Patents by Inventor Kousuke Imoji

Kousuke Imoji 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 method for processing image
    Patent number: 8391544
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a storage module configured to store a plurality of pieces of comment data; an analyzing module configured to analyze an expression of a person contained in image data; a generating module configured to select a target comment data from among the comment data stored in the storage module based on the expression of the person analyzed by the analyzing module, and to generate voice data using the target comment data; and an output module configured to output reproduction data to be used for displaying the image data together with the voice data generated by the generating module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kousuke Imoji, Yuki Kaneko, Junichi Takahashi
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE
    Publication number: 20100329505
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a storage module configured to store a plurality of pieces of comment data; an analyzing module configured to analyze an expression of a person contained in image data; a generating module configured to select a target comment data from among the comment data stored in the storage module based on the expression of the person analyzed by the analyzing module, and to generate voice data using the target comment data; and an output module configured to output reproduction data to be used for displaying the image data together with the voice data generated by the generating module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kousuke Imoji, Yuki Kaneko, Junichi Takahashi
  • Multimedia data reproducing apparatus
    Patent number: 7760991
    Abstract: A multimedia data reproducing apparatus includes: a multimedia data acquiring unit configured to acquire multimedia data, the multimedia data including sound data; a receiving unit configured to receive an external operating signal; a sound data processing unit configured to generate insertion audio data by using the sound data based on the external operating signal; and a multimedia data output unit configured to mix the multimedia data based on information included in the multimedia data and to insert the insertion audio data into the multimedia data for an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shunichi Kawabata, Shinji Kuno, Kousuke Imoji
  • MULTIMEDIA DATA REPRODUCING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090169182
    Abstract: A multimedia data reproducing apparatus includes: a multimedia data acquiring unit configured to acquire multimedia data, the multimedia data including sound data; a receiving unit configured to receive an external operating signal; a sound data processing unit configured to generate insertion audio data by using the sound data based on the external operating signal; and a multimedia data output unit configured to mix the multimedia data based on information included in the multimedia data and to insert the insertion audio data into the multimedia data for an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shunichi Kawabata, Shinji Kuno, Kousuke Imoji