Patents by Inventor Shunji Sabanai

Shunji Sabanai 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: 9335909
    Abstract: Provided is a drawing assist device and the like which assists a drawing operation while improving efficiency thereof. According to the drawing assist device of the present invention, whether or not a first factor of an element defined according to a positional trajectory of a pointer moved by an agent is adequate in design for a subject represented by the element is determined. The agent is notified if the determination result thereof is negative. According thereto, the agent can progress the drawing operation while confirming whether or not the subject drawn personally is adequate in design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunji Sabanai, Yoichiro Komatsu, Kenji Shimada, Soji Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8593487
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device capable of supporting drawing work while improving the continuity of the drawing work. According to a drawing support device, components corresponding to successive position trajectories of the tip of a pen are displayed on a panel, and this enables drawing work with the feeling of hand drawing. Further, among the components displayed on the panel, the shape or the like of a “first component” to be a changing target is changed based on the shape or the like of a “reference component” selected from “second components” excluded from the selection of the changing target, so that the workload of adjustment of the shape or the like of the first component can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Shunji Sabanai, Kenji Shimada
  • Publication number: 20100309115
    Abstract: Provided is a drawing assist device and the like which assists a drawing operation while improving efficiency thereof. According to the drawing assist device of the present invention, whether or not a first factor of an element defined according to a positional trajectory of a pointer moved by an agent is adequate in design for a subject represented by the element is determined. The agent is notified if the determination result thereof is negative. According thereto, the agent can progress the drawing operation while confirming whether or not the subject drawn personally is adequate in design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shunji Sabanai, Yoichiro Komatsu, Kenji Shimada, Soji Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20100116963
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device capable of supporting drawing work while improving the continuity of the drawing work. According to a drawing support device 1, components corresponding to successive position trajectories of the tip of a pen 2 are displayed on a panel 3, and this enables drawing work with the feeling of hand drawing. Further, among the components displayed on the panel 3, the shape or the like of a “first component” to be a changing target is changed based on the shape or the like of a “reference component” selected from “second components” excluded from the selection of the changing target, so that the workload of adjustment of the shape or the like of the first component can be reduced. Although a second component targeted for a specification operation is specified as the reference component, since the pen 2 is used for the specification operation, continuity from the hand drawing of the components to the drawing work is not impaired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shunji Sabanai, Kenji Shimada