Patents by Inventor Masufumi Kurashige

Masufumi Kurashige 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 converter for mapping a two-dimensional image onto a three dimensional curved surface created from two-dimensional image data
    Patent number: 5363476
    Abstract: An image converter for mapping two dimensional image data onto a shape produced by a three-dimensional coordinate system includes an input circuit for inputting first shape data representing a top sectional shape of the shape and second shape data representing a side sectional shape of the shape, the first shape data and the second shape data being plural coordinate data in a two-dimensional coordinate system, a memory for storing the first shape data and the second shape data, a three-dimensional shape data producing generating circuit supplied with the first shape data and the second shape data read out from the memory for calculating three-dimensional shape data representing the shape, and a mapping processor supplied with the three-dimensional shape data and the two-dimensional image data for mapping the two-dimensional image data onto the shape and producing output data representing the shape on which the two-dimensional image is mapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masufumi Kurashige, Shinichi Fukushima