Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Mino

Kazuhiro Mino 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).

  • Publication number: 20050046626
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating a visual filed image seen from a photographed person who is photographed in at least one part of plural two-dimensional images, based on the plural two-dimensional images captured by plural image capturing apparatuses, comprises a photographed person's position detector for detecting a position of the photographed person, based on at least two of the plural two-dimensional images; a photographed person's direction detector for detecting a face direction of the photographed person; a three-dimensional information generating section for generating three-dimensional information of space that is photographed, based on at least two of the two-dimensional images; and an image generating section for generating the visual field image seen from the position of the photographed person along the face direction, based on the three-dimensional information, the position of the photographed person, and the face direction of the photographed person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Akira Yoda, Yukita Gotohda, Shuji Ono, Kazuhiro Mino
  • Publication number: 20050044482
    Abstract: An information attaching device for attaching information to an image containing a plurality of photographed objects, and acquiring information-attached image. The information attaching device includes an information attaching part for attaching different information to each of a plurality of regions in the image that respectively contain the plurality of photographed objects, and acquiring the information-attached image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Mino, Akira Yoda
  • Publication number: 20050036054
    Abstract: An image displaying system for displaying an image operable to change a displayed image according to a direction of a image displaying apparatus, including: an image storing unit storing thereon the image; a displaying unit operable to display the image, the displaying unit being carried by a user; a photographing unit operable to photograph exterior as a plurality of photographed images, the photographing unit being carried with the displaying unit all together; a travel distance computing unit operable to compute a travel distance of the displaying unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by the photographing unit at different times; and a display control unit operable to change the image, which is different from the photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by the travel distance computing unit and to causes the displaying unit to display the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Mino, Akira Yoda, Shuichi Ohtsuka, Shuji Ono, Wataru Ito, Masahiko Yamada
  • Publication number: 20030058344
    Abstract: Photography can be assisted at the time of photography with a digital camera. A base station stores photography assistance information such as a map around the base station, a sightseeing spot or an event site, a photography point therein, and an explanation of the photography point. Communication means of the digital camera accesses the base station and receives photography information comprising the various kinds of photography assistance information. The photography information is displayed on a liquid crystal display monitor and a photographer carries out photography by selecting a desired kind of the photography assistance information representing the sightseeing spot or the event site around the base station from the photography information. The selected photography assistance information is added to image data obtained by photography and recorded in a memory card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Mino