Patents by Inventor Tokio Kamimura

Tokio Kamimura 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).

  • Communication system and communication method using animation and server as well as terminal device used therefor
    Patent number: 6943794
    Abstract: A communication system for performing a remote conversation with an actual or fictional human or the like virtualized by using a computer comprises a client and a server, wherein the client includes an input portion for inputting a first message addressed from a user to the human or the like, a transmitting portion for transmitting the first message, a receiving portion for receiving facial animation of the human or the like and a second message that is a message sent from the human or the like to the user as a response to the first message, an output portion for outputting the second message to the user, and a display portion for displaying the facial animation; and the server includes a storing portion for storing facial image data of the human or the like, a receiving portion for receiving the first message, a first generating portion for generating the second message, a second generating portion for generating motion control data for causing the facial image data to move in accordance with the second mess
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokio Kamimura, Yuzuru Tanaka
  • Communication system and communication method using animation and server as well as terminal device used therefor
    Publication number: 20010051535
    Abstract: A communication system for performing a remote conversation with an actual or fictional human or the like virtualized by using a computer comprises a client and a server, wherein the client includes an input portion for inputting a first message addressed from a user to the human or the like, a transmitting portion for transmitting the first message, a receiving portion for receiving facial animation of the human or the like and a second message that is a message sent from the human or the like to the user as a response to the first message, an output portion for outputting the second message to the user, and a display portion for displaying the facial animation; and the server includes a storing portion for storing facial image data of the human or the like, a receiving portion for receiving the first message, a first generating portion for generating the second message, a second generating portion for generating motion control data for causing the facial image data to move in accordance with the second mess
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: MINOLTA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tokio Kamimura, Yuzuru Tanaka