Patents by Inventor Minoru NAKAI

Minoru NAKAI 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).

  • Method of generating virtual three-dimensional space, video system, method of controlling video system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
    Patent number: 10176643
    Abstract: Three-dimensional reference object data indicating a boundary of a reference object contained in a real video image is generated from first data containing the real video image based on a positional relation between a virtual screen position where the real video image is displayed and a virtual camera position corresponding to a camera position. Second data is generated, which indicates an object constituting a virtual three-dimensional CG space generated by reproducing an actual space where the real video image is taken. Third data is data in which the virtual camera position in the virtual three-dimensional CG space is determined in such a manner that the boundary of the reference object in the reference object data and a boundary of the object corresponding to the reference object in the second data are caused to coincide with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CAPCOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Thomas Hart, Minoru Nakai, Koichi Yamagishi
  • METHOD OF GENERATING VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE, VIDEO SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING VIDEO SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180068488
    Abstract: Three-dimensional reference object data indicating a boundary of a reference object contained in a real video image is generated from first data containing the real video image based on a positional relation between a virtual screen position where the real video image is displayed and a virtual camera position corresponding to a camera position. Second data is generated, which indicates an object constituting a virtual three-dimensional CG space generated by reproducing an actual space where the real video image is taken. Third data is data in which the virtual camera position in the virtual three-dimensional CG space is determined in such a manner that the boundary of the reference object in the reference object data and a boundary of the object corresponding to the reference object in the second data are caused to coincide with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: CAPCOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Thomas HART, Minoru NAKAI, Koichi YAMAGISHI