Patents by Inventor Kaori Miyake

Kaori Miyake 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).

  • Image processing apparatus and an image processing method for generating mosaic image(s)
    Patent number: 9292947
    Abstract: To generate a high-quality mosaic image even in a case where a material image having a shape different from that of a region in which the material image is to be placed is used. A target image is divided into a plurality of different-sized regions. The size of a material image is changed in accordance with the area of corresponding one of the regions, and is placed in the region on the basis of the chromatic component of the region. In the case of overlapping material images that have been placed, control processing is performed so that a smaller one of them is placed on a larger one of them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Wataru Kaku, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Kaori Miyake
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AN IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20130002699
    Abstract: To generate a high-quality mosaic image even in a case where a material image having a shape different from that of a region in which the material image is to be placed is used. A target image is divided into a plurality of different-sized regions. The size of a material image is changed in accordance with the area of corresponding one of the regions, and is placed in the region on the basis of the chromatic component of the region. In the case of overlapping material images that have been placed, control processing is performed so that a smaller one of them is placed on a larger one of them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Wataru Kaku, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Kaori Miyake