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Corporate Wire Date: 18 March 2020 13:40 JST
Ricoh (7752) has been issued a new U.S. patent titled "Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image capturing system, image processing method" by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent number is 10,593,014 and was issued on March 17, 2020.
ABSTRACT
An information processing apparatus calculates a first corresponding area in a first image in first projection, corresponding to a second image in second projection, through first homography transformation; transforms a projection of a peripheral area including the first corresponding area to generate a peripheral area image; calculate a second corresponding area in the peripheral area image through second homography transformation; calculate a third corresponding area in the second image, corresponding to a third image in the second projection, through third homography transformation; reversely transform a projection of the second corresponding area to generate first location information based on a first specific corresponding area in the first image; calculate a fourth corresponding area in the peripheral area image through the second homography transformation; and reversely transform a projection of the fourth corresponding area to generate second location information based on a second specific corresponding area in the first image.
| Appl. No. | 16/356,362 |
IN TODAY'S REPORT:
SECTION 1 CLAIMS
SECTION 2 RANK BY PATENTS ISSUED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS: VS JAPAN STOCKS
SECTION 3 RECENT PATENTS ISSUED BY THE US PTO
SECTION 4 RECENT PATENTS ISSUED BY THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
SECTION 5 ACTIVITIES
SECTION 6 PRICE PERFORMANCE SCORECARD
SECTION 7 FINANCIALS AND GROWTH PERFORMANCE SCORECARD
SECTION 8 GLOBAL RANK
SECTION 1 CLAIMS
The invention claimed is:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: obtain a first image in first projection, a second image in second projection, and a third image in the second projection that is the same as the projection of the second image; calculate a first corresponding area in the first image, which corresponds to the second image, through first homography transformation, based on similarity between a plurality of feature points in the first image, and a plurality of features points in the second image; transform a projection of a peripheral area including the first corresponding area from the first projection to the second projection, to generate a peripheral area image; calculate a second corresponding area in the peripheral area image, which corresponds to the second image, through second homography transformation, based on similarity between a plurality of feature points in the second image, and a plurality of feature points in the peripheral area image; calculate a third corresponding area in the second image, which corresponds to the third image, through third homography transformation, based on similarity between a plurality of feature points in the second image, and a plurality of feature points in the third image; reversely transform a projection of the second corresponding area, from the second projection to the first projection, to generate first location information based on a first specific corresponding area in the first image, which corresponds to the second corresponding area; calculate a fourth corresponding area in the peripheral area image, which corresponds to the third image, through the second homography transformation; and reversely transform a projection of the fourth corresponding area, from the second projection to the first projection, to generate second location information based on a second specific corresponding area in the first image, which corresponds to the fourth corresponding area.
ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
To view full US patent issued to Ricoh by the US Patent Office, http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&S1=10,593,014&OS=10,593,014&RS=10,593,014
Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office
SECTION 2 RANK BY PATENTS ISSUED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS: RICOH VS JAPAN STOCKS
Ricoh ranked 1 by US Patents issued in the past year out of 3,939 Japan listed companies. A total of 42,079 US patents were issued to Japan listed companies in the past year, an average of 10.7 patents per company. Ricoh received 890 US Patents in the past 12 months; 83 times average.
SECTION 3 RECENT PATENTS ISSUED TO RICOH BY THE US PTO IN THE PAST QUARTER
In the past quarter 219 patents were issued by the US PTO to Ricoh. Recent 10 patents are as follows:
| Issue Date | Title | Patent No. |
| Mar 10 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device | 10,584,008 |
| Mar 10 | Optical scanning device, projection device, and display device | 10,587,849 |
| Mar 10 | Active energy ray curable liquid composition, method for manufacturing three-dimensional objects, and apparatus for manufacturing three-dimensional objects | 10,584,194 |
| Mar 10 | Projection optical system, projection apparatus, and projection system | 10,585,269 |
| Mar 10 | Image forming apparatus | 10,585,366 |
| Mar 10 | Automatic travel vehicle, method of controlling travel operation of automatic travel vehicle, and server | 10,585,438 |
| Mar 10 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and storage medium for authenticating user login and screen customization | 10,585,565 |
| Mar 10 | Terminal apparatus, output apparatus, and information processing system | 10,585,638 |
| Mar 10 | Service ticket generation using IOT buttons | 10,585,688 |
| Mar 10 | Electronic apparatus and method for restarting a central processing unit (CPU) in response to detecting an abnormality | 10,585,755 |
SECTION 4 RECENT PATENTS ISSUED TO RICOH BY THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE IN THE PAST QUARTER
The following 12 patents were issued by the European Patent Office to Ricoh in the past year:
| Issue Date | Title | Patent No. |
| Mar 04, 2020 | FIBER AGGREGATION, SHORT FIBER, FILM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SHORT FIBER | EP3617359 (A1) |
| Mar 04, 2020 | RESIN POWDER, DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SOLID FREEFORM OBJECT | EP3616869 (A1) |
| Feb 26, 2020 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE | EP3614005 (A1) |
| Feb 12, 2020 | READING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING AN INVISIBLE MARK OF AN ORIGINAL | EP3608884 (A1) |
| Feb 12, 2020 | PARTICLE COLLECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME | EP3608725 (A1) |
| Feb 12, 2020 | READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME, AND READING METHOD | EP3609171 (A1) |
| Feb 05, 2020 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, HEAD UNIT, APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID, AND LIQUID DISCHARGING METHOD | EP3603981 (A1) |
| Jan 29, 2020 | LIQUID JET DEVICE | EP3599102 (A1) |
| Jan 29, 2020 | IMAGING APPARATUS | EP3599493 (A2) |
| Jan 29, 2020 | METAL OXIDE, FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | EP3599646 (A2) |
SECTION 5 RICOH ACTIVITIES
RICOH COMPANY,LTD. is engaged in development, production and sale of office printers, commercial printers and other devices. The Company operates in six business segments. The Office Printing segment provides maintenance services and related consumables for multifunction devices, copiers, printers, and other devices.
