Patents by Inventor Takafumi Kurokawa

Takafumi Kurokawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20180373097
    Abstract: A light guide plate 10 includes: a first incidence surface 26; a first emission surface 21 intersecting with the first incidence surface 26 in a direction perpendicular thereto for emitting the light entering through the first incidence surface 26; a second incidence surface 27; and a second emission surface 23 intersecting with the second incidence surface 27 in a direction perpendicular thereto for emitting the light entering through the second incidence surface 27. The light guide plate 10 is planar. The first incidence surface 26 and the second incidence surface 27 are provided on side surfaces along directions perpendicular to each other; the first emission surface and the second emission surface are provided in different regions on the same plane of a first surface; and second protrusions 25 is provided on the second emission surface 23, which extends in a direction perpendicular to the second incidence surface 27.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Gouo KURATA, Takafumi KUROKAWA
  • Patent number: 9965041
    Abstract: An image analyzer (12) of an input device (1) analyzes images acquired by an image acquirer (11) and extracts image areas representing a user's body parts. A coordinate extractor (13) extracts, from the image areas representing body parts, coordinates of feature points on body parts, and generates body motion information (200d) representing trajectories of motions of body parts. When determined that predetermined body motions are performed based on the body motion information (200d), a body motion determiner (15) detects center coordinates of trajectory shapes of the predetermined body motions. A start coordinate detector (16) detects start coordinates of the predetermined body motions based on the body motion information (200d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takafumi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 9544556
    Abstract: A projection control apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. A projection control apparatus may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to: cause a projection apparatus to project an image; detect a user operation; control the projection apparatus to change projection parameters upon detecting a first user operation; and control the one or more processors to change the image without changing the projection parameters upon detecting a second user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Hiroi, Nobuaki Takanashi, Yoshiaki Sato, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takafumi Kurokawa, Kenji Akiyoshi, Ryohtaroh Tanimura
  • Patent number: 9367732
    Abstract: An image inputter inputs image data in which a user has been captured. An extractor extracts a region corresponding to a hand of the user included in the image data input by the image inputter. A determinator determines whether or not the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor is in a stationary state. If it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is in a stationary state, a recognizer recognizes the shape of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. Otherwise, if it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is not in a stationary state, the recognizer recognizes the movement of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. An inputter inputs data associated with the shape or the movement recognized by the recognizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kurokawa, Ryohtaroh Tanimura
  • Patent number: 9329673
    Abstract: An inputter inputs a captured image of a hand captured by a camera. An acquirer acquires information indicating the distance between the camera and the hand. A storer stores reference data for specifying a hand gesture and a command corresponding to the gesture, for each distance between the camera and the hand. A selector selects, from among the reference data stored in the storer, reference data corresponding to the distance indicated by the information acquired by the acquirer. A specifier refers to the reference data selected by the selector, specifies a hand gesture in the captured image input by the inputter, and specifies a command corresponding to the specified gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takafumi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20150302549
    Abstract: An information processing system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The information processing system may include a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to process the instructions to detect an actual object, determine at least one of an orientation and a position of a first image within a projection surface, based on at least one of an orientation and a position of the actual object, and project the first image onto the projection surface in at least one of the determined position and determined orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Yoshiaki SATO, Nobuaki TAKANASHI, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi KUROKAWA, Ryohtaroh TANIMURA, Kenji AKIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20150304615
    Abstract: A projection control apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. A projection control apparatus may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to: cause a projection apparatus to project an image; detect a user operation; control the projection apparatus to change projection parameters upon detecting a first user operation; and control the one or more processors to change the image without changing the projection parameters upon detecting a second user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Nobuaki TAKANASHI, Yoshiaki SATO, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi KUROKAWA, Kenji AKIYOSHI, Ryohtaroh TANIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150302784
    Abstract: An information processing system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The information processing system may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to detect an actual object, project a first image, detect a user's operation on the actual object, and execute a task regarding the first image on the basis of the user's operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Nobuaki TAKANASHI, Yoshiaki SATO, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi KUROKAWA, Kenji AKIYOSHI, Ryohtaroh TANIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150193001
    Abstract: An image analyzer (12) of an input device (1) analyzes images acquired by an image acquirer (11) and extracts image areas representing a user's body parts. A coordinate extractor (13) extracts, from the image areas representing body parts, coordinates of feature points on body parts, and generates body motion information (200d) representing trajectories of motions of body parts. When determined that predetermined body motions are performed based on the body motion information (200d), a body motion determiner (15) detects center coordinates of trajectory shapes of the predetermined body motions. A start coordinate detector (16) detects start coordinates of the predetermined body motions based on the body motion information (200d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takafumi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20140247964
    Abstract: An image inputter inputs image data in which a user has been captured. An extractor extracts a region corresponding to a hand of the user included in the image data input by the image inputter. A determinator determines whether or not the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor is in a stationary state. If it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is in a stationary state, a recognizer recognizes the shape of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. Otherwise, if it is determined by the determinator that the region corresponding to the hand of the user is not in a stationary state, the recognizer recognizes the movement of the region corresponding to the hand of the user extracted by the extractor. An inputter inputs data associated with the shape or the movement recognized by the recognizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Takafumi Kurokawa, Ryohtaroh Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20140043232
    Abstract: An inputter inputs a captured image of a hand captured by a camera. An acquirer acquires information indicating the distance between the camera and the hand. A storer stores reference data for specifying a hand gesture and a command corresponding to the gesture, for each distance between the camera and the hand. A selector selects, from among the reference data stored in the storer, reference data corresponding to the distance indicated by the information acquired by the acquirer. A specifier refers to the reference data selected by the selector, specifies a hand gesture in the captured image input by the inputter, and specifies a command corresponding to the specified gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: Takafumi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 8237717
    Abstract: Where each of m and n are any natural number: a drawing region subdivider 5 for subdividing a drawing region into an m×n matrix of drawing subregions having m rows and n columns,; a target vector data selector 6 for discriminating, for each of the drawing subregions, vector data necessary for drawing the drawing subregion from vector data of an image; and a subdivisional drawer 7 for drawing, for each of the drawing subregions after the subdivision by the drawing region subdivider 5, an image based on a drawing subregion target vector data 23 discriminated by the target vector data selector 6 are provided as necessary for drawing the drawing subregion. Preferably, a curve vector data replacer 71 of the subdivisional drawer 7, for each of the drawing subregions, replaces curve vector data outside of the drawing subregion from vector data configuring a figure to be subdivisionally drawn with straight-line vector data and performs a fill processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: NEC System Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takafumi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20090040230
    Abstract: Where each of m and n are any natural number: a drawing region subdivider 5 for subdividing a drawing region into an m×n matrix of drawing subregions having m rows and n columns,; a target vector data selector 6 for discriminating, for each of the drawing subregions, vector data necessary for drawing the drawing subregion from vector data of an image; and a subdivisional drawer 7 for drawing, for each of the drawing subregions after the subdivision by the drawing region subdivider 5, an image based on a drawing subregion target vector data 23 discriminated by the target vector data selector 6 are provided as necessary for drawing the drawing subregion. Preferably, a curve vector data replacer 71 of the subdivisional drawer 7, for each of the drawing subregions, replaces curve vector data outside of the drawing subregion from vector data configuring a figure to be subdivisionally drawn with straight-line vector data and performs a fill processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Takafumi Kurokawa