Patents by Inventor Masaaki Kurata

Masaaki Kurata 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).

  • Patent number: 11922650
    Abstract: It is possible to estimate a slack level accurately in consideration of a shape of a deformed cable. A point cloud analysis device sets a plurality of regions of interest obtained by window-searching a wire model including a quadratic curve model representing a cable obtained from a point cloud consisting of three-dimensional points on an object, the region of interest being divided into a first region and a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Niigaki, Masaki Waki, Masaaki Inoue, Yasuhiro Yao, Tomoya Shimizu, Hiroyuki Oshida, Kana Kurata, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 6938220
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus obtains a distance that an input pen is moved in terms of the number of dots covered on a display screen, and from that number, judges whether a pen stroke is a gesture entry or a pointing entry. When the input pen is moved over more than a predetermined number of dots, e.g., eight dots, gesture recognition processing is performed. If the input pen is moved less than that number of dots, a pointing instruction is recognized, and pointing processing is performed. If a gesture is recognized, a recognized gesture editing command and a feature point of the gesture command are stored in RAM. Since an input by the input pen is judged a gesture entry or a pointing entry according to the number of dots over which the input pen is moved, a switch is not required to change data/instruction entry modes which reduces cost and improves handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shigematsu, Yutaka Nakamura, Munenori Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakao, Yasuhiro Nakajima, Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: 5796406
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus obtains a distance that an input pen is moved in terms of the number of dots covered on a display screen, and from that number, judges whether a pen stroke is a gesture entry or a pointing entry. When the input pen is moved over more than a predetermined number of dots, e.g., eight dots, gesture recognition processing is performed. If the input pen is moved less than that number of dots, a pointing instruction is recognized, and pointing processing is performed. If a gesture is recognized, a recognized gesture editing command and a feature point of the gesture command are stored in RAM. Since an input by the input pen is judged a gesture entry or a pointing entry according to the number of dots over which the input pen is moved, a switch is not required to change data/instruction entry modes which reduces cost and improves handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shigematsu, Yutaka Nakamura, Munenori Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakao, Yasuhiro Nakajima, Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: 5481278
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus obtains a distance that an input pen is moved in terms of the number of dots covered on a display screen, and from that number, judges whether a pen stroke is a gesture entry or a pointing entry. When the input pen is moved over more than a predetermined number of dots, e.g., eight dots, gesture recognition processing is performed. If the input pen is moved less than that number of dots, a pointing instruction is recognized, and pointing processing is performed. If a gesture is recognized, a recognized gesture editing command and a feature point of the gesture command are stored in RAM. Since an input by the input pen is judged a gesture entry or a pointing entry according to the number of dots over which the input pen is moved, a switch is not required to change data/instruction entry modes which reduces cost and improves handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shigematsu, Yutaka Nakamura, Munenori Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Nagasawa, Hiroshi Nakao, Yasuhiro Nakajima, Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: 5297245
    Abstract: A data input system useful in a data base such as an address data management system. This data input system can reduce the number of key operation and the possibility of erroneously inputting data. This system comprises: a display for displaying input data; a first memory for storing data displayed on the display, a second memory for temporarily storing the displayed data; and a control unit for displaying the data stored in the second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kozo Kitamura, Junji Tanaka, Masaaki Kurata, Kiyoshi Kakuda, Kenji Hirano, Hirofumi Yanaru
  • Patent number: D645401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: D658666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasushi Fukuoka, Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: D689859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: D744109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kousuke Yoneta, Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: D751071
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: D754138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hitoshi Otsuka, Masaaki Kurata, Kousuke Yoneta
  • Patent number: D774453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke Yoneta, Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: D776190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ROLAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito Kimura, Masaaki Kurata, Hirofumi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: D798882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Masaaki Kurata
  • Patent number: D803712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Masaaki Kurata