Patents by Inventor Sumiko Tanabe

Sumiko Tanabe 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).

  • Picture displaying apparatus, picture displaying method, picture displaying program, and computer readable record medium containing the picture displaying program
    Patent number: 7253822
    Abstract: A picture displaying apparatus comprises a storing unit storing a plurality of pictures, a displaying unit displaying the picture, an aimed region designating unit designating a partial region on the picture as an aimed region, an image cutting-out unit cutting-out the aimed region from each of the pictures as an aimed region picture, and a display controlling unit displaying the aimed region picture on the displaying unit. The display controlling unit comprises a superposed picture forming unit superposing a plurality of the aimed region pictures to form a superposed picture, and a visual effect controlling unit displaying each of the aimed region pictures forming the superposed picture at a predetermined transparency on the displaying unit. Even when a specific picture is retrieved in a large amount of pictures in the same or almost the same form, visual retrieval is possible readily and certainly without decreasing the retrieval efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsui, Yutaka Katsumata, Shinichi Eguchi, Sumiko Tanabe, Yuuji Nomoto
  • Picture displaying apparatus, picture displaying method, picture displaying program, and computer readable record medium containing the picture displaying program
    Publication number: 20050204299
    Abstract: A picture displaying apparatus comprises a storing unit storing a plurality of pictures, a displaying unit displaying the picture, an aimed region designating unit designating a partial region on the picture as an aimed region, an image cutting-out unit cutting-out the aimed region from each of the pictures as an aimed region picture, and a display controlling unit displaying the aimed region picture on the displaying unit. The display controlling unit comprises a superposed picture forming unit superposing a plurality of the aimed region pictures to form a superposed picture, and a visual effect controlling unit displaying each of the aimed region pictures forming the superposed picture at a predetermined transparency on the displaying unit. Even when a specific picture is retrieved in a large amount of pictures in the same or almost the same form, visual retrieval is possible readily and certainly without decreasing the retrieval efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicants: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsui, Yutaka Katsumata, Shinichi Eguchi, Sumiko Tanabe, Yuuji Nomoto