Patents by Inventor Masahiko Yachida

Masahiko Yachida 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).

  • Patent number: 7088516
    Abstract: Provided is a wide field of view head mounted display device capable of presenting 120 degree field of view per one eye and 180 or more by both eyes horizontally while keeping resolution at least to the same extent of the conventional art. The wide field of view head mounted display device includes: a LCD 1 for displaying an image; a lens 2 for projecting an image displayed on the LCD 1; and a catoptric system with a concave mirror 4 and a convex mirror 3. The LCD 1 and the lens 2, the concave mirror 4 and convex mirror 3 are positioned in a relative relationship to observe by an observing pupil 5 at a predetermined position a virtual image of a beam of reflected light as an incident light on the concave mirror 4 when the light of displayed image on the LCD 1 is projected to the convex mirror 3 through the lens 2 and a reflected light of the projected light at the convex mirror 3 arrives as the incident light at the concave mirror 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Yasushi Yagi, Masahiko Yachida, Hajime Nagahara
  • Publication number: 20050219642
    Abstract: An imaging system that is capable of generating high resolution and high frame rate video includes of a beam splitter, two lenses, a high resolution-low frame rate camera, and a low resolution-high frame rate camera. The beam splitter reflects a part of an incident ray. The two lenses gather the ray reflected from the beam splitter and the ray penetrating the beam splitter, respectively. The low resolution-high frame rate camera is a sensor that takes an image of the ray gathered by one of the lenses at a low resolution and a high frame rate. The high resolution-low frame rate camera is a sensor that takes an image of the ray gathered by the other of the lenses at a high resolution and a low frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicants: Eizoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yachida, Yoshio Iwai, Hajime Nagahara, Masatsugu Yachida
  • Publication number: 20040070839
    Abstract: Provided is a wide field of view head mounted display device capable of presenting 120 degree field of view per one eye and 180 or more by both eyes horizontally while keeping resolution at least to the same extent of the conventional art. The wide field of view head mounted display device includes: a LCD 1 for displaying an image; a lens 2 for projecting an image displayed on the LCD 1; and a catoptric system with a concave mirror 4 and a convex mirror 3. The LCD 1 and the lens 2, the concave mirror 4 and convex mirror 3 are positioned in a relative relationship to observe by an observing pupil 5 at a predetermined position a virtual image of a beam of reflected light as an incident light on the concave mirror 4 when the light of displayed image on the LCD 1 is projected to the convex mirror 3 through the lens 2 and a reflected light of the projected light at the convex mirror 3 arrives as the incident light at the concave mirror 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasushi Yagi, Masahiko Yachida, Hajime Nagahara
  • Patent number: 6130783
    Abstract: An omnidirectional visual sensor which can observe a 360-degree panoramic field area, obtain a sharp image and correctly transform a central projection with respect to the image and can be minimized as a whole includes a convex mirror with a surface of revolution having a focal point, a plurality of mirrors with surfaces of revolutions having at least one focal point, a photoreceiving lens system receiving light reflected by the convex mirror with the surface of revolution and the plurality of mirrors with surfaces of revolutions and an image acquisition surface receiving the light received in the photoreceiving lens system and converting the same to an electric signal, and the convex mirror with the surface of revolution and the plurality of mirrors with surfaces of revolutions are so arranged that the focal point of a first mirror included in the convex mirror with the surface of revolution and the plurality of mirrors with surfaces of revolutions aligns with the focal point of a second mirror, included in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Yasushi Yagi, Masahiko Yachida
    Inventors: Yasushi Yagi, Masahiko Yachida