Patents by Inventor Jun MIMOTO

Jun MIMOTO 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).

  • Method for generating image to be displayed on head tracking type virtual reality head mounted display and image generation device
    Patent number: 10636212
    Abstract: A gaze determination area is provided to an image displayed on a VR-HMD. An object that has been displayed within the gaze determination area for a time equal to or longer than a given time is determined to be a gaze object (cup object). First-level menu display objects that respectively represent first-level menu items among menu items having a hierarchical structure that are set to the object are displayed in an array in a reference direction that is defined with respect to the gaze object. When the user has turned his/her head so that the desired first-level menu display object is displayed within the gaze determination area, and the desired first-level menu display object has been detected to be the gaze object, the first-level menu item is selected, and second-level menu display objects that are lower than the selected first-level menu item are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Jun Tamaoki, Jun Mimoto
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE TO BE DISPLAYED ON HEAD TRACKING TYPE VIRTUAL REALITY HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170076503
    Abstract: A gaze determination area is provided to an image displayed on a VR-HMD. An object that has been displayed within the gaze determination area for a time equal to or longer than a given time is determined to be a gaze object (cup object). First-level menu display objects that respectively represent first-level menu items among menu items having a hierarchical structure that are set to the object are displayed in an array in a reference direction that is defined with respect to the gaze object. When the user has turned his/her head so that the desired first-level menu display object is displayed within the gaze determination area, and the desired first-level menu display object has been detected to be the gaze object, the first-level menu item is selected, and second-level menu display objects that are lower than the selected first-level menu item are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Jun TAMAOKI, Jun MIMOTO