structure for feeding electric power to a moving body which is driven to be raised or lowered, includes: an arm having a distal end connected to the moving body movably in a direction perpendicular to a raising or lowering direction of the moving body, and a proximal end adapted to be rotatably driven so as to swing, to thereby drive the raising or lowering of the moving body. An electrical wire is routed alongside the arm, and one end of the electrical wire extending from the distal end of the arm is connected to the moving body to feed electric power to the moving body. In a vicinity of a rotating shaft of the arm, the electrical wire is routed around the rotating shaft to be bent and deformed. | 03-12-2009 |
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20110243318 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CANCELING ECHO - According to one embodiment, in response to a first acoustic signal output, a second acoustic signal is input. A filter unit is configured to generate a third acoustic signal by convoluting the first acoustic signal with coefficients. A subtraction unit is configured to generate a fourth acoustic signal by subtracting the third acoustic signal from the second acoustic signal. An estimation unit is configured to decide whether a sound volume of the first acoustic signal is below a predetermined threshold, and to set a sound volume of the second acoustic signal as a non-echo sound level when the sound volume of the first acoustic signal is below the predetermined threshold. A determination unit is configured to determine a step size to correct the coefficients using the non-echo sound level. A correction unit is configured to correct the coefficients using the step size. | 10-06-2011 |
20120226502 | TELEVISION APPARATUS AND A REMOTE OPERATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a speech input unit, an indication input unit, a speech recognition unit, and a control unit. The speech input unit is configured to input a speech. The indication input unit is configured to input an indication to start speech recognition from a user. The speech recognition unit is configured to recognize the user's speech inputted after the indication is inputted. The control unit is configured to execute an operation command corresponding to a recognition result of the user's speech. The control unit, if a volume of the television apparatus at a timing when the indication is inputted is larger than or equal to a threshold, temporarily sets the volume to a value smaller than the threshold while the speech recognition unit is recognizing. | 09-06-2012 |
20120232890 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING SPEECH, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for discriminating speech/non-speech of a first acoustic signal includes a weight assignment unit, a feature extraction unit, and a speech/non-speech discrimination unit. The first acoustic signal includes a user's speech and a reproduced sound. The reproduced sound is a system sound having a plurality of channels reproduced from a plurality of speakers. The weight assignment unit is configured to assign a weight to each frequency band based on the system sound. The feature extraction unit is configured to extract a feature from a second acoustic signal based on the weight of each frequency band. The second acoustic signal is the first acoustic signal in which the reproduced sound is suppressed. The speech/non-speech discrimination unit is configured to discriminate speech/non-speech of the first acoustic signal based on the feature. | 09-13-2012 |
20120232895 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING SPEECH, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for discriminating speech/non-speech of a first acoustic signal includes a weight assignment unit, a feature extraction unit, and a speech/non-speech discrimination unit. The weight assignment unit is configured to assign a weight to each frequency band, based on a frequency spectrum of the first acoustic signal including a user's speech and a frequency spectrum of a second acoustic signal including a disturbance sound. The feature extraction unit is configured to extract a feature from the frequency spectrum of the first acoustic signal, based on the weight of each frequency band. The speech/non-speech discrimination unit is configured to discriminate speech/non-speech of the first acoustic signal, based on the feature. | 09-13-2012 |
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20110293308 | Fixing Device Having Heat Roller Reinforced By Coil - A fixing device includes a heat roller and an opposing component. The heat roller extends in an axial direction and includes a cylindrical-shaped roller section and a coil. The heat roller section has an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface. The coil is spirally wound along the inner circumferential surface and including a first portion and a second portion other than the first portion, the first portion being configured of such a number of turns of the coil, the number being a natural number greater than zero, the first portion having a first coil pitch length in the axial direction, and the second portion being configured of at least one turn of the coil and having a second coil pitch length in the axial direction greater than the first coil pitch length. The opposing component confronts the outer circumferential surface of the roller section and is exclusively superposed with an entire first portion via the roller section. | 12-01-2011 |
20130071158 | Fixing Device - A fixing device which may include a flexible cylindrical member which has an inner peripheral surface and is configured to rotate about an axis, a heater arranged inside the cylindrical member and extends in the axial direction of the cylindrical member, and a nip member. The nip member may include a contact surface configured to contact the flexible cylindrical member, and has a predetermined length in the sheet conveying direction. Further, the nip member may have an axial length which includes a predetermined range, wherein the predetermined range along the axial length represents a maximum width of a recording sheet upon which the developer image is fixed. The fixing device may also include a guide member. The guide member and the nip member may be at least partially separated along the predetermined range of the nip member within the length of the contact surface in the sheet conveying direction. | 03-21-2013 |
20130136511 | FUSER UNIT - A fuser unit includes: a cylindrical member; a heat generation member; a nip plate; a backup member that forms a nip portion; a temperature detection member that detects a temperature of the nip plate, wherein the nip plate has: a plate-shaped part that forms the nip portion; a lubricant restraint part that is formed on at least a part of a downstream side end of the plate-shaped part in a predetermined direction and that extends toward an inner side in a diametrical direction of the cylindrical member, and a detected part that extends from an end of the lubricant restraint part toward the predetermined direction, and wherein the detected part is formed to be shorter than the plate-shaped part in an axial direction of the cylindrical member, and both ends of the detected part in the axial direction are adjacent to a space. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136513 | Fuser Unit - A fuser unit, which heat-fixes a developer image transferred on a recording sheet while moving the recording sheet in a predetermined direction, the fuser unit comprising: a cylindrical member having flexibility; a heat generation member that is arranged at an inside of the cylindrical member and generates radiation heat; a nip member that slidingly contacts an inner periphery of the cylindrical member; a reflection plate that contacts the nip member, is configured to cover the heat generation member and reflects the radiation heat toward the nip member, and a backup member that forms a nip region by nipping the cylindrical member between the nip member and the backup member, wherein the nip member and the reflection plate intermittently contact each other in an axial direction of the cylindrical member within an image forming width. | 05-30-2013 |