SECTION 6 RICOH PRICE PERFORMANCE SCORECARD (JAPAN:7752):
6.1 The performance of Ricoh Co., Ltd. is placed 2,807/3,578 in the BSS News Bites ranking of price performance of Japan stocks in the past year, a percentile ranking of 21.
6.2 Moving Annual Return (Past 5 years)
Based on a dynamic start date of 5 years ago, the real rate of return has averaged -4.3%. The Moving Annual Return has been positive in 2 out of 5 years.
| 7752 | Close (JPY) | Dividends (JPY) | Capital Gain / (Loss) % | % Yield | Annual Return % |
| Mar 18 | 685 | 26 | (39.9) | 2.3 | (37.6) |
| 1 Yr ago | 1,140.02 | 17.5 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| 2 Yrs ago | 1,081.21 | 20 | 14.5 | 2.1 | 16.6 |
| 3 Yrs ago | 944.64 | 40 | (10.1) | 3.8 | (6.3) |
| 4 Yrs ago | 1,050.63 | 34.5 | (4.6) | 3.1 | (1.5) |
Close 5 years ago JPY1,101.55
6.3 Present Value of JPY1000 invested in the past
The present value of JPY1000 invested a year ago is JPY616
| PV1000 | 1-week | 1-month | 1-year |
| 7752.TO | 744 | 609 | 616 |
| Nikkei 225 Index | 884 | 782 | 795 |
6.4 Price Change % (1 Mo, 3 Mo, 1 Yr)
1-Year price change for Ricoh was -40.5%. Compared with the Nikkei 225 Index which fell 19.3% in the year, the relative price change was -21.2%.
| Price Change % | 1-Month | 3-Month | 1-Year |
| 7752 | -39.7 | -42.6 | -40.5 |
| Electric appliances sector | -24.4 | -27.5 | -12.2 |
| Nikkei 225 Index | -25.4 | -27.7 | -19.3 |
SECTION 7 RICOH FINANCIALS AND GROWTH PERFORMANCE SCORECARD (JAPAN:7752):
7.1 Revenue growth and ROE (All figures in percent)
Return on Equity deteriorated from 5.8% in 2016 to 5.4% in 2019, Operating Margin deteriorated from 4.9% in 2016 to 4.2% in 2019 and Revenue Growth deteriorated from 3.5% in 2016 to -2.4% in 2019.
| 7752 | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth | Operating Margin | ROE |
| 2019 | -2.4 | - | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | - | -6 | -13.1 |
| 2017 | -8.2 | - | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | -8.2 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
7.2 High Performance Indicators and rank of Ricoh in the Japan market:
| Description | Value | Rank In Market |
| Today's Trading Turnover | JPY1.2 billion (US$11.5 million) | In Top 6% |
| Price to Sales | 0.2 | In Top 22% |
SECTION 8 RICOH GLOBAL RANK (JAPAN:7752):
Rank in the Nikkei 225 Index [out of 225 stocks]
| Description | Value | Rank |
| MCap (US$) | 6.5B | 122 |
| Total Assets (US$) | 25.2B | 77 |
| Revenue (US$) | 18.6B | 61 |
| Net Profit (US$) | 458.5M | 112 |
| Return on Equity % | 5.4 | 175 |
| Net Profit Margin % | 2.8 | 186 |
| Price to Book | 0.9 | 73 |
| Price Earnings | 14.0 | 111 |
| Yield % | 1.4 | 133 |
| PV$1000 (1Year) US$* | 854 | 162 |
| % Change YTD | -10.9 | 182 |
Oct 11, 2019: USD 1 equals JPY 108.0147
COMPANY IDENTIFIERS
Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TO:7752; TYO:7752; T:7752; JP:7752)
ISIN: JP3973400009
RIC: 7752.T
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