Patents by Inventor Isao Tomisawa

Isao Tomisawa 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: 8446339
    Abstract: In an image display device, a floating image display unit focuses light left from an image screen on an image plane in a space to display a floating image. The space is located on one side of an image transfer panel opposite to the other side thereof facing a display unit. A direct-view image display unit includes a display unit having an image screen on a plane orthogonal or oblique to the image plane from a periphery of the image plane and outputs, in a first direction far from the image transfer panel and in a second direction close thereto, two-dimensional images, respectively. A reflection and pass unit reflects part of the light left from the display unit in the second direction toward a direction far from the image transfer panel, and allows part of the light left from the display unit to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8416268
    Abstract: In an image display device, an image controller controls a floating image and a direct view image so as to be linked to each other. The image controller displays a given object as the floating image, and displays the floating image such that the given object displayed as the floating image is shifted in a specified first direction from a displayed position of the floating image to a second image screen. The image controller executes a process associated with the given object during or after the shift of the given object, and displays, on the second image screen, a two-dimensional image on which the executed process is reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8299980
    Abstract: An image display device main roughly includes a floating image display unit 1 and a floating image recognizing unit 2. The floating image displaying unit 1 includes a display unit 10 having an image screen 11 for displaying a two-dimensional image, and an image transfer panel 20 located far from the image screen 11, the floating image display unit 1 being to focus light left from the image screen 11 on an image plane 30 in a space to thereby display a floating image, the space being located on one side of the image transfer panel 20 opposite to the other side thereof facing the display unit 11. The floating image recognizing unit 2 is formed of a light-transmissive plate 40 that is light transmissive. The light-transmissive plate 40 has a size that allows all light left from the image screen 11 and focused on the image plane 30 to be passed therethrough. The light-transmissive plate 40 is placed to be obliquely-crossed to the image plane 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Takahashi, Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8264477
    Abstract: An image display device is provided with a display section (10) for displaying a two-dimensional image on a screen; a microlens array board (22), which is arranged in an optical path of display light constituting the two-dimensional image, and transmits the display light to display an actual image of the two-dimensional image on an imaging plane positioned in a space on a side opposite to the screen; and a display control section (100) for controlling the display section (10) to perform blocking process to have a part of an actual object on a side further than the imaging plane not seen by an observer who observes the imaging plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Katsumi Unehara
  • Patent number: 8243125
    Abstract: An image display device capable of detecting an object in a space where a 3D visualized image is formed without feeling the existence of a mechanism for position detection. The image display device includes: display unit (11) for displaying a 2D image (1); an optical panel (12) arranged in front of an image display plane (15a) of the display unit (11) and forming a 3D visualized image (2) based on the 2D image (1) in a forward space (3) spreading in front of the optical panel (12); recognition unit arranged behind the optical panel (12) for optically recognizing the an object (5) coming into the forward space (3) via the optical panel (12); and position detection elements (14) for detecting the coming position of the object (5) into the forward space (3) according to the recognition result by the recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Katsumi Unehara
  • Patent number: 8094184
    Abstract: To facilitate seeing of the image on a peripheral region which may become difficult to see as the screen size increases. A stereoscopic two-dimensional image display device includes a display unit 1 including an image display plane 1a on which an image is displayed; an image transfer panel 3 arranged apart from the image display plane, for imaging light emitted from the image display plane on an imaging plane 2 in a space, thereby displaying a stereoscopic two-dimensional image; and an optical path changing member (not shown) arranged between the image display plane and the imaging plane, for changing the optical path of the light emitted from the peripheral edge having a predetermined region constituting the image display plane. The optical path of light emitted from the peripheral edge is changed by the optical path changing means so that the light can be reached the eyes of a viewer 100 who sees at a near position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110175797
    Abstract: An image display device 1 includes a display unit 10 having an image screen 11; an image transfer panel 20 located on a path of light left from the image screen 11; and a floating image display unit 110 that displays, as a floating image P2, the light left from the image screen 11 in a space, the space being located on one side of the image transfer panel 20 opposite to the other side thereof facing the display unit 10; a position detector 120 that detects a position of a mobile terminal; an information transceiver 130 that transmits/receives information to/from the mobile terminal 2; and an image controller 140 that controls the floating image P2 and a terminal image P3 displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Shinya Yoshida, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7956819
