Patents Assigned to ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories
  • COMMUNICATION ROBOT
    Publication number: 20020198626
    Abstract: A communication robot includes a speaker. By generating a sound or voice through the speaker, the human is requested to cause a robot to make a certain action. When the human makes an action to the robot, the movement of the robot head or arm assists for the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories
    Inventors: Michita Imai, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Tetsuo Ono, Takeshi Maeda, Takayuki Kanda
  • Electronic kaleidoscopic apparatus capable of forming kaleidoscopic image containing in situ image of observer himself
    Patent number: 6300983
    Abstract: In an electronic kaleidoscopic apparatus, a kaleidoscopic image forming unit extracts an initial image fragment of a specified region on the basis of image information picked up by a video camera. In response to the shape of the initial image fragment, the kaleidoscopic image forming unit regards the initial image fragment as an original image and repeatedly inverts/duplicates an image signal in this shape for every obtained reflection pattern, thereby forming a kaleidoscopic image and outputting the same to a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: ATR Media Integration & Communication Research Laboratories
    Inventors: Sidney Sol Fels, Kenji Mase