Patents by Inventor Takaaki Nishi

Takaaki Nishi 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: 7788104
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an information processing terminal which can use another expression means to indicate undesirable emotions directly transmitted to a party by a method of directly expressing talking person's emotions in real time, so that the whole image of a calling status can be reviewed afterward and grasped. An information processing terminal 1 including: a voice signal output portion 102 for inputting a voice; an emotion estimation portion 201 for generating parameters of emotions from the inputted voice; and a notification portion 30, 40, 50 for giving notice of various kinds of information, wherein the information processing terminal 1 further includes an emotion specifying portion 203 for specifying an emotion expressed by a distinctive parameter of the generated parameters, and the notification portion 30, 40, 50 gives notice of the specified emotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuo, Takaaki Nishi, Tomoko Obama, Yasuki Yamakawa, Tetsurou Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20080059158
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an information processing terminal which can use another expression means to indicate undesirable emotions directly transmitted to a party by a method of directly expressing talking person's emotions in real time, so that the whole image of a calling status can be reviewed afterward and grasped. An information processing terminal 1 including: a voice signal output portion 102 for inputting a voice; an emotion estimation portion 201 for generating parameters of emotions from the inputted voice; and a notification portion 30, 40, 50 for giving notice of various kinds of information, wherein the information processing terminal 1 further includes an emotion specifying portion 203 for specifying an emotion expressed by a distinctive parameter of the generated parameters, and the notification portion 30, 40, 50 gives notice of the specified emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuo, Takaaki Nishi, Tomoko Obama, Yasuki Yamakawa, Tetsurou Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7133658
    Abstract: The position of a body part area for a personal image in an input image is detected. According to the position of the detected body part area, the position of the origin of a coordinate system for an ornament image is defined. Based on the position of the defined origin, an ornament-arranged input image is outputted. When the personal image moves in the input image, the ornament image also moves by following the movement of the personal image. Even when both the personal image and ornament image move, the ornament image can be made not to interfere with the personal image. Therefore, the personal image can be clearly displayed. Moreover, the input image can be made to look more interesting by synchronizing the movement of the ornament image with the movement of the personal image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Imagawa, Katsuhiro Iwasa, Takaaki Nishi, Eiji Fukumiya, Hideaki Matsuo, Tomonori Kataoka, Satoshi Kajita, Ikuo Fuchigami
  • Publication number: 20040131278
    Abstract: The position of a body part area for a personal image in an input image is detected. According to the position of the detected body part area, the position of the origin of a coordinate system for an ornament is defined. Based on the position of the defined origin, an ornament-arranged input image is outputted. When the personal image moves in the input image, the ornament also moves following the movement of the personal image. Even when both personal image and ornament move, the ornament can be made not to interfere with the personal image. Therefore, the personal image can be clearly displayed. Moreover, the input image can be made look more interesting by synchronizing the movement of the ornament with the movement of the personal image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Imagawa, Katsuhiro Iwasa, Takaaki Nishi, Eiji Fukumiya, Hideaki Matsuo, Tomonori Kataoka, Satoshi Kajita, Ikuo Fuchigami
  • Publication number: 20040125423
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: an image storing unit operable to store an input image; a template storing unit operable to store at least one template of a body part area; a detecting unit operable to detect a location of and a size of the body part area out of the input image stored in the image storing unit, by using the at least one template of the body part area stored in the template storing unit; an ornament information storing unit operable to store ornament information of the ornament having a reference point; and an image composition unit operable to scale the ornament in accordance with the size of the body part area detected by the detecting unit, the image composition unit operable to locate a reference point of the scaled ornament so as to fit with a position of the body part area detected by the detecting unit, and the image composition unit further operable to compose the scaled ornament and the input image stored in the image storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Takaaki Nishi, Kazuyuki Imagawa, Hideaki Matsuo, Makoto Nishimura, Kaoru Morita, Takeshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20030091239
    Abstract: An image series including one or more images and control information that is related to the images of the image series and concerns disclosure/nondisclosure of the images are communicated. The control information is related to either or both of a focused-region and a non-focused region which include a part or all of an object within the image, and indicates whether or not the regions are to be disclosed. The control information also adapts to disclosure/nondisclosure to specific/unspecified users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Imagawa, Hideaki Matsuo, Yuji Takata, Katsuhiro Iwasa, Takaaki Nishi, Eiji Fukumiya