Patents by Inventor Kyoko Nishimura

Kyoko Nishimura 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).

  • Projector, non-transitory medium, and image generation method
    Patent number: 8477138
    Abstract: A projector includes a storage section that stores character string data that indicates a character string in at least one language and arrangement designation data that indicates whether the character string in the at least one language is displayed in a left-to-right direction or a right-to-left direction, a determination section that determines arrangement of the character string based on the arrangement designation data, and an image generation section that generates an (OSD) image that shows the character string in the left-to-right direction or the right-to-left direction based on the character string data and the arrangement of the character string determined by the determination section, when the image generation section generates a special image that shows a special character string including at least one of alphanumeric characters and symbols as part of the OSD image, the image generation section generates the special image that displays the special character string in the left-to-right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kyoko Nishimura
  • IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, PROJECTOR, COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20090153562
    Abstract: A projector includes a storage section that stores character string data that indicates a character string in at least one language and arrangement designation data that indicates whether the character string in the at least one language is displayed in a left-to-right direction or a right-to-left direction, a determination section that determines arrangement of the character string based on the arrangement designation data, and an image generation section that generates an (OSD) image that shows the character string in the left-to-right direction or the right-to-left direction based on the character string data and the arrangement of the character string determined by the determination section, when the image generation section generates a special image that shows a special character string including at least one of alphanumeric characters and symbols as part of the OSD image, the image generation section generates the special image that displays the special character string in the left-to-right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyoko Nishimura