Patents by Inventor Nobushige Akita

Nobushige Akita 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 pickup apparatus capable of preventing overlap or lack of image
    Patent number: 5880815
    Abstract: In a image pickup apparatus having three cameras for use in picking up a seamless panoramic image for a multi-screen, angles of view of the three cameras are jointed with each other without any overlapping or dead areas by making a side boundary line of one camera match with a complimentary side boundary line of another camera, the two outside cameras receiving an image in reverse through two reflection mirrors. The two reversed images are electrically or optically inverted by inversion sections to obtain original images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yamamura, Nobushige Akita, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Seisuke Ohba, Hideo Murata, Tetsuya Itano, Kazuhiro Niino