Patents by Inventor Takahiro TOKUDA

Takahiro TOKUDA 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: 9323387
    Abstract: A display device includes an operating body detection unit detecting an operating body disposed over a display screen, a position determination unit determining a three-dimensional position of the operating body from the detection result and outputting the three-dimensional position as position information for the operating body, a position designation unit designating a three-dimensional position over the display screen, a guide information generation unit generating guide information which requests a user to perform a predetermined action for an operating body around the designated three-dimensional position and then dispose the operating body at the designated three-dimensional position, a correction information generation unit generating correction information from an error between the designated three-dimensional position and a determination result of the three-dimensional position of the operating body disposed according to the guide information, and a position correction unit correcting a three-dimensi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Tokuda, Masayuki Kuwata, Ryoko Amano, Akira Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 9225966
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit generating a plane image including a subject by imaging the subject in a specific direction or a stereoscopic image for stereoscopically viewing the subject; an adapter mounting detection unit detecting whether an adapter, which includes an omnidirectional imaging optical system imaging the subject in all directions, is mounted on the imaging unit; an image capture mode setting unit setting, based on a user operation, an omnidirectional image capture mode of recording the plane image including the subject in all directions in a state where the adapter is mounted on the imaging unit or a stereoscopic image capture mode of recording the stereoscopic image; and a control unit performing control to cancel the stereoscopic image capture mode and set the omnidirectional image capture mode in a case where the stereoscopic image capture mode is set when the mounting of the adapter is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Okegawa, Hirokazu Nakaya, Takahiro Tokuda
  • Patent number: 8897621
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging portion that images an omnidirectional subject on the basis of an imaging position when imaging is performed and generates a circular image including the omnidirectional subject, an image processing portion that specifies a substantially fan-shaped object region in a circular image which is generated on the basis of a direction specified based on an attitude of an imaging apparatus in the imaging position among all directions and converts an image of the object region into a substantially rectangular image, and a display control portion that simultaneously displays a conversion image which is the converted image and the generated circular image on a display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Okegawa, Hirokazu Nakaya, Takahiro Tokuda
  • Patent number: 8686993
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a disparity setting unit that sets disparity between left-eye and right-eye images for a 3D image based on a manipulation from a manipulation unit that allocates a value to a depth direction of a 2D image; and a 3D image creating unit that creates data on the left-eye and right-eye images in which a corresponding object is arranged in positions separated by the disparity set by the disparity setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20140078114
    Abstract: A display device includes an operating body detection unit detecting an operating body disposed over a display screen, a position determination unit determining a three-dimensional position of the operating body from the detection result and outputting the three-dimensional position as position information for the operating body, a position designation unit designating a three-dimensional position over the display screen, a guide information generation unit generating guide information which requests a user to perform a predetermined action for an operating body around the designated three-dimensional position and then dispose the operating body at the designated three-dimensional position, a correction information generation unit generating correction information from an error between the designated three-dimensional position and a determination result of the three-dimensional position of the operating body disposed according to the guide information, and a position correction unit correcting a three-dimensi
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Tokuda, Masayuki Kuwata, Ryoko Amano, Akira Wakatsuki
  • Patent number: 8614696
    Abstract: A display device includes an operating body detection unit detecting an operating body disposed over a display screen, a position determination unit determining a three-dimensional position of the operating body from the detection result and outputting the three-dimensional position as position information for the operating body, a position designation unit designating a three-dimensional position over the display screen, a guide information generation unit generating guide information which requests a user to perform a predetermined action for an operating body around the designated three-dimensional position and then dispose the operating body at the designated three-dimensional position, a correction information generation unit generating correction information from an error between the designated three-dimensional position and a determination result of the three-dimensional position of the operating body disposed according to the guide information, and a position correction unit correcting a three-dimensi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Tokuda, Masayuki Kuwata, Ryoko Amano, Akira Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20120162357
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging portion that images an omnidirectional subject on the basis of an imaging position when imaging is performed and generates a circular image including the omnidirectional subject, an image processing portion that specifies a substantially fan-shaped object region in a circular image which is generated on the basis of a direction specified based on an attitude of an imaging apparatus in the imaging position among all directions and converts an image of the object region into a substantially rectangular image, and a display control portion that simultaneously displays a conversion image which is the converted image and the generated circular image on a display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Okegawa, Hirokazu Nakaya, Takahiro Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20120162381
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a posture detection unit detecting a posture of the image processing apparatus, an image capturing unit generating a planar image including a subject or a stereoscopic image for stereoscopy of the subject, a mode setting unit setting any one of a planar image capturing mode and a stereoscopic image capturing mode, an image conversion unit converting the image through performing of aspect conversion and reduction processes, and a control unit operating to record the stereoscopic image on a recording medium regardless of the detected posture of the image processing apparatus if the stereoscopic image capturing mode is set and to record any one of the planar image and a converted image obtained by converting the planar image on the recording medium on the basis of the detected posture of the image processing apparatus if the planar image capturing mode is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shuuji Okegawa, Takahiro Tokuda, Hirokazu Nakaya
  • Publication number: 20120162393
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit generating a plane image including a subject by imaging the subject in a specific direction or a stereoscopic image for stereoscopically viewing the subject; an adapter mounting detection unit detecting whether an adapter, which includes an omnidirectional imaging optical system imaging the subject in all directions, is mounted on the imaging unit; an image capture mode setting unit setting, based on a user operation, an omnidirectional image capture mode of recording the plane image including the subject in all directions in a state where the adapter is mounted on the imaging unit or a stereoscopic image capture mode of recording the stereoscopic image; and a control unit performing control to cancel the stereoscopic image capture mode and set the omnidirectional image capture mode in a case where the stereoscopic image capture mode is set when the mounting of the adapter is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Okegawa, Hirokazu Nakaya, Takahiro Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20120105444
    Abstract: A display processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a left eye image and a right eye image of a stereoscopic image, a parallax calculation unit that calculates a parallax for each of image elements contained in the left eye image and the right eye image, an area setting unit that sets, as a blur area, an