Patents by Inventor Ryohtaroh Tanimura

Ryohtaroh Tanimura 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: 20170168584
    Abstract: An operation screen display device (1) displays, on a connected display (5), an operation screen operable by a user with a contactless motion. An image obtainer (11) obtains a depth image including the user from a depth sensor (2). An image analyzer (12) analyzes the obtained depth image, and extracts an image region corresponding to the user's body portion. A posture determiner (13) determines the user's posture status based on the extracted image region corresponding to the user's body portion. A display controller (16) creates the operation screen based on the user's posture status. Display means displays the created operation screen on the display (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryohtaroh TANIMURA
  • Patent number: 9544556
    Abstract: A projection control apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. A projection control apparatus may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to: cause a projection apparatus to project an image; detect a user operation; control the projection apparatus to change projection parameters upon detecting a first user operation; and control the one or more processors to change the image without changing the projection parameters upon detecting a second user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Hiroi, Nobuaki Takanashi, Yoshiaki Sato, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takafumi Kurokawa, Kenji Akiyoshi, Ryohtaroh Tanimura
  • Patent number: 9367732
    Abstract: An image inputter inputs image data in which a user has been captured. An extractor extracts a region corresponding to a hand of the user included in the image data input by the image inputter. A determinator determines whether or not the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor is in a stationary state. If it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is in a stationary state, a recognizer recognizes the shape of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. Otherwise, if it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is not in a stationary state, the recognizer recognizes the movement of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. An inputter inputs data associated with the shape or the movement recognized by the recognizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kurokawa, Ryohtaroh Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20150302549
    Abstract: An information processing system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The information processing system may include a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to process the instructions to detect an actual object, determine at least one of an orientation and a position of a first image within a projection surface, based on at least one of an orientation and a position of the actual object, and project the first image onto the projection surface in at least one of the determined position and determined orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Yoshiaki SATO, Nobuaki TAKANASHI, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi KUROKAWA, Ryohtaroh TANIMURA, Kenji AKIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20150302784
    Abstract: An information processing system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The information processing system may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to detect an actual object, project a first image, detect a user's operation on the actual object, and execute a task regarding the first image on the basis of the user's operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Nobuaki TAKANASHI, Yoshiaki SATO, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi KUROKAWA, Kenji AKIYOSHI, Ryohtaroh TANIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150304615
    Abstract: A projection control apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. A projection control apparatus may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to: cause a projection apparatus to project an image; detect a user operation; control the projection apparatus to change projection parameters upon detecting a first user operation; and control the one or more processors to change the image without changing the projection parameters upon detecting a second user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Nobuaki TAKANASHI, Yoshiaki SATO, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi KUROKAWA, Kenji AKIYOSHI, Ryohtaroh TANIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150220155
    Abstract: An input device comprises an image acquirer (151) that acquires a picked-up image of an object moving in accordance with a user's intent, a movement trajectory extractor (152) that extracts, from trajectories indicated by the object, a plurality of successive movement trajectories corresponding to movement patterns stored in advance, a relative information acquirer (153) that acquires relative information representing relative relationships among the plurality of movement trajectories, and an input determiner (154) that determines a user input given to an apparatus based on the relative information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryohtaroh Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20140247964
    Abstract: An image inputter inputs image data in which a user has been captured. An extractor extracts a region corresponding to a hand of the user included in the image data input by the image inputter. A determinator determines whether or not the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor is in a stationary state. If it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is in a stationary state, a recognizer recognizes the shape of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. Otherwise, if it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is not in a stationary state, the recognizer recognizes the movement of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. An inputter inputs data associated with the shape or the movement recognized by the recognizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Takafumi Kurokawa, Ryohtaroh Tanimura