Patents by Inventor Shoichi OKANIWA

Shoichi OKANIWA 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).

  • Patent number: 10349022
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to acquire a captured image of an area that includes a display area in which content is displayed by a display device and a peripheral area of the display area; acquire a content image data corresponding to the content; specify a display area in the captured image; produce process information based on the captured image; and perform image processing that includes combining an image based on the content image data with the display area of the captured image by using the process information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Iwadate, Hirokazu Kanda, Kenji Sato, Shoichi Okaniwa
  • Patent number: 10304439
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a controller and a display. The controller adds an expression to a displayed face image in accordance with an audio when the audio is output. Further, the controller generates an animation in which a mouth contained in the face image with the expression moves in sync with the audio. The display displays the generated animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi Okaniwa, Hiroaki Negishi, Shigekatsu Moriya, Hirokazu Kanda
  • Publication number: 20180278903
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to acquire a captured image of an area that includes a display area in which content is displayed by a display device and a peripheral area of the display area; acquire a content image data corresponding to the content; specify a display area in the captured image; produce process information based on the captured image; and perform image processing that includes combining an image based on the content image data with the display area of the captured image by using the process information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito IWADATE, Hirokazu KANDA, Kenji SATO, Shoichi OKANIWA
  • Publication number: 20170270701
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a controller and a display. The controller adds an expression to a displayed face image in accordance with an audio when the audio is output. Further, the controller generates an animation in which a mouth contained in the face image with the expression moves in sync with the audio. The display displays the generated animation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichi OKANIWA, Hiroaki NEGISHI, Shigekatsu MORIYA, Hirokazu KANDA
  • Patent number: 9253457
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a storage section to store a projection image to be used for projecting a video content on a screen; an imaging section to image an audience looking at the screen; a detecting section to detect a direction of the audience from an imaged image which is imaged by the imaging section; and a correcting section to correct the projection image, on the basis of the direction of the audience, so that a projected image of the video content is directed to the audience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi Okaniwa
  • Publication number: 20150379754
    Abstract: According to an image processing apparatus, a control unit creates an animation that sets initial positions of parts of an image, such as the head, lips, and eyelids, and moves the parts of the image with positions of the parts of the image in the first frame as their set initial positions, and moves the parts of the image in such a manner as that positions of the parts of the image in the last frame coincide with the set initial positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi OKANIWA
  • Publication number: 20140132845
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a storage section to store a projection image to be used for projecting a video content on a screen; an imaging section to image an audience looking at the screen; a detecting section to detect a direction of the audience from an imaged image which is imaged by the imaging section; and a correcting section to correct the projection image, on the basis of the direction of the audience, so that a projected image of the video content is directed to the audience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi OKANIWA