    Abstract: There is provided a stereoscopic two-dimensional image display device including: a stereoscopic image display unit that includes a display unit having an image display surface that displays an image, and an image transmitting panel apart from the image display surface, and a stereoscopic two-dimensional image by imaging light emitted from the image display surface, on an imaging surface at a side opposite to the display unit with respect to the image transmitting panel; a position detecting sensor that outputs an output signal corresponding to a position of a detection target inserted to the imaging surface; and a control unit that changes the image displayed on the image display surface in accordance with the output signal from the position detecting sensor so as to change the stereoscopic two-dimensional image displayed on the imaging surface. A user interface region is formed on a peripheral portion of the imaging surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110037682
    Abstract: An image display device main roughly includes a floating image display unit 1 and a floating image recognizing unit 2. The floating image displaying unit 1 includes a display unit 10 having an image screen 11 for displaying a two-dimensional image, and an image transfer panel 20 located far from the image screen 11, the floating image display unit 1 being to focus light left from the image screen 11 on an image plane 30 in a space to thereby display a floating image, the space being located on one side of the image transfer panel 20 opposite to the other side thereof facing the display unit 11. The floating image recognizing unit 2 is formed of a light-transmissive plate 40 that is light transmissive. The light-transmissive plate 40 has a size that allows all light left from the image screen 11 and focused on the image plane 30 to be passed therethrough. The light-transmissive plate 40 is placed to be obliquely-crossed to the image plane 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Takahashi, Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100283838
    Abstract: An image display device capable of detecting an object in a space where a 3D visualized image is formed without feeling the existence of a mechanism for position detection. The image display device includes: display unit (11) for displaying a 2D image (1); an optical panel (12) arranged in front of an image display plane (15a) of the display unit (11) and forming a 3D visualized image (2) based on the 2D image (1) in a forward space (3) spreading in front of the optical panel (12); recognition unit arranged behind the optical panel (12) for optically recognizing the an object (5) coming into the forward space (3) via the optical panel (12); and position detection elements (14) for detecting the coming position of the object (5) into the forward space (3) according to the recognition result by the recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Katsumi Unehara
  • Publication number: 20100271290
    Abstract: A floating-image display module includes a display unit having an image screen for displaying a two-dimensional image, and an image transfer unit that is located far from the image screen of the display unit and that transfers light left from the image screen to image the light in a space to thereby display a floating image. The space is located at one side opposite to the image screen. The floating-image display module includes a supporting wall that is airtightly joined to the image display unit and the image transfer unit and that supports the display unit and the image transfer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Takeshi Furugoori, Masaru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100245345
    Abstract: An image display device 100 includes: a display unit 10 having an image screen 11 for displaying a two-dimensional image; an image transfer panel 20 located on a path of light left from the image screen 11; a floating image display unit 1 that displays, as a floating image, the light left from the image screen 11 in a space located on one side of the image transfer panel 20 opposite to the other side thereof facing the display unit 10; a direct-view image display unit 2 provided with a display unit 40 having an image screen 41 for displaying a two-dimensional image displayed on the image screen 41 as a direct view image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100225564
    Abstract: An image display device includes plural display elements with display screens on which two-dimensional images are displayed. Optical paths of display light for forming the two-dimensional images are disposed to overlap each other. An image transmission panel is provided on the optical paths for transmitting the display light to display the two-dimensional images in a space on a side opposite to the display screens. An image pickup element is integrated with the display screens of the display element or provided in the vicinity of the display screens for picking up images of objects entering the space through the display panel. The image display device has a position specifying element for specifying positions of the picked-up objects in accordance with results of the images picked up by the image pickup element, and an image control element for controlling the display element to switch the two-dimensional images based on the specified positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Ichiro Miyake
  • Publication number: 20100182219
    Abstract: An image display device 100 includes a display unit 10 having an image screen 11 for displaying a two-dimensional image, and an image transfer panel 20 located far from the image screen 11, and includes a floating image display means 1 that focuses light left from the image screen 11 on an imaging plane 30 in a space to thereby display a floating image, the space being located on one side of the image transfer panel 20 opposite to the other side thereof facing the display unit 10; and a direct-view image display means 2 including a display unit 40 having an image screen 41 on a plane orthogonal or oblique to the imaging plane 30 from a periphery of the imaging plane 30 and adapted to output, in a first direction dl far from the image transfer panel 20 and in a second direction d2 close thereto, two-dimensional images, respectively; and a reflection and pass unit 50 located close to the image transfer panel 20 and adapted to: reflect part of the light left from the display unit 40 in the second direction d2 to
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100164910
    Abstract: An image display device is provided with a display section (10) for displaying a two-dimensional image on a screen; a microlens array board (22), which is arranged in an optical path of display light constituting the two-dimensional image, and transmits the display light to display an actual image of the two-dimensional image on an imaging plane positioned in a space on a side opposite to the screen; and a display control section (100) for controlling the display section (10) to perform blocking process to have a part of an actual object on a side further than the imaging plane not seen by an observer who observes the imaging plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Katsumi Unehara
  • Publication number: 20100134410
    Abstract: An image display device easily displays a stereoscopically two-dimensional image and improves its direction effect and interactivity. A display device is included of a display element for displaying an image on a screen, an image transmission element that is set in a light path for a display light component of the image and that transmits the display light component of the image so that a real image of the image is displayed on an image forming surface positioned at a space on a side opposite to the screen as a stray image. The display device includes a property specifying element for specifying a property of a detected object positioned in a real space portion including the space where the stray image is displayed and a control element for controlling the display element so the stray image changes into a form corresponding to the specified property of the object in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Isao Tomisawa
  • Publication number: 20100097447
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an image display device that does not damage a feeling of a three-dimensional shape of an object displayed as a floating image even if a contrast of a display unit is so bad that floating blacks occur. An image display device (100) is comprised of a display unit (10) having an image display surface (11) for displaying a two-dimensional image, an image transmitting panel (20) disposed apart from the image display surface (11), and a floating image display unit (1) that forms an image of light projected from the image display surface (11) on an image forming plane (30) in a space positioned on a reverse side to a side opposite to the display unit (10) of the image transmitting panel (20) to display a floating image. A shielding plate (2) is disposed at a place from the image display surface (11) of the display unit (10) to an observing place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Takeshi Furugoori, Masaru Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100066662
    Abstract: An image display device makes it possible to easily display a stereoscopically two-dimensional image and to improve its direction effect. A display device includes a first display for displaying a first image on a first screen, an image transmission element that is set in a light path for a display light component of the first image and that transmits the display light component of the first image so that a real image of the first image is displayed on an image forming surface positioned at a space on a side opposite to the first screen as a stray image. Further, the display device includes a. controller for controlling the first display so that at least one icon out of a plurality of icons (A-H) is displayed as a stray image disposed along a virtual path with a predetermined shape set in a real space portion including the first mentioned space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Katsumi Unehara, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100007602
    Abstract: An image display device easily displays a stereoscopically two-dimensional image, improving its direction effect and interactivity. A first display displays a first image on a first screen. An image transmission element in a light path for a display light component of the first image transmits the display light component of the first image, displaying a real image of the first image on an image forming surface positioned at a distance on a side opposite the first screen as a stray image. A second display displays a second image on a second screen as a directly visible image so the stray image is observable from an observation position. A position detecting element outputs a position signal corresponding to detected object position. A control element controls the first or second display according to the output position signal so the stray and/or directly visible image changes correspondingly with the position of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Katsumi Unehara, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100007636
    Abstract: An image display device displays a stereoscopically two-dimensional image, improving its direction effect. A first display displays a first image on a first screen, an image transmission element is in a light path for a display light component of the first image and transmits the display light component of the first image so a real image of the first image appears on an image forming surface opposite the first screen as a stray image. A second display displays a second image on a second screen as a directly visible image so the stray image is observable from an observation position. A controller controls at least either the first or second display based on a relative position in a predetermined spot displayed in the directly visible image with respect to an intersection line of the image forming surface and the second screen so the stray and/or directly visible image changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Tomisawa, Masaru Ishikawa, Katsumi Unehara, Takehiro Takahashi