Patents by Inventor Isao Mihara

Isao Mihara 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: 8902257
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising an input unit which inputs an image, a first region calculating unit which calculates a first region in the image, a second region calculating unit which calculates a second region, which is surrounding the first region in the image and an image deformation unit which magnifies the image included in the first region while deforming an image included in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nakasu, Norihiro Nakamura, Isao Mihara, Yasunobu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8667300
    Abstract: Encrypted video data is decrypted as first image data. If a first image processing module includes an output processing to an outside of a first secure memory which an access from an outside of an apparatus is restricted, the first image processing module is converted to a second image processing module including the output processing invalidated. The first image data is processed using the second image processing module, by accessing the first secure memory, and second image data is generated. If a first rendering module includes an output processing to an outside of a second secure memory which an access from the outside of the apparatus is restricted, the first rendering module is converted to a second rendering module including the output processing invalidated. The second image data is rendered using the second rendering module, by accessing the second secure memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Isao Mihara, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Masahiro Sekine, Yasukazu Higuchi, Norihiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8581908
    Abstract: A graphic object is rendered by means of managing a processing sequence and data, both of which pertain to a vector to be processed included in a vector data group to become inputs; extracting data pertaining to data to be processed from the vector data group which are to become inputs, in accordance with management information; computing sequence of processing of the extracted vector data; notifying management of a target point to be processed and completion of processing of a target vector, through use of the computed processing sequence information; determining whether or not fill-in of the target point to be processed is enabled, on the basis of management information about the target point to be processed, to thus compute fill-in information; and rendering a graphic object through use of the computed fill-in information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Isao Mihara, Yasukazu Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8527899
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an display processing apparatus includes, an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a display information generator, and a display controller. The operation receiver receives operation to select a key content of a first type. The relation calculator calculates relation between the key content and each of second contents of a plurality of types including the first type. The display information generator generates first display information of the key content and second display information of the second contents. The display controller displays list information including the first display information and relation item information indicating a plurality of items involved in calculating the relation and display areas each corresponding to one of the items. In the list information, pieces of the second display information are arranged such that second display information of second content with higher relation to the key content is closer to the first display information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mieko Miyazawa, Takahisa Yoneyama, Takashi Nakamura, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Isao Mihara, Masahiro Sekine, Yasukazu Higuchi, Yoshihisa Kizuka, Hitoshi Saijo, Sayoko Tanaka, Toshihiro Fujibayashi
  • Patent number: 8471855
    Abstract: Graphics-rendering operation is performed by a procedure including: inputting a vector data group representing the shape of a graphic object to a vector data group management unit; inputting, to a rendering attribute data management unit, rendering attribute data representing information pertains to internal attributes of the graphic object; inputting resource information indicating a usage status into a resource information management unit; reading the managed vector data group from the vector data group management unit; computing a feature indicating the geometrical feature of the input graphic object by means of the feature computing unit; reading the computed graphic feature level and the resource information managed by the resource information management unit; effecting switching to generation of optimum rendering data; reading the vector data group managed by the vector data group management unit and the rendering attribute data managed by the rendering attribute data management unit; generating renderi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasukazu Higuchi, Isao Mihara
  • Patent number: 8466961
    Abstract: The video input unit inputs video data. The reference data input unit inputs a plurality of reference data relating to the video data. The extraction condition determining unit determines, from the identification information of the plurality of reference data, an item of identification information in correspondence with a period of time elapsed after receipt of an output request. The reference data extracting unit extracts the reference data having the determined identification information. The analyzing unit calculates the level of similarity between the frames in the input video data and the reference data, and extracts frames whose level of similarity is greater than a first threshold value. The video generating unit generates output video data that includes the extracted frames. The output unit outputs the generated output video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masahiro Sekine, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Isao Mihara, Yasukazu Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20130086531
