Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Nagata

Hirokazu Nagata 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).

  • Publication number: 20240119600
    Abstract: A video processing device includes a foreground region estimation unit that determines whether a pixel of an input image is a foreground or a background, and a blinking correction unit that determines, for a target pixel on which a foreground and a background have been switched, whether switching between the foreground and the background is a color change in the foreground or in the background by using a lookup table capable of determining whether switching is in the foreground or in the background from a temporal change of a pixel value, and corrects a result of determination as to whether it is the foreground or the background that has been performed for the target pixel in a case where the switching between the foreground and the background is the color change in the foreground or in the background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hirokazu KAKINUMA, Shota YAMADA, Hidenobu NAGATA, Kota HIDAKA
  • Publication number: 20240112384
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an extraction unit, an inverse sampling unit, a mapping unit, a generation unit, and a correction unit. The extraction unit is to extract a first feature value of a first image. The inverse sampling unit is to generate a second image having a resolution lower than that of the first image based on the first image and first information indicating a lighting environment different from that of the first image. The mapping unit generates a vector representing a latent space based on the second image. The generation unit is configured to generate a second feature value of a third image having a resolution higher than that of the second image based on the vector. The correction unit is configured to generate a fourth image obtained by correcting the third image based on the first feature value and the second feature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota YAMADA, Hirokazu KAKINUMA, Hidenobu NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20140152563
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus operation device includes: a direction operation module configured to receive an operating instruction in a two-dimensional direction; a recognizing module configured to recognize a swing motion or a tilting motion of the apparatus operation device; and an output module configured to output a first operation command corresponding to a first operation for screen transition corresponding to a predetermined condition when the swing motion or the tilting motion recognized satisfies the predetermined condition, and to output a second operation command corresponding to a second operation for transition of a pointer on the screen in the two-dimensional direction when the operating instruction in the two-dimensional direction is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazushige OUCHI, Hirokazu NAGATA, Hideki IBI, Kazuhide SAWA
  • Publication number: 20140152545
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes: a display; an audio output module; a recognition module configured to recognize a time-series motion of a user; an issuing module configured to issue an operating instruction when the recognized time-series motion is a predetermined time-series motion; and a notification module configured to, when the time-series motion is recognized, notify the user of the recognized time-series motion by at least one of outputting of audio and displaying of an image on the display, regardless of whether the operating instruction is issued based on the recognized time-series motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hirokazu Nagata, Kazushige Ouchi, Yoshiyasu Itoh
  • Patent number: 8635239
    Abstract: A keyword acquiring unit transmits a keyword acquisition request to a first server serving as a keyword providing service, and receives a keyword from the first server. An information acquiring unit transmits an acquisition request of information related to the keyword to a second server serving as an information providing service, and receives the information from the second server. A cover unit presents information acquired by the information acquiring unit to a user. An input unit receives selection of at least one of information presented by the cover unit. A service acquiring unit transmits a search request based on the keyword related to information selected at the input unit to a third server serving as a search service, and acquires a search result from the third server. A socket unit presents the search result to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shirou Wakayama, Sumihiko Yamamoto, Satoshi Ozaki, Hirokazu Nagata
  • Publication number: 20130007048
    Abstract: A keyword acquiring unit transmits a keyword acquisition request to a first server serving as a keyword providing service, and receives a keyword from the first server. An information acquiring unit transmits an acquisition request of information related to the keyword to a second server serving as an information providing service, and receives the information from the second server. A cover unit presents information acquired by the information acquiring unit to a user. An input unit receives selection of at least one of information presented by the cover unit. A service acquiring unit transmits a search request based on the keyword related to information selected at the input unit to a third server serving as a search service, and acquires a search result from the third server. A socket unit presents the search result to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shirou Wakayama, Sumihiko Yamamoto, Satoshi Ozaki, Hirokazu Nagata
  • Publication number: 20120162068
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a method of controlling a remote controller that comprises a first key configured to move a focus displayed on a display screen, a second key configured to move a pointer displayed on the display screen, and a third key configured to instruct determination operation at a focus position or selection operation at a pointer position. The method includes receiving operation on the remote controller, and switching operations to be instructed by the third key according to the last operation received at the receiving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Shoichi Yokobori, Hirokazu Nagata, Tomotaka Ida
  • Patent number: D600249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hirokazu Nagata, Tae Honma, Takashi Nakamura, Nobuhiro Yamane, Hiroto Yoshihara
  • Patent number: D604742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hirokazu Nagata, Tae Honma, Takashi Nakamura, Nobuhiro Yamane, Hiroto Yoshihara
  • Patent number: D605199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hirokazu Nagata, Tae Honma, Takashi Nakamura, Nobuhiro Yamane, Hiroto Yoshihara