20130202323 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device having a heating member, a heat source, a rotating member, and a temperature sensor; and a control device configured to control the heat source, wherein, in a case of a low temperature state where the temperature of the heating member is lower than a predetermined temperature, the control device to control the heat source such that the temperature of the heating member rises with a gradient equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and wherein, in a case of a high temperature state where the temperature of the heating member at the print-instruction receiving time is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature, the control device to control the heat source such that the temperature of the heating member rises with a gradient smaller than that in the normal mode. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202324 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device: having a heating member, a rotating member, and a temperature sensor; a sheet feeding unit; and a control device configured to perform a sheet feed control: in which the feeding timing is set to a first timing if the temperature gradient of the heating member for a predetermined period is larger than a first threshold value; and in which the feeding timing is set to a second timing later than the first timing if the temperature gradient of the heating member for the predetermined period is equal to or less than the first threshold value, and wherein, in the sheet feed control, the control device changes the first threshold value to a smaller value as the temperature of the heating member at the print-instruction receiving time increase. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202325 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device having a heat source, a heating member, and a backup member; a temperature detecting member; a driving source configured to rotate at least one of the heating member and the backup member; a transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a driving force of the driving source; and a control device configured to control the heat source and the driving source, wherein, after a power is turned on, the control device turns on the heat source before the driving source is driven for the first time, and wherein, when at least one of a condition, where the temperature detected by the temperature detecting member becomes a first temperature, and a condition where a predetermined period elapses after the power is turned on, is satisfied, the control device turns off the heat source and then drives the driving source. | 08-08-2013 |
20150198918 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SPEED OF FAN BASED ON DETECTED TEMPERATURE - In an image-forming apparatus an image-forming portion performs a printing operation in which an image is formed on a sheet. A heater thermally fixes the image on the sheet. A processor is configured to: determine whether a temperature detected by a detector is higher than a threshold value before the image-forming portion perform the printing operation; drive a fan at a first speed following start of the printing operation when the temperature is higher than the threshold value; and drive the fan at a second speed lower than the first speed for a prescribed period of time following the start of the printing operation when the temperature is lower than the threshold value or equal to the threshold, and subsequently drive the fan at the first speed; control a temperature of the heater based on the temperature detected by the detector while the image-forming portion performs the printing operation. | 07-16-2015 |
20150248108 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FIXING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a fixing device, and a fan. The fixing device includes a heating member, a pressing member, and a frame. The heating member includes a heater configured to generate heat, a cylindrical member storing the heater therein, and first and second support terminals disposed at first and second ends of the heater, respectively, in a longitudinal direction of the heater, the first and second support terminals supporting the heater. The frame is made of resin, and includes a first support terminal supporting portion supporting the first support terminal of the heater and a second support terminal supporting portion supporting the second support terminal of the heater. The frame further includes a duct portion disposed proximate to the first support terminal supporting portion, the duct portion through which air flows to the fan | 09-03-2015 |
20160091852 | Fixing Device - A fixing device includes: an endless belt; a heater; a nip plate; a backup member, a reflective plate, a stay and a heat insulating member, wherein the heat insulating member includes: an upstream support face, which supports the nip plate; and a downstream support face, which is disposed separated downstream in the conveyance direction from the upstream support face and supports the nip plate, and wherein a gap in the conveyance direction between the upstream support face and the downstream support face at a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the heat insulating member is smaller than a gap in the conveyance direction between the upstream support face and the downstream support face at an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the heat insulating member. | 03-31-2016 |
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20150116349 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a detection unit, a generation unit, and a display control unit. The detection unit detects areas to be focused in an input image. The generation unit generates a sub image by performing correction for improving visibility on an image of the detected area. The correction includes at least one of size correction for adjusting size of the image of the area, color correction for adjusting color of the image of the area, and distortion correction for transforming the image of the area so as to be an image acquired by viewing the image of the area from the front side. The display control unit displays the generated sub image on a display device together with the input image in a form that accompanies a screen representation representing a correspondence relation with the area. | 04-30-2015 |
20150371399 | Character Detection Apparatus and Method - According to one embodiment, a character detection apparatus includes a feature extractor, a determiner and an integrator. The feature extractor extracts a feature value of an image including character strings. The determiner determines each priority of a plurality of different character detection schemes in accordance with character detection accuracy with respect to an image region having a feature corresponding to the feature value. The integrator integrates text line candidates of the character detection schemes, and selects, as a text line, one of the text line candidates detected by the character detection scheme with the highest priority if a superimposition degree indicating a ratio of a superimposed region among the text line candidates is no less than a first threshold value. | 12-24-2015 |
20160078631 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE MODIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes: a first division unit divides an image into a text containing region and a background region other than the text containing region; a second division unit divides a text containing region into a character region constituted by lines forming characters and a character background region other than the character region; a calculator calculates a first representative value of an attribute of the character region, a second representative value of the attribute of the character background region, and a third representative value of the attribute of the background region; a modification unit makes modification so that a first difference based on the first and third representative values, a second difference based on the first and second representative values, and a third difference based on the second and third representative values become larger; and an output unit outputs a modified image. | 03-17-2016 |