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a command issuing device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a moving image by capturing a hand of an operator; a projection area recognizer configured to recognize a projection area of a projection finger in the moving image; a projector configured to project one of pictures of a graphical user interface (GUI) onto the projection area; an operation area recognizer configured to recognize an operation area of an operation finger in the moving image; a selection determining unit configured to measure an overlapping degree of the projection area and the operation area to determine whether or not the GUI is selected; and a issuing unit configured to issue a command associated with the GUI when it is determined that the GUI is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kaoru Sugita, Isao Mihara, Daisuke Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20120266195
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a phrase similarity is reduced when a common genre characteristic word Is included in a program of interest interested by a user and a similar phrase program including the same phrase. A genre similarity is increased when a common genre characteristic word is included in the program of interest and a similar genre program including the same genre as the program of interest. The similar phrase program is presented based on the phrase similarity, and the similar genre program is presented based on the genre similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Wataru NAKANO, Masaru Suzuki, Masayuki Okamoto, Tomohiro Yamasaki, Isao Mihara, Masahiro Sekine, Junya Takakura
  • Patent number: 8244738
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a first memory to store a plurality of contents and pieces of content information including a plurality of elements; an element selector to select at least part of the plural elements correspond to a first content; a determine unit to determine whether or not the selected element matches the plural elements correspond to the contents; a generator to generate corresponding information for each of the contents based on a result of the determination; a second memory to store pieces of the corresponding information; a content selector to select a second content; a calculator to calculate degrees of association to the second content; a deciding unit to decide a arrangement positions of the plural contents except the second content according to the degrees of association calculated by the calculator; and a display unit to display the contents at the arrangement positions decided by the deciding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasukazu Higuchi, Masahiro Sekine, Isao Mihara, Masayuki Okamoto, Daisuke Ajitomi, Yasunobu Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20120144425
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an display processing apparatus includes a display module, an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a display information generator, and a display controller. The display module displays a content list indicating contents of an identical type. The operation receiver receives operation to select a key content from the content list. The relation calculator calculates relation between the key content and second contents of a plurality of types including the identical type. The display information generator generates first display information of the key content and second display information of the second contents. The display controller displays list information including the first display information and pieces of the second display information around the first display information. The pieces of the second display information are arranged such that second display information of second content with higher relation is closer to the first display information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kunio BABA, Hiroto YOSHIHARA, Nobuhiro YAMANE, Yasunobu YAMAUCHI, Isao MIHARA, Masahiro SEKINE, Yasukazu HIGUCHI, Norihiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 8174523
    Abstract: A display controlling apparatus stores therein first position information of pieces of data in a predetermined n-dimensional virtual space displayed on a display device, specifies second position information in the virtual space indicating positions of the pieces of data obtained after performing a rearranging process thereon, specifies intermediate position information indicating positions in a m-dimensional virtual space corresponding to a period during which the data is rearranged from the first-position-information positions into the second-position-information positions, the m being smaller than the n by 1 or more, calculates first transition paths in transitions from the first-position-information positions to the intermediate-position-information positions, calculates second transition paths in transitions from the intermediate-position-information positions to the second-position-information positions, and outputs display screen information containing the pieces of data that go through the transitions
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasukazu Higuchi, Isao Mihara, Masahiro Sekine, Norihiro Nakamura, Yasunobu Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20120069040
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising an input unit which inputs an image, a first region calculating unit which calculates a first region in the image, a second region calculating unit which calculates a second region, which is surrounding the first region in the image and an image deformation unit which magnifies the image included in the first region while deforming an image included in the second region
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshiaki NAKASU, Norihiro Nakamura, Isao Mihara
  • Publication number: 20120013805
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a content database stores one or a plurality of contents and meta data thereof. An input unit inputs at least one keyword. A generation unit generates virtual meta data of a virtual content. A virtual meta data includes one or a plurality of items. An extraction unit calculates a relevance ratio between the virtual meta data and the meta data of each content, and extracts at least one relevant content from the content database, of which meta data is relevant to the virtual meta data based on the relevance ratio. A decision unit decides a location to display the relevant content based on the relevance ratio. A display unit displays the relevant content at the location. The generation unit generates the virtual meta data by writing the keyword into at least one item of the virtual meta data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Isao Mihara, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Masahiro Sekine, Yasukazu Higuchi, Junya Takakura
