Patents by Inventor Isei Minamitani

Isei Minamitani 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).

  • Smoothing device
    Patent number: 4837562
    Abstract: A special slanted line pattern is detected using pattern data of eight picture elements S0-S3, S5-S8 which surround a current display picture element S4. A half-picture element pattern provided on the current display picture element S4 and having a specified positional relationship to the detected pattern is added to this detected pattern, is deleted from the detected pattern, or is added to the detected pattern and given the same color as the detected pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishiura, Isei Minamitani