Patents by Inventor Akiko Ohba

Akiko Ohba 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 PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20120314902
    Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including a hand shape recognition unit that performs hand shape recognition on an input image to detect a position and a size of a hand with a specific shape in the input image, a determination region setting unit that sets a region in a vicinity of the hand on the input image as a determination region used to recognize a gesture performed using the hand, based on the position and the size of the hand, and a gesture recognition unit that recognizes the gesture by monitoring movement of the hand to the determination region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Jun KIMURA, Akiko Ohba