  • Patent number: 8094148
    Abstract: A texture processing apparatus includes a CG data acquisition unit acquiring calculator graphics (CG) data including CG model data, camera data, light data, texture data items, and a preset emphasis parameter for texture mapping processing, the CG model data, the camera data and the light data composing data for rendering a CG image, the texture data items being acquired or produced under different conditions, a calculation unit calculating, using the CG data, an emphasis texture processing condition corresponding to the preset emphasis parameter, the emphasis texture processing condition being used to perform texture mapping processing on a CG model, an extraction unit extracting a particular texture data item from the acquired texture data items in accordance with the texture processing condition, and a processing unit performing emphasis processing on the particular texture data item in accordance with the preset emphasis parameter to obtain a emphasized texture data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masahiro Sekine, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Isao Mihara
  • Patent number: 8041155
    Abstract: A comprehensive degree of relevance of other moving picture contents with respect to a moving-picture content to be processed is calculated by using any one of or all of content information, frame information, and image characteristics, to display a virtual space in which a visualized content corresponding to a moving picture content to be displayed, which is selected based on the degree of relevance, is located at a position away from a layout position of the visualized content corresponding to the moving picture content to be processed, according to the degree of relevance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Isao Mihara, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Masahiro Sekine, Yasukazu Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20110252447
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a program information display apparatus includes a first reading unit, a first extraction unit, a second reading unit, a second extraction unit, a first accumulation unit and a first control unit. The first reading unit is configured to read first program information items including bibliographic information items and program accompanying information items. The first extraction unit is configured to extract first program attribute information items indicating first program attributes for each of the programs. The second reading unit is configured to read video data from an external video data database. The second extraction unit is configured to extract thumbnail images from the video data. The first accumulation unit is configured to accumulate the thumbnail images associated with the first program attributes. The first control unit is configured to control a display of first thumbnails and the first program information items related to the first thumbnails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Masaru Suzuki, Isao Mihara, Masahiro Sekine
  • Patent number: 7973791
    Abstract: An apparatus generates, by introducing a concept called “virtual viewpoint model”, a CG image for use with a 3-D display through single rendering operation from a single viewpoint without adoption of a process for performing CG rendering operation from a plurality of viewpoints as in the case of a related-art technique and iterating CG rendering while the viewpoint is being changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Isao Mihara
  • Publication number: 20100250553
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a first memory to store a plurality of contents and pieces of content information including a plurality of elements; an element selector to select at least part of the plural elements correspond to a first content; a determine unit to determine whether or not the selected element matches the plural elements correspond to the contents; a generator to generate corresponding information for each of the contents based on a result of the determination; a second memory to store pieces of the corresponding information; a content selector to select a second content; a calculator to calculate degrees of association to the second content; a deciding unit to decide a arrangement positions of the plural contents except the second content according to the degrees of association calculated by the calculator; and a display unit to display the contents at the arrangement positions decided by the deciding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Yasukazu Higuchi, Masahiro Sekine, Isao Mihara, Masayuki Okamoto, Daisuke Ajitomi, Yasunobu Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20100229126
    Abstract: A first content is selected by a user as a processing object. A change of at least a part of the first content is detected based on a time information from a timer. After the change is detected, a second content as a next processing object, a third content related to the first content, and a fourth content related to the second content, are acquired from a content information database. The second content, the third content and the fourth content, are symbolically laid out in a virtual space. The virtual space is visually presented to the user via a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Isao Mihara, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Masahiro Sekine, Yasukazu Higuchi, Norihiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100189255
    Abstract: Encrypted video data is decrypted as first image data. If a first image processing module includes an output processing to an outside of a first secure memory which an access from an outside of an apparatus is restricted, the first image processing module is converted to a second image processing module including the output processing invalidated. The first image data is processed using the second image processing module, by accessing the first secure memory, and second image data is generated. If a first rendering module includes an output processing to an outside of a second secure memory which an access from the outside of the apparatus is restricted, the first rendering module is converted to a second rendering module including the output processing invalidated. The second image data is rendered using the second rendering module, by accessing the second secure memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Isao MIHARA, Yasunobu Yamauchi, Masahiro Sekine, Yasukazu Higuchi, Norihiro Nakamura