Patents by Inventor Nobuki Nagai

Nobuki Nagai 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).

  • Augmented reality game system using identification information to display a virtual object in association with a position of a real object
    Patent number: 7991220
    Abstract: An image processing technology for displaying a real object and a virtual object associated with each other is provided. An image analysis apparatus according to the present invention changes a motion pattern of the virtual object depending on the actual movement of the real object. The change detector 110 detects temporal state change in the motion pattern of the real object captured by an imaging apparatus and the display controller 120 reads a motion pattern from the motion pattern storage 122 based on the event generated by the state change of an image. The display pattern controller 122 controls display mode of the virtual object using the read motion pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuki Nagai, Tetsuya Watanabe, Yusuke Iida, Takahisa Suzuki
  • Image Processor, Game Machine and Image Processing Method
    Publication number: 20080100620
    Abstract: An image processing technology for displaying a real object and a virtual object associated with each other is provided. An image analysis apparatus according to the present invention changes a motion pattern of the virtual object depending on the actual movement of the real object. The change detector 110 detects temporal state change in the motion pattern of the real object captured by an imaging apparatus and the display controller 120 reads a motion pattern from the motion pattern storage 122 based on the event generated by the state change of an image. The display pattern controller 122 controls display mode of the virtual object using the read motion pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Nobuki Nagai, Tetsuya Watanabe, Yusuke Iida, Takahisa Suzuki