Patents by Inventor Hideo Fukuchi

Hideo Fukuchi 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).

  • Patent number: 10382731
    Abstract: A projector that projects an image includes a communication section that sends a projection request command that requests another projector connected to the projector to project a test image, an imaging section that captures an image of the test image projected in response to the projection request command by the another projector, and a layout recognition section that recognizes a relative layout relationship between the projector and the another projector based on the image captured by the imaging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20170318269
    Abstract: A projector that projects an image includes a communication section that sends a projection request command that requests another projector connected to the projector to project a test image, an imaging section that captures an image of the test image projected in response to the projection request command by the another projector, and a layout recognition section that recognizes a relative layout relationship between the projector and the another projector based on the image captured by the imaging section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo FUKUCHI
  • Patent number: 9743052
    Abstract: A projector that projects an image includes a communication section that sends a projection request command that requests another projector connected to the projector to project a test image, an imaging section that captures an image of the test image projected in response to the projection request command by the another projector, and a layout recognition section that recognizes a relative layout relationship between the projector and the another projector based on the image captured by the imaging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20140347497
    Abstract: A projector that projects an image includes a communication section that sends a projection request command that requests another projector connected to the projector to project a test image, an imaging section that captures an image of the test image projected in response to the projection request command by the another projector, and a layout recognition section that recognizes a relative layout relationship between the projector and the another projector based on the image captured by the imaging section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo FUKUCHI
  • Patent number: 8482570
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image division section which divides input image data configuring one screen into N (N is an integer of 2 or more) image blocks; and N image processing sections which carry out image processings in parallel on every N image blocks, an ith (i is an integer of 1 to N) image processing section including: a first image block memory; K (K is an integer of 2 or more) image quality adjustment sections; (K?1) buffer memories; a second image block memory; and a pixel data acquisition section, wherein each image quality adjustment section selects processing subject pixels, in order from pixels positioned outside toward pixels positioned inside the ith image block, and carries out the image quality adjustment, and at least one of the second to Kth image quality adjustment sections is a filtering section which carries out a filtering process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20100177108
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image division section which divides input image data configuring one screen into N (N is an integer of 2 or more) image blocks; and N image processing sections which carry out image processings in parallel on every N image blocks, an ith (i is an integer of 1 to N) image processing section including: a first image block memory; K (K is an integer of 2 or more) image quality adjustment sections; (K?1) buffer memories; a second image block memory; and a pixel data acquisition section, wherein each image quality adjustment section selects processing subject pixels, in order from pixels positioned outside toward pixels positioned inside the ith image block, and carries out the image quality adjustment, and at least one of the second to Kth image quality adjustment sections is a filtering section which carries out a filtering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo FUKUCHI
  • Patent number: 7016707
    Abstract: When there is an incoming call to a mobile telephone, it sends an incoming call notification signal to a watch-shaped information processing device. When the watch-shaped information processing device receives the incoming call notification signal, it notifies its user of the incoming call. The watch-shaped information processing device can also sends user's instructions to the mobile telephone. The instructions cause the mobile telephone to conduct processing for incoming call such as processing for asking the caller to wait, or asking the caller to leave a message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Teruhiko Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Chihara, Hideo Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20030052901
    Abstract: An information display apparatus is able to easily read a large amount of information even on a compact-sized display unit by improving a display mode in the display unit. In displaying characters on a liquid crystal display panel used for an information display apparatus, characters, such as “w”, “i”, and “n”, are given different widths by amounts such as five dots, one dot, and four dots, respectively. Even with the above amount of dots, the characters are sufficiently legible. Accordingly, characters are displayed with only minimal widths required for identifying them, and furthermore, only a limited space is interposed within the characters. Further, in displaying English words, a word is not broken across two lines to begin a new line. A fixed display method is used when an amount of information to be displayed is not greater than the number of lines in one frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20020115478
    Abstract: When there is an incoming call to a mobile telephone, it sends an incoming call notification signal to a watch-shaped information processing device. When the watch-shaped information processing device receives the incoming call notification signal, it notifies its user of the incoming call. The watch-shaped information processing device can also sends user's instructions to the mobile telephone. The instructions cause the mobile telephone to conduct processing for incoming call such as processing for asking the caller to wait, or asking the caller to leave a message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Teruhiko Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Chihara, Hideo Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20010038391
    Abstract: An information display apparatus is able to easily read a large amount of information even on a compact-sized display unit by improving a display mode in the display unit. In displaying characters on a liquid crystal display panel used for an information display apparatus, characters, such as “w”, “i”, and “n”, are given different widths by amounts such as five dots, one dot, and four dots, respectively. Even with the above amount of dots, the characters are sufficiently legible. Accordingly, characters are displayed with only minimal widths required for identifying them, and furthermore, only a limited space is interposed within the characters. Further, in displaying English words, a word is not broken across two lines to begin a new line. A fixed display method is used when an amount of information to be displayed is not greater than the number of lines in one frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventor: HIDEO FUKUCHI