Patents by Inventor Masanori Katoh

Masanori Katoh 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).

  • Publication number: 20090116082
    Abstract: The image conversion apparatus includes: an image data acquiring section that acquires print image data for a print system, the print image data indicating a print image to be printed by the print system; a data conversion section that converts the print image data to display image data for a display system such that the print image is reproduced by the display system; a degree specification accepting section that accepts a specification operation that specifies a degree of visible color difference between the print image and a reproduced image, the degree of difference generated by a comparison environment that compares colors therebetween; and a conversion adjusting section that adjusts data conversion by the data conversion section based on a degree specified by the specification operation so that the color of the print image and the color of the reproduced image are seen as an identical color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OSA, Masanori Katoh
  • Patent number: 6821206
    Abstract: There are disclosed a game machine, game route selection method and information storage medium that in case where a plurality of performance positions in a three-dimensional space where a game performance corresponding to a player's operation instruction is performed, and a plurality of moving routes interconnecting the plurality of performance positions are set, the game machine displays predetermined option images for selecting the moving routes where the viewpoint can next move in the performance positions, and allows any one of these option images to be selected by a pointing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Namco Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Ishida, Akio Ueyama, Masanori Katoh