Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Izuka

Kazuhiro Izuka 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).

  • Apparatus and method for processing a photographic image using a stencil
    Patent number: 7551211
    Abstract: An image-processing apparatus comprising: an image pickup device for taking pictures of subjects, thereby creating first and second subject images; an image combining unit for overlaying said first subject image with a partially-transparent image set with a transparent region, thereby creating a composite image; a display for displaying the composite image thus created; a memory for storing the second subject image; and a transparent-region setting unit for setting a transparent region in a part of the second subject image stored in the memory, thereby creating the partially-transparent image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasunori Taguchi, Natsuko Ouchi, Kazuhiro Izuka, Yoshinori Yuki, Yoshihiro Kataoka, Takashi Ida
  • Apparatus and method for processing a photographic image
    Publication number: 20050046729
    Abstract: An image-processing apparatus comprising: an image pickup device for taking pictures of subjects, thereby creating first and second subject images; an image combining unit for overlaying said first subject image with a partially-transparent image set with a transparent region, thereby creating a composite image; a display for displaying the composite image thus created; a memory for storing the second subject image; and a transparent-region setting unit for setting a transparent region in a part of the second subject image stored in the memory, thereby creating the partially-transparent image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasunori Taguchi, Natsuko Ouchi, Kazuhiro Izuka, Yoshinori Yuki, Yoshihiro Kataoka, Takashi Ida