Patents by Inventor Nobutane Chiba

Nobutane Chiba 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).

  • Publication number: 20150268815
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a stereoscopic pointer. Position information designates a position of the stereoscopic pointer, including the depth direction of the stereoscopic pointer. Horizontal pointer position signals are generated based on the position information. The horizontal position of the pointer is set in left and right channels to a horizontal position shifted so as to correspond to a parallax of the position of the stereoscopic pointer in the depth direction. The stereoscopic pointer is displayed based on the horizontal pointer position signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Arai, Nobutane Chiba, Kazuya Saito
  • Patent number: 9024942
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a stereoscopic pointer. Position information designates a position of the stereoscopic pointer, including the depth direction of the stereoscopic pointer. Horizontal pointer position signals are generated based on the position information. The horizontal position of the pointer is set in left and right channels to a horizontal position shifted so as to correspond to a parallax of the position of the stereoscopic pointer in the depth direction. The stereoscopic pointer is displayed based on the horizontal pointer position signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Arai, Nobutane Chiba, Kazuya Saito
  • Patent number: 8760497
    Abstract: A video processing device includes an input unit that receives a video signal for a left channel and a video signal for a right channel, a synchronization processing unit that performs a synchronization process used to correct mismatches between timings of the video signal for the left channel and the video signal for the right channel which are input to the input unit, a changing unit that changes video signal components of the video signal for the left channel and the video signal for the right channel which have undergone the synchronization process in the synchronization processing unit at an instructed timing and selects and outputs a synchronization signal component of either of the video signals, a control unit that performs setting for a video signal selected by the changing unit depending on an instructed mode, and an output unit that outputs the video signal selected by the changing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Uemura, Nobutane Chiba
  • Patent number: 8675055
    Abstract: A signal processor includes: a phase matching section adapted to bring two image signals supplied from two cameras into phase, one image signal being a left image signal and the other image signal being a right image signal; a phase adjustment section adapted to change the horizontal phase of the left and/or right image signal based on a phase displacement so as to move both or either of the left and right images horizontally by a predetermined distance and output the image signals with changed parallax between the left and right images; and a read section adapted to output the left and/or right image signal in which, of those areas displayed three-dimensionally and other areas where only the left or right image is displayed two-dimensionally, the image in the two-dimensionally displayed areas has been replaced by an image different from that in the three-dimensionally displayed areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Nobutane Chiba
  • Patent number: 8471896
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes: a phase matching unit which matches phases of a left image signal and a right image signal input from two cameras which are disposed so as to be matched with an interval between both eyes of a human to image the same object; and a phase adjusting unit which moves in a horizontal direction by a predetermined distance both or any one of a left image and a right image displayed on a display unit by the left image signal and the right image signal by changing the phases of the left image signal and/or the right image signal in the horizontal direction based on displacement amounts of phases designated by an operating unit, and outputs the left image signal and the right image signal obtained by changing disparity between the left image and the right image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutane Chiba, Yasuyuki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20120212482
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a stereoscopic pointer. Position information designates a position of the stereoscopic pointer, including the depth direction of the stereoscopic pointer. Horizontal pointer position signals are generated based on the position information. The horizontal position of the pointer is set in left and right channels to a horizontal position shifted so as to correspond to a parallax of the position of the stereoscopic pointer in the depth direction. The stereoscopic pointer is displayed based on the horizontal pointer position signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Hideki Arai, Nobutane Chiba, Kazuya Saito
  • Publication number: 20120050276
    Abstract: A signal processor includes: a phase matching section adapted to bring two image signals supplied from two cameras into phase, one image signal being a left image signal and the other image signal being a right image signal; a phase adjustment section adapted to change the horizontal phase of the left and/or right image signal based on a phase displacement so as to move both or either of the left and right images horizontally by a predetermined distance and output the image signals with changed parallax between the left and right images; and a read section adapted to output the left and/or right image signal in which, of those areas displayed three-dimensionally and other areas where only the left or right image is displayed two-dimensionally, the image in the two-dimensionally displayed areas has been replaced by an image different from that in the three-dimensionally displayed areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobutane Chiba
  • Publication number: 20110249017
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an input unit that receives at least one of image signals for a left channel and image signals for a right channel, a color conversion processing unit that converts at least one of the image signals for the left channel and the image signals for the right channel, which are input to the input unit, into image signals for a solid color image of a specific color, and an output unit that outputs image signals including the image signals converted in the color conversion processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutane Chiba, Yasuyuki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20110249098
    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes: a phase matching unit which matches phases of a left image signal and a right image signal input from two cameras which are disposed so as to be matched with an interval between both eyes of a human to image the same object; and a phase adjusting unit which moves in a horizontal direction by a predetermined distance both or any one of a left image and a right image displayed on a display unit by the left image signal and the right image signal by changing the phases of the left image signal and/or the right image signal in the horizontal direction based on displacement amounts of phases designated by an operating unit, and outputs the left image signal and the right image signal obtained by changing disparity between the left image and the right image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobutane Chiba, Yasuyuki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20110249089
    Abstract: A video processing device includes an input unit that receives a video signal for a left channel and a video signal for a right channel, a synchronization processing unit that performs a synchronization process used to correct mismatches between timings of the video signal for the left channel and the video signal for the right channel which are input to the input unit, a changing unit that changes video signal components of the video signal for the left channel and the video signal for the right channel which have undergone the synchronization process in the synchronization processing unit at an instructed timing and selects and outputs a synchronization signal component of either of the video signals, a control unit that performs setting for a video signal selected by the changing unit depending on an instructed mode, and an output unit that outputs the video signal selected by the changing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki UEMURA, Nobutane Chiba
  • Publication number: 20110242282
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a synchronization separation unit that separates horizontal and vertical synchronization signals from image signals, a dot counter which counts the number of dots of the image signals, a line counter which counts the number of lines of the image signals, a determination unit which determines the number of pixels in an image display area based on the number of dots and the number of lines, a control unit which controls the timing for shifting and outputting either of the left or the right image signal so that a left or a right image is displayed side by side in a display area in a size where a user can recognize the left or the right image among display areas in a display unit, and a first image signal shift unit which outputs the left or the right image signal to the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Arai, Nobutane Chiba, Yasuyuki Uemura