Patents by Inventor Kengiro Sato

Kengiro Sato has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for generating object motion path, method of setting object display attribute, and computer graphics system
    Patent number: 5717848
    Abstract: There are provided apparatuses for generating the motion path of an object. One apparatus includes an input unit for inputting information representative of the position of a start point of the motion of an object, at least one of the magnitude and direction of a velocity at the start point, an end point of the motion of the object, and at least one of the magnitude and direction of a velocity at the end point, and a calculation unit for calculating a motion path from the start point to the end point, in accordance with the information inputted to the input unit. As an alternative of the position and velocity of an object, the rotary angle and angular velocity of an object may be used to represent the facing direction of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norito Watanabe, Atsushi Kawabata, Tsugio Tomita, Toshio Sakai, Yasuo Sasaki, Yoshiaki Usami, Akihiro Sakamoto, Kengiro Sato