Patents by Inventor Minehiro Konya
Minehiro Konya 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).
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Patent number: 8654176Abstract: A television (100) includes: an image data receiving section (105) for receiving, from the outside, image data storing therein process specifying information; and a controlling section (107) for controlling an image processing section (103) so as to carry out a process specified by the process specifying information stored in the received image data. Thus, it is possible to cause the television (100) to carry out the desired process by causing the television (100) to receive the image data including the process specifying information for specifying the process which should be carried out by the television (100).Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masafumi Takahashi, Tatsuo Sudo, Takuya Kinoshita, Katsuo Doi, Mitsunori Nojima, Kenji Mameda, Takashi Nakajima, Aya Enatsu, Yohei Iwami, Toshihide Hagawa, Azusa Umemoto, Minehiro Konya
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Patent number: 8310391Abstract: An electronic device (1) constitutes a remote control system (100) together with a remote control device (3) and at least one controlled device (2/2?), and the electronic device (1) includes: a first reception section (20) that receives, from the remote control device, a direct command signal (7/7?) broadcasted to the electronic device and the controlled device; a second reception section (23) that receives, from the controlled device, an indirect command signal (8) having been generated by the controlled device according to the direct command signal having been received from the remote control device; and a control section (10) including signal selecting means (31) that selects one intended command signal to which a response is needed from a signal group according to a predetermined rule, the signal group consisting of the direct command signal having been received by the first reception section and the indirect command signal having been received by the second reception section.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsunori Nojima, Yohei Iwami, Minehiro Konya, Azusa Umemoto, Katsuo Doi, Masafumi Takahashi
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Patent number: 8306867Abstract: A reproducing apparatus (2) of the present invention receives information of a WEB site from a service-providing server (3) that administrates the WEB site, and reproduces the information. The service-providing server (3) holds identification information (40) of a user of a portable communication apparatus (1) that is permitted to access the WEB site. The reproducing apparatus (2) includes: a data receiving section for receiving, from the portable communication apparatus (1), invitation information (51), identification information (40), and transmission time point information (50); a reproducing apparatus infrared communication section; a destination determination section that establishes a connection to the service-providing server (3) based on the received invitation information (51), and transmits the invitation information (51), the identification information (40), and transmission-instruction time (50); and a reproducing apparatus communication control section.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Mitsunori Nojima, Yohei Iwami, Minehiro Konya, Azusa Umemoto, Katsuo Doi, Masafumi Takahashi, Kumiko Yamaguchi, Masaharu Nakatsuchi
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Publication number: 20110075045Abstract: A television (11) includes: an executable process storage section (122) having stored therein command names 6 respectively indicating one or more processes that can be executed by the television (11); process-designating information extracting section (112) for extracting, from image data received from an operation device (20), pieces of process-designating information (5) designating processes that are to be executed by a plurality of image data reception processing devices (10); and a process executing section (115) for, from among the processes indicated by the command names (6) stored in the executable process storage section (122), executing a process that matches a process designated by a piece of process-designating information (5) thus obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Kenji Mameda, Minehiro Konya, Mitsunori Nojima, Youhei Iwami, Katsuo Doi, Masafumi Takahashi
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Patent number: 7889192Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile phone that includes a single camera for picking up a 2D image and provides the 2D image with parallax information to create a 3D image. The 3D image is displayed on a display unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2003Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minehiro Konya, Yusuke Miyata, Kei Okuda, Takashi Yasumoto
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Publication number: 20100328133Abstract: An electronic device (1) constitutes a remote control system (100) together with a remote control device (3) and at least one controlled device (2/2?), and the electronic device (1) includes: a first reception section (20) that receives, from the remote control device, a direct command signal (7/7?) broadcasted to the electronic device and the controlled device; a second reception section (23) that receives, from the controlled device, an indirect command signal (8) having been generated by the controlled device according to the direct command signal having been received from the remote control device; and a control section (10) including signal selecting means (31) that selects one intended command signal to which a response is needed from a signal group according to a predetermined rule, the signal group consisting of the direct command signal having been received by the first reception section and the indirect command signal having been received by the second reception section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Mitsunori Nojima, Yohei Iwami, Minehiro Konya, Azusa Umemoto, Katsuo Doi, Masafumi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20100211475Abstract: A reproducing apparatus (2) of the present invention receives information of a WEB site from a service-providing server (3) that administrates the WEB site, and reproduces the information. The service-providing server (3) holds identification information (40) of a user of a portable communication apparatus (1) that is permitted to access the WEB site. The reproducing apparatus (2) includes: a data receiving section for receiving, from the portable communication apparatus (1), invitation information (51), identification information (40), and transmission time point information (50); a reproducing apparatus infrared communication section; a destination determination section that establishes a connection to the service-providing server (3) based on the received invitation information (51), and transmits the invitation information (51), the identification information (40), and transmission-instruction time (50); and a reproducing apparatus communication control section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Mitsunori Nojima, Yohei Iwami, Minehiro Konya, Azusa Umemoto, Katsuo Doi, Masafumi Takahashi, Kumiko Yamaguchi, Masaharu Nakatsuchi
