Patents by Inventor Sotaro Otani

Sotaro Otani 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 SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090009604
    Abstract: An image processing system for a vehicle including a plurality of image pickup devices directed toward different predetermined areas around the vehicle to provide captured images and a display unit. Subject areas are extracted from the captured images, wherein the subject areas correspond to partial areas of predetermined areas captured by the image pickup devices that are adjacent to the image pickup devices. Brightness values of the subject areas are equalized to provide processed images, and the processed image are combined to generate a display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Kanaoka, Kazuhiko Sakai, Daisuke Sugawara, Sotaro Otani