Patents by Inventor Yuichi NISHIZAWA

Yuichi NISHIZAWA 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).

  • Image generating device, image generating method, program, and computer-readable information storage medium
    Patent number: 9563982
    Abstract: An image generating device includes a background image acquirer that acquires an image of a background on which an image of an object is to be superimposed, a color extractor that extracts a color about one or a plurality of places in the image of the background, and a light source decider that decides the color of light output by a light source that illuminates the object based on the color extracted about the one or plurality of places. The image generating device further includes a drawing section that draws the image of the object based on the decided color of the light of the light source and an output image generator that generates an output image obtained by superimposing the image of the object on the image of the background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Kanemaru, Fumiteru Sato, Yuichi Nishizawa
  • IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150243084
    Abstract: An image generating device includes a background image acquirer that acquires an image of a background on which an image of an object is to be superimposed, a color extractor that extracts a color about one or a plurality of places in the image of the background, and a light source decider that decides the color of light output by a light source that illuminates the object based on the color extracted about the one or plurality of places. The image generating device further includes a drawing section that draws the image of the object based on the decided color of the light of the light source and an output image generator that generates an output image obtained by superimposing the image of the object on the image of the background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu KANEMARU, Fumiteru SATO, Yuichi NISHIZAWA