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Publication number: 20100118115Abstract: A television (100) includes: an image data receiving section (105) for receiving, from the outside, image data storing therein process specifying information; and a controlling section (107) for controlling an image processing section (103) so as to carry out a process specified by the process specifying information stored in the received image data. Thus, it is possible to cause the television (100) to carry out the desired process by causing the television (100) to receive the image data including the process specifying information for specifying the process which should be carried out by the television (100).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Masafumi Takahashi, Tatsuo Sudo, Takuya Kinoshita, Katsuo Doi, Mitsunori Nojima, Kenji Mameda, Takashi Nakajima, Aya Enatsu, Yohei Iwami, Toshihide Hagawa, Azusa Umemoto, Minehiro Konya
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Patent number: 7490134Abstract: By using code information, it is possible to easily and accurately direct users to interactive media. The code-issuing server system 10 issues 2-dimensional code information according to a request, an advertiser server system 20 receives the issued 2-dimensional code information and an advertiser server 21 manages the received 2-dimensional code information, a portable telephone 30 having an imaging function that uses a CCD camera photographs the 2-dimensional code information, obtains a Web address that is contained in the photographed 2-dimensional code information and accesses a Web page via the Internet 40 using the obtained Web address, and the advertiser server system 20 supplies information to the portable telephone 30 via the Internet 40 in response to access from the portable telephone 30.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2003Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Dentsu, Inc.Inventors: Yuji Ono, Fumitaka Toya, Taku Ito, Kentaro Kitajima, Tohru Itoh, Atsuyuki Naito, Yoshito Hashimoto, Hidehiko Yamamoto, Hideto Nishikawa, Hiroyoshi Naitoh, Minehiro Konya
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Publication number: 20080313710Abstract: The communications device of the present invention performs an authentication with the device at the other end automatically or through a simple operation, independently of an authentication scheme supported by the device at the other end. A communications device includes: a connecting section for establishing a connection with the other communications device according to the IrSimple scheme; an authentication section for performing an authentication by the IrSimple scheme; a connecting section for establishing a connection with the other communications device according to the IrDA scheme, an authentication section for performing an authentication according to the IrDA scheme; and a protocol switching section for causing the connecting section to initiate a connection and causing the authentication section to perform an authentication, when an authentication by the authentication section is unsuccessful.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: Atsuhiro Doi, Fumihiro Fukae, Hitoshi Naoe, Minehiro Konya, Kenji Mameda, Mitsunori Nojima
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Publication number: 20050038872Abstract: By using code information, it is possible to easily and accurately direct users to interactive media. The code-issuing server system 10 issues 2-dimensional code information according to a request, an advertiser server system 20 receives the issued 2-dimensional code information and an advertiser server 21 manages the received 2-dimensional code information, a portable telephone 30 having an imaging function that uses a CCD camera photographs the 2-dimensional code information, obtains a Web address that is contained in the photographed 2-dimensional code information and accesses a Web page via the Internet 40 using the obtained Web address, and the advertiser server system 20 supplies information to the portable telephone 30 via the Internet 40 in response to access from the portable telephone 30.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2003Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Yuji Ono, Fumitaka Toya, Taku Ito, Kentaro Kitajima, Tohru Itoh, Atsuyuki Naito, Yoshito Hashimoto, Hidehiko Yamamoto, Hideto Nishikawa, Minehiro Konya
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Patent number: 6747652Abstract: An image processing device for generating a 3-D character image of the present invention includes: an image input section for inputting a face image; a storage section for prestoring of 3-D models, body images, and information on a direction, position, and size of a face conforming to the body images; a user input section having a position designation means and a body selection means; an image processing section, including a textured image generation means for generating a textured image so as to paste the input image onto the 3-D model, a textured image storage means, a face image generation means, and a combining means for combining a body image and an image generated by the face image generation section so as to generate a 3-D character image; and a display section.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoru Inoue, Hajime Takezawa, Minehiro Konya
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Publication number: 20040004616Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile phone that includes a single camera for picking up a 2D image and provides the 2D image with parallax information to create a 3D image. The 3D image is displayed on a display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Minehiro Konya, Yusuke Miyata, Kei Okuda, Takashi Yasumoto
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Patent number: 6587593Abstract: An image processing device of the present invention is provided with an area position specifying device and a computing device. When the user specifies a desired object by using the area position specifying device, the computing device generates an emphasized image, in which the specified object is emphasized, and a line image, and the computing device further produces a composite image of these images so as to achieve an illustration image. In addition to the line image, the emphasized image is produced so that it is possible to emphasize an object desired by the user regardless of a state of the line image; consequently, it is possible to generate a natural illustration image in accordance with the actual image.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1999Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsuro Matsuoka, Ryuji Funayama, Harunobu Mori, Hajime Takezawa, Minehiro Konya
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Publication number: 20020171648Abstract: An image processing device for generating a 3-D character image of the present invention includes: an image input section for inputting a face image; a storage section for prestoring of 3-D models, body images, and information on a direction, position, and size of a face conforming to the body images; a user input section having a position designation means and a body selection means; an image processing section, including a textured image generation means for generating a textured image so as to paste the input image onto the 3-D model, a textured image storage means, a face image generation means, and a combining means for combining a body image and an image generated by the face image generation section so as to generate a 3-D character image; and a display section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventors: Satoru Inoue, Hajime Takezawa, Minehiro Konya
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Patent number: 6389155Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a designating section for designating an arbitrary region or an arbitrary position of an image; a specifying section for specifying an object region which is present in the designated region or position, and which can additionally be in a vicinity of the designated region or position, from pixel information in the designated region or position; a determining section for determining an image region to be cut out from the image, based on the specified object region; and a cutting section for cutting out the determined image region from the image.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1998Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Funayama, Hajime Takezawa, Minehiro Konya, Mitsuhiro Hakaridani
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Patent number: 6332038Abstract: The present image processing device includes an image obtaining device which obtains an electronic image (still image) or a series of electronic images (moving image), an image extraction processing device which performs image extraction processing for extracting from the image obtained by the image obtaining device a specified object domain an operator wishes to cut out, and a result output device which outputs an image extracted by the image extraction processing device. The image extraction processing device sets two mutually exclusive provisional domains in the obtained image, and, based on separability of the provisional domains, extracts a partial image containing the specified object domain.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1999Date of Patent: December 18, 2001Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Funayama, Minehiro Konya, Hajime Takezawa
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Publication number: 20010014182Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a designating section for designating an arbitrary region or an arbitrary position of an image; a specifying section for specifying an object region which is present in the designated region or position, and which can additionally be in a vicinity of the designated region or position, from pixel information in the designated region or position; a determining section for determining an image region to be cut out from the image, based on the specified object region; and a cutting section for cutting out the determined image region from the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 1998Publication date: August 16, 2001Inventors: RYUJI FUNAYAMA, HAJIME TAKEZAWA, MINEHIRO KONYA, MITSUHIRO HAKARIDANI
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Patent number: 5936596Abstract: An image-displaying apparatus that is provided with a display section which is constituted of a plurality of pixels disposed in the form of a matrix and which is capable of displaying images that are different depending on viewing angles from which they are viewed. This arrangement makes it possible to select desired images by changing the viewing angles from which the display section is viewed. This eliminates the necessity of having to wear conventional glasses with a shutter and their inherent inconveniences. Further, this apparatus is suitable for public use as well as for private use, even when only one apparatus is used.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1995Date of Patent: August 10, 1999Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeto Yoshida, Hiroshi Yoneda, Minehiro Konya
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Patent number: 5870107Abstract: A character and symbol pattern generator includes a skeleton data storage device for storing beforehand, for every skeleton pattern. Skeleton data includes coordinate data of each skeleton point at which changes occur at least in the stroke direction of skeleton pattern for forming characters and symbols, two thickness data which represent lengths of two thickness segments of a stroke on the start and end points of the skeleton pattern, and two angle data which represent angles of the two thickness segments with respect to the stroke direction or the horizontal direction. An input device is used to designate the kind and size of the character and symbol. A thickness data calculating device calculates thickness data of each skeleton point from the two thickness data of the start and end points and the coordinate data of each skeleton point.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1996Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masayuki Fujisawa, Susumu Hasegawa, Yutaka Shigi, Yoshiko Imaki, Minehiro Konya