Patents by Inventor Akito Salto

Akito Salto 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).

  • System for displaying information in specific region
    Patent number: 7088389
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system for displaying information in a specific region includes a capturing unit for capturing a desired subject, an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the subject, a position and attitude calculating unit for calculating at least the position and the facing direction of the capturing unit on the basis of the captured image, a determining unit for determining the subject in the image captured by the image capturing unit on the basis of an output of the position and attitude calculating unit, a related information obtaining unit for obtaining at least information related to the determined subject, and a related information superimposition display unit for displaying the obtained information together with the image related to the subject on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Shibasaki, Yulchiro Akatsuka, Akito Salto
  • System for displaying information in specific region
    Publication number: 20020145709
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system for displaying information in a specific region includes a capturing unit for capturing a desired subject, an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the subject, a position and attitude calculating unit for calculating at least the position and the facing direction of the capturing unit on the basis of the captured image, a determining unit for determining the subject in the image captured by the image capturing unit on the basis of an output of the position and attitude calculating unit, a related information obtaining unit for obtaining at least information related to the determined subject, and a related information superimposition display unit for displaying the obtained information together with the image related to the subject on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Shibasaki, Yuichiro Akatsuka, Akito Salto