Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Oto
Hidetaka Oto 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).
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Patent number: 9538375Abstract: Provided is a method for configuring wireless connection settings, a wireless communications apparatus, and a display method, the method being executed by the wireless communications apparatus and including: (a) receiving a first radio signal which includes second configuration information; (b) receiving authentication information for use in authenticating a first device from a second device, the authentication information being uniquely associated with the first device; (c) retaining the authentication information; (d) establishing the wireless connection with the first device, using the second configuration information; (e) transmitting a second radio signal which includes the authentication information, to the first device through the wireless connection established; (f) receiving a third radio signal which includes response information to the authentication information; and (g) transmitting the first configuration information to the first device if the response information indicates that the first deviceType: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masafumi Okubo, Hidetaka Oto, Keiichi Tanaka, Hiroo Ishikawa, Takao Adachi, Kohei Yamaguchi, Yuji Kunitake, Tomonori Nakamura
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Patent number: 9374413Abstract: If an execution target application is an application with a high load for a client terminal, a mode switching unit switches an execution system from a simplex processing mode to a distributed processing mode. On the other hand, upon receiving a switching notification for switching the execution system to the simplex processing mode from a server, the mode switching unit causes a distributed display processing unit to stop display processing for the application and sets the execution system of the application to the simplex processing mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Keiichi Tanaka, Hidetaka Oto, Tomonori Nakamura
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Publication number: 20150271669Abstract: Provided is a method for configuring wireless connection settings, a wireless communications apparatus, and a display method, the method being executed by the wireless communications apparatus and including: (a) receiving a first radio signal which includes second configuration information; (b) receiving authentication information for use in authenticating a first device from a second device, the authentication information being uniquely associated with the first device; (c) retaining the authentication information; (d) establishing the wireless connection with the first device, using the second configuration information; (e) transmitting a second radio signal which includes the authentication information, to the first device through the wireless connection established; (f) receiving a third radio signal which includes response information to the authentication information; and (g) transmitting the first configuration information to the first device if the response information indicates that the first deviceType: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Masafumi Okubo, Hidetaka Oto, Keiichi Tanaka, Hiroo Ishikawa, Takao Adachi, Kohei Yamaguchi, Yuji Kunitake, Tomonori Nakamura
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Patent number: 9055277Abstract: An image rendering device realizes stereoscopic viewing of composite images generated by compositing background three-dimensional models and foreground three-dimensional models each defined in three-dimensional modeling space. A texture mapping unit converts background image data into two or more viewpoint textures and maps each viewpoint texture to a background three-dimensional model in the three-dimensional modeling space. A viewport conversion unit extracts, for each of the two or more viewpoint textures, a viewport image from the background three-dimensional model mapped with the viewpoint texture and from the foreground three-dimensional model.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoko Katayama, Keiichi Tanaka, Hidetaka Oto, Osamu Yamaji
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Patent number: 9020241Abstract: A image providing device provides a user with realistic and natural past-experience simulation through stereoscopic photographs. Specifically, feature-point extractors extract feature points from a foreground image and a background image, respectively. A stereoscopic matching module searches for pairs of feature points matching between the foreground image and the background image and obtains using the feature point pairs a transformation matrix for projecting the foreground image onto the background image. The transformation by the transformation matrix obtained by the matching unit is applied to foreground depth data, which is depth data of the foreground image. Lastly, depth based rendering is performed based on the transformed foreground depth data to obtain two or more viewpoint images corresponding to the foreground image.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Germano Leichsenring, Tomoko Katayama, Hidetaka Oto, Nobuki Tominaga
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Publication number: 20140143313Abstract: If an execution target application is an application with a high load for a client terminal (10), a mode switching unit (312) switches an execution system from a simplex processing mode to a distributed processing mode. On the other hand, upon receiving a switching notification for switching the execution system to the simplex processing mode from a server (102), the mode switching unit (312) causes a distributed display processing unit (311) to stop display processing for the application and sets the execution system of the application to the simplex processing mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiichi TANAKA, Hidetaka OTO, Tomonori NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 8660406Abstract: A playback apparatus includes a package management unit operable to generate package information by merging files recorded on a first recording medium and a second recording medium, in accordance with merge management information. A selection unit is operable to detect a plurality of playable titles from the package information and select one of the detected titles as a current title. A processing unit is operable to execute an application specified in the current title and that is included in the package information. A playback control engine is operable to control playback of a digital stream in the current title and that is included in the package information. Status registers each store a parameter relating to a playback status of the digital stream, and backup registers each save one of the status registers.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiichi Tanaka, Hidetaka Oto, Masahiro Oashi
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Patent number: 8588580Abstract: A bytecode processing unit provided in a playback device is platform unit 20 that reads and runs a bytecode application recorded on read-only medium 105. The playback device includes: playback control unit 10 for controlling AV playback of digital streams; and machine unique function control unit 33 for performing machine unique functions unique to the playback device, to perform a control onto a content. APIs used by the bytecode application include API for playback control function, and API for socket communication. When the bytecode application requests playback control unit 10 to control the playback, it calls the playback control API to can instruct playback control unit 10 to execute the process. When the bytecode application requests execution of a machine unique function of the playback device, it instructs a machine unique function control unit to perform the process via a function call by the socket communication API.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiichi Tanaka, Hidetaka Oto
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Patent number: 8437603Abstract: A recording medium 100 on which an index table, an operation mode object, and byte-code applications are recorded. The index table shows correspondence between one or more titles and one or more operation mode objects. The operation mode object includes an application management table and display rate initialization information. The application management table indicates a byte-code application to be started to a playback device when a title corresponding to the operation mode object is selected as a current title. The display rate initialization information indicates how to initialize a display rate of a display device connected to the playback device when the title corresponding to the operation mode object is selected as the current title.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Germano Leichsenring, Hidetaka Oto
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Publication number: 20130100132Abstract: An image rendering device realizes stereoscopic viewing of composite images generated by compositing background three-dimensional models and foreground three-dimensional models each defined in three-dimensional modeling space. A texture mapping unit converts background image data into two or more viewpoint textures and maps each viewpoint texture to a background three-dimensional model in the three-dimensional modeling space. A viewport conversion unit extracts, for each of the two or more viewpoint textures, a viewport image from the background three-dimensional model mapped with the viewpoint texture and from the foreground three-dimensional model.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoko Katayama, Keiichi Tanaka, Hidetaka Oto, Osamu Yamaji
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Publication number: 20130070052Abstract: A video processing device is one of multiple devices in a home theater system. Upon connection to another device, a depth adjustment determination module determines whether depth adjustment of two or more view components is necessary for playback of stereoscopic video images. When depth adjustment is necessary, a capability comparison module performs a communications sequence to determine which device will perform the depth adjustment. When it is determined during the communications sequence that the video processing device itself is to perform the depth adjustment, it does so and then transmits the resulting adjusted two or more view components to the other device. When it is determined that the other device is to perform the depth adjustment, the video processing device transmits the two or more view components without performing depth adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Yamashita, Osamu Yamaji, Hidetaka Oto
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Publication number: 20130071012Abstract: A image providing device provides a user with realistic and natural past-experience simulation through stereoscopic photographs. Specifically, feature-point extractors 15 and 22 extract feature points from a foreground image and a background image, respectively. A stereoscopic matching module 25 searches for pairs of feature points matching between the foreground image and the background image and obtains using the feature point pairs a transformation matrix for projecting the foreground image onto the background image. The transformation by the transformation matrix obtained by the matching unit is applied to foreground depth data, which is depth data of the foreground image. Lastly, depth based rendering is performed based on the transformed foreground depth data to obtain two or more viewpoint images corresponding to the foreground image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Germano Leichsenring, Tomoko Katayama, Hidetaka Oto, Nobuki Tominaga
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Patent number: 8391110Abstract: A playback device reads a BD-J application from a BD-ROM and runs the BD-J application. The BD-J application causes, by using a socket connection API, the digital copy module of the playback device to execute copying of a protected content for portable terminals to a removable recording medium and setting of a resume playback point on the copied content. The resume playback point is specified by the BD-J application according to playback time information read from the PSR set.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiichi Tanaka, Hidetaka Oto, Toshihisa Nakano, Takahiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20120002520Abstract: A playback device reads a BD-J application from a BD-ROM and runs the BD-J application. The BD-J application causes, by using a socket connection API, the digital copy module of the playback device to execute copying of a protected content for portable terminals to a removable recording medium and setting of a resume playback point on the copied content. The resume playback point is specified by the BD-J application according to playback time information read from the PSR set.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichi TANAKA, Hidetaka OTO, Toshihisa NAKANO, Takahiro YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20110305435Abstract: A bytecode processing unit provided in a playback device is platform unit 20 that reads and runs a bytecode application recorded on read-only medium 105. The playback device includes: playback control unit 10 for controlling AV playback of digital streams; and machine unique function control unit 33 for performing machine unique functions unique to the playback device, to perform a control onto a content. APIs used by the bytecode application include API for playback control function, and API for socket communication. When the bytecode application requests playback control unit 10 to control the playback, it calls the playback control API to can instruct playback control unit 10 to execute the process. When the bytecode application requests execution of a machine unique function of the playback device, it instructs a machine unique function control unit to perform the process via a function call by the socket communication API.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichi TANAKA, Hidetaka OTO
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Publication number: 20110235988Abstract: A recording medium 100 on which an index table, an operation mode object, and byte-code applications are recorded. The index table shows correspondence between one or more titles and one or more operation mode objects. The operation mode object includes an application management table and display rate initialization information. The application management table indicates a byte-code application to be started to a playback device when a title corresponding to the operation mode object is selected as a current title. The display rate initialization information indicates how to initialize a display rate of a display device connected to the playback device when the title corresponding to the operation mode object is selected as the current title.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Germano Leichsenring, Hidetaka Oto
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Publication number: 20100021145Abstract: A plurality of contents and a BD-J object are recorded on a multi-layered BD-ROM. The plurality of contents include those that comprise a monoscopic view video, and those that comprise a stereoscopic view video. A BD-J object includes an application management table and a GUI management table. The application management table is information specifying the application to be started up to the playback apparatus, when a specific content becomes targeted for playback among the plurality of contents. A flag in the configuration information of the GUI management table indicates whether reserving a plurality of plane memories is necessary for realizing a stereoscopic view of the graphics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro OASHI, Masafumi OKUBO, Germano LEICHSENRING, Hidetaka OTO