Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Kiyofumi Aikawa

Takashi Hiramatsu

Michio Kikuchi

Masaki Hachisuga

Kazuya Fukunaga

Hideki Moriya

Shuhei Kobayakawa

Hirokazu Ichikawa

Yoshitaka Kuwada

Miho Uno

Kaito Tasaki

Kei Shimotani

Ryosuke Takahashi

Seigo Makida

Takao Furuya

Daisuke Matsumoto

Hiroko Onuki

Yoshinari Iwaki

Natsumi Miyazawa

Yoshio Mochizuki

Eiji Aoki

Tatsuyoshi Mori

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire an image obtained by imaging a space by one imaging device fixed in the space, specify, in the image, a two-dimensional coordinate of a bright spot indicating light emission of a light emitting device moving in the space, acquire output information output by the light emitting device, and specify a three-dimensional coordinate in the space of the light emitting device based on the output information and the two-dimensional coordinate.

Information processing apparatus, light emitting device, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and receive a change in a range used to calculate the numerical value indicated by an index in the image.

Surface inspection apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and surface inspection method

A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and notify a user of information indicating a relationship between a first orientation of a pattern on the surface detected from the image and a second orientation that gives a direction of imaging in which a sensitivity of detection by the imaging device is high.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire, among a plurality of images obtained by periodically capturing one or more lighting devices that repeat blinking according to a determined pattern, a first image and a second image in which a lighted lighting device is captured and in response to a distance from a position of the device indicated by the first image to a position of the device indicated by the second image being within a range corresponding to a period from a time of capturing the first image to a time of capturing the second image, regard the lighting device indicated by the first image and the lighting device indicated by the second image are the same, and specify the pattern of the lighting device that has been regarded the same.

Information processing apparatus, lighting device, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

A production plan creation device includes a processor configured to determine, when creating a plan for multiple tasks performed to produce a product, multiple candidate plans having a most favorable value for each of multiple predetermined evaluation indicators, and cause the multiple candidate plans to be displayed such that the respective evaluation values of the multiple evaluation indicators are comparable.

Production plan creation device and non-transitory computer readable medium

The disclosure provides a surface inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface of an object, a non-transitory computer readable medium thereof, and a surface inspection method thereof. According to an aspect of the disclosure, the surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and display, on a display device, the image including an index for specifying a position of a portion that has contributed to the calculation of the numerical value and the numerical value.

A production plan creation device includes a processor configured to receive, in a case of receiving a modification request to add a new task to an existing plan including plural tasks performed to produce a product using resources, a retention condition for retaining the plan for a task included in the existing plan, and modify the existing plan into a plan in which the plural tasks and the new task are performed using the resources while accounting for the retention condition and content of the new task.

A light emitting apparatus includes a light source, and a processor configured to perform control to cause the light source to blink in a blink pattern corresponding to output information including identification information unique to the light emitting apparatus, and configured to, when causing the light source to blink by repeating the blink pattern, change a time interval between the blink patterns.

Light emitting apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

An image reading optical system includes an image reading portion, multiple light reflection portions, and a diaphragm. The image reading portion includes an array of reading elements that read incident light. The light reflection portions reflect light traveling from a readable object to the image reading portion. The diaphragm regulates light traveling from a first one of the light reflection portions to a subsequent one of the light reflection portions in a specific direction. The diaphragm includes a first light shielding portion and a second light shielding portion disposed at different positions in a travel direction of the light with respect to the first one of the light reflection portions to block part of the light. The first light shielding portion and the second light shielding portion are located in substantially a common plane. The first light shielding portion is disposed along an optical axis of light incident on the first one of the light reflection portions.

Image reading optical system and image reading device

Provided is an image reading optical system including an image reading unit in which plural reading devices are arranged in a first direction, and plural image-forming mirrors that guide reflected light, which is acquired by reflecting light from a light source in a reading target, to the image reading unit, wherein any one of the plural image-forming mirrors is an adjustment mirror that has power only in one of the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and is rotatable or relatively movable with respect to the other image-forming mirrors.

Image reading optical system with an adjustment mirror

An image reading optical system includes an image reading unit including plural reading elements that are arranged in a first direction, a first reflective optical system configured to reflect reflection light which is irradiation light emitted from a light source and reflected on an object to be read, a second reflective optical system configured to condense the reflection light reflected on the first reflective optical system to the image reading unit, and an aperture stop including a plate shaped member formed with an aperture configured to regulate the reflection light reflected on the first reflective optical system in the first direction, the plate shaped member including at least one plate shaped piece bent at a preset angle with respect to the aperture along a tangent line of the aperture in the first direction.

Image reading optical system and image reading apparatus

An image is read from a recording medium via first and second optical imaging systems disposed such that respective reading regions partially overlap each other in a principal scanning direction on a reading surface. A sum of distances over which first and second images captured by the first and second optical imaging systems, respectively, are displaced in the principal scanning direction with respect to a reference point included in a region in which the reading regions overlap each other is calculated. First and second distances, over which the first and second images are displaced in the principal scanning direction, respectively, are calculated using the sum and first and second reading angles at which the first and second optical imaging systems, respectively, read the reference point. Positions of the first image and the second image in the principal scanning direction are corrected using the first distance and the second distance, respectively.

Image reading apparatus, image reading method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Provided is an optical apparatus including a line sensor that includes plural detection portions arranged in a lateral direction, the detection portions including plural light-receiving elements arranged in a line shape in a longitudinal direction, a direction corresponding to the and lateral direction being set as a first direction and a direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction being set as a second direction in a surface perpendicular to an optical axis of light which forms an image on the line sensor, and a reduction optical system that reflects light from an original document and guides the reflected light to the detection portion, and includes plural curved-surface mirrors that have curvatures in the first direction and the second direction as a whole.

Optical apparatus and image reader

Provided is an image reading device including an irradiation section that irradiates a reading position with light, a color chart that includes plural color patches, and that is provided on a curved surface of a rotatable roller, an image capturing section that captures an image of the color chart at the reading position, and that outputs image signals which express the captured image, a correction section that corrects the image signals using a correction coefficient corresponding to the curved surface, and a calibration section that performs calibration using the image signals, which are corrected by the correction section, and representative color values of the plural color patches, the representative color values being stored in advance.

Image reading device and image forming apparatus performing image correction using color patches on a curved surface

Provided is a transport device including plural rollers that are provided on a transporting path on which a sheet is transported in a transport direction and is subjected to a process at a process position, and transport the sheet which comes into contact with surfaces of the rollers in the transport direction by rotation of the rollers, among the plural rollers, first rollers that are provided closest to the process position, among the plural rollers, second rollers that are provided closest to the first rollers on an opposite side with respect to the process position, and a driving unit that drives the first rollers and the second rollers to rotate so that a speed of a surface of the first roller is faster than a speed of a surface of the second roller at least while the sheet passes through the process position.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kiyofumi Aikawa