IP Library Granted Patent US 11,489,975
Granted Patent B2
US 11,489,975 · App. 16/942,884 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Information processing device for calculating a contact angle and computer readable medium for the same

Inventors: Masao Omori (Kanagawa, JP); Eizo Kurihara (Ebina, JP); Ryosuke Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Akahane (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuhiro Otsuka (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFIIM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/00092B41J25/00H04N1/00037H04N1/00068
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Patent No.
US 11,489,975
App. No.
16/942,884
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device includes a processor configured to acquire a first characteristic value indicating a shape characteristic of a surface of a medium, and calculate, based on the first characteristic value, a contact angle of a droplet with respect to the medium.

Claims (53)

1. An information processing device comprising:

a processor, wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire a first characteristic value indicating a shape characteristic of a surface of a medium, and

calculate, based on the first characteristic value, a contact angle of a droplet with respect to the medium.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to

calculate the contact angle of the droplet with respect to the medium based on a brightness statistic, as the first characteristic value, obtained from a diffused light amount image showing an amount of a light reflected by and diffused on the surface of the medium among lights incident on the surface of the medium.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the processor is configured to

calculate, as the brightness statistic, a most frequent brightness value representing a smoothness of the surface of the medium based on a brightness of a plurality of pixels within a unit area in the diffused light amount image.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire a second characteristic value indicating a physical characteristic of the surface of the medium, and

calculate the contact angle based on at least one of the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire a second characteristic value indicating a physical characteristic of the surface of the medium, and

calculate the contact angle based on at least one of the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value.

6. The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire a second characteristic value indicating a physical characteristic of the surface of the medium, and

calculate the contact angle based on at least one of the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value.

7. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire, as the second characteristic value, an electrical resistance value on the surface of the medium.

8. The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire, as the second characteristic value, an electrical resistance value on the surface of the medium.

9. The information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire, as the second characteristic value, an electrical resistance value on the surface of the medium.

10. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire, as the second characteristic value, an amount of an absorbed infrared light among an amount of infrared lights received by the surface of the medium.

11. The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire, as the second characteristic value, an amount of an absorbed infrared light among an amount of infrared lights received by the surface of the medium.

12. The information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire, as the second characteristic value, an amount of an absorbed infrared light among an amount of infrared lights received by the surface of the medium.

13. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire, as the second characteristic value, both an electrical resistance value on the surface of the medium and an amount of an absorbed infrared light among an amount of infrared lights received by the surface of the medium.

14. The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire, as the second characteristic value, both an electrical resistance value on the surface of the medium and an amount of an absorbed infrared light among an amount of infrared lights received by the surface of the medium.

15. The information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein

the processor is configured to

acquire, as the second characteristic value, both an electrical resistance value on the surface of the medium and an amount of an absorbed infrared light among an amount of infrared lights received by the surface of the medium.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

acquiring a first characteristic value indicating a shape characteristic of a surface of a medium, and

calculating, based on the first characteristic value, a contact angle of a droplet with respect to the medium.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 13, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056226/0612 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2020
From: OMORI, MASAO; KURIHARA, EIZO; TAKAHASHI, RYOSUKE; AKAHANE, KENJI; OTSUKA, YASUHIRO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053713/0781 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-036289 · Mar 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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