Patents by Inventor Masae Nakano

Masae Nakano 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).

  • Color transformation method and apparatus for transforming physical to psychological attribute using a neural network
    Patent number: 5185850
    Abstract: To practice a method of transforming color sensation informations such that multidimensional physical informations and color sensation informations sensed by living bodies in response to the physical informations are non-linearly transformed therebetween, a multilayer feedforward type neural network is used for the purpose of accomplishing the foregoing transformation. The physical informations are provided in the form of data derived from multidimensional spectral distribution of light and the color sensation informations are provided in the form of sensitive colors each sensed by the living bodies as a psychological quantity relative to a certain color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignees: Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd., Shiro Usui
    Inventors: Shiro Usui, Shigeki Nakauchi, Masae Nakano