Patents by Inventor Kazuo Sairyo

Kazuo Sairyo 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).

  • Portrait illustration creation system, character creation system, and created portrait illustration display system
    Patent number: 8600101
    Abstract: A portrait illustration creation system includes a basic face photo data storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of face photo data of basic faces, a basic portrait illustration data storage unit for storing a plurality of basic portrait illustrations, and an associating information storage unit for storing information which associates the basic face photo data with the basic portrait illustration data. The system also includes an approximate basic face photo extraction unit for recognizing, from face-photo-data-to-be-illustrated which is a photo of a face-to-be-illustrated of which a portrait illustration is desired to be created, the face-to-be-illustrated; performing matching between the face-to-be-illustrated and the basic faces represented by the plurality of pieces of basic face photo data stored on the basic face photo data storage unit; and extracting the basic face photo data having a high approximation degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventor: Kazuo Sairyo
  • PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATION CREATION SYSTEM, CHARACTER CREATION SYSTEM, AND CREATED PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATION DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110280485
    Abstract: A portrait illustration creation system includes a basic face photo data storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of face photo data of basic faces, a basic portrait illustration data storage unit for storing a plurality of basic portrait illustrations, and an associating information storage unit for storing information which associates the basic face photo data with the basic portrait illustration data. The system also includes an approximate basic face photo extraction unit for recognizing, from face-photo-data-to-be-illustrated which is a photo of a face-to-be-illustrated of which a portrait illustration is desired to be created, the face-to-be-illustrated; performing matching between the face-to-be-illustrated and the basic faces represented by the plurality of pieces of basic face photo data stored on the basic face photo data storage unit; and extracting the basic face photo data having a high approximation degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventor: Kazuo Sairyo