Patents by Inventor Kazuya Koshimo

Kazuya Koshimo 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).

  • Portable toy, portable information terminal, entertainment system, and recording medium
    Patent number: 7037196
    Abstract: A portable information terminal inserted in an entertainment apparatus operates as if it had a life therein and functions as company that the user can talk to. The portable information terminal comprises a display unit and a casing surrounding said display unit. The display unit and said casing representing a form comprising a head and a body. The display unit functions to present facial expressions of the form. The display unit has a display screen for displaying an image based on image data generated by an image processor. The image processor has a facial expression display controller for reading facial expression information selected by a facial expression selector from a plurality of items of facial expression information, and displaying a moving image representing a deformation from a present facial expression to a facial expression based on the read facial expression information according to a morphing technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhide Kobayashi, Hisashi Murata, Takayuki Wakimura, Kazuya Koshimo
  • Method for outputting voice of object and device used therefor
    Patent number: 6973430
    Abstract: The present invention detects a voice tone of a player based on input voice information, and then outputs voice data having a voice tone corresponded to the detected voice tone as voice data of an object, to thereby allow the player to operate a game object through voice input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Masaki Hirabayashi, Kimiko Tanabe, Kazuya Koshimo
  • PORTABLE TOY, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20030157983
    Abstract: A portable information terminal inserted in an entertainment apparatus operates as if it had a life therein and functions as company that the user can talk to. The portable information terminal comprises a display unit and a casing surrounding said display unit. The display unit and said casing representing a form comprising a head and a body. The display unit functions to present facial expressions of the form. The display unit has a display screen for displaying an image based on image data generated by an image processor. The image processor has a facial expression display controller for reading facial expression information selected by a facial expression selector from a plurality of items of facial expression information, and displaying a moving image representing a deformation from a present facial expression to a facial expression based on the read facial expression information according to a morphing technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: YASUHIDE KOBAYASHI, HISASHI MURATA, TAKAYUKI WAKIMURA, KAZUYA KOSHIMO
  • Method for outputting voice of object and device used therefor
    Publication number: 20020099539
    Abstract: The present invention detects a voice tone of a player based on input voice information, and then outputs voice data having a voice tone corresponded to the detected voice tone as voice data of an object, to thereby allow the player to operate a game object through voice input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa, Masaki Hirabayahsi, Kimiko Tanabe, Kazuya Koshimo