Patents by Inventor Kanji Ihara

Kanji Ihara 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).

  • Device and method for converting two-dimensional video into three-dimensional video
    Patent number: 6445833
    Abstract: A perspective image characteristic value is extracted from a 2D input image signal for each of plural parallax calculation regions defined in a one-field screen on a field-by-field basis. Parallax information per predetermined unit area of the one-field screen is generated by using the perspective image characteristic value extracted per parallax calculation region. A first image signal and a second image signal are generated from a signal of the 2D input image signal which resides in each predetermined unit area, the first and second image signals having a horizontal phase difference therebetween based on the parallax information on the predetermined unit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Haruhiko Murata, Yukio Mori, Shuugo Yamashita, Akihiro Maenaka, Seiji Okada, Kanji Ihara