Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Nakahara

Tsutomu Nakahara 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).

  • Information processing apparatus and information processing method
    Patent number: 9607439
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a viewpoint position of an observer who observes a first three-dimensional virtual object arranged in a virtual space and having at least one cross section; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a normal vector of a first cross section of the first three-dimensional virtual object; an image generation unit configured to generate, based on the viewpoint position of the observer and the normal vector of the first cross section, a second three-dimensional virtual object having a second cross section with a different normal vector from the first cross section; and an output unit configured to output an image of the second three-dimensional virtual object generated by the image generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taro Uematsu, Yasumi Tanaka, Tsutomu Nakahara
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20150199850
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a viewpoint position of an observer who observes a first three-dimensional virtual object arranged in a virtual space and having at least one cross section; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a normal vector of a first cross section of the first three-dimensional virtual object; an image generation unit configured to generate, based on the viewpoint position of the observer and the normal vector of the first cross section, a second three-dimensional virtual object having a second cross section with a different normal vector from the first cross section; and an output unit configured to output an image of the second three-dimensional virtual object generated by the image generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Taro Uematsu, Yasumi Tanaka, Tsutomu Nakahara