Patents by Inventor Shinobu Befu

Shinobu Befu 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 processing method
    Patent number: 7068837
    Abstract: An image processing method comprises an extracting step for extracting a plurality of images of different depths of a 3-dimensional object, the axes forming different angles with the 3-dimensional object, a binary coding step for eliminating a gray level range of the plurality of images obtained by the extracting step, the gray level range containing a small amount of components of the 3-dimensional object, remapping the other portion to a predetermined gray level value range, and putting the plurality of images in binary form, and a step for forming a 3-dimensional image of the 3-dimensional object based on the plurality of images put in binary form by the binary coding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignees: Nihon University, J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Shinobu Befu, Yoshinori Arai, Hitoshi Tsunashima, Masakazu Suzuki
  • Image processing method
    Publication number: 20030002724
    Abstract: An image processing method comprises an extracting step for extracting a plurality of images of different depths of a 3-dimensional object, the axes forming different angles with the 3-dimensional object, a binary coding step for eliminating a gray level range of the plurality of images obtained by the extracting step, the gray level range containing a small amount of components of the 3-dimensional object, remapping the other portion to a predetermined gray level value range, and putting the plurality of images in binary form, and a step for forming a 3-dimensional image of the 3-dimensional object based on the plurality of images put in binary form by the binary coding step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Shinobu Befu, Yoshinori Arai, Hitoshi Tsunashima, Masakazu Suzuki