Patents by Inventor Akira Matsueda

Akira Matsueda 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).

  • Electronic marking apparatus for identifying a selected image from a plurality of electronically stored images
    Patent number: 4802018
    Abstract: A marking apparatus has a marking designation switch which is depressed when an image of interest appears on a monitor while a plurality of image data from a photographic unit are displayed on the monitor. In response to a marking designation signal generated upon depression of the marking switch, a mark signal is added to the image data corresponding to the marking designation signal and is stored in a frame memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kowji Tanikawa, Tadashi Kato, Masahide Kanno, Hiroyuki Yashima, Akira Matsueda, Takao Rokutan, Hisayuki Harada, Isao Hirosawa, Hiroki Hibino
  • Image retrieval and registration system
    Patent number: 4672683
    Abstract: A visual information retrieval and registration system including a memory device for storing schematic images and data images, and a display device for displaying simultaneously one of the schematic images and one of the data images readout of the memory device. When a position on the displayed schematic image is indicated by a light-pen, a data image of the indicated position is retrieved and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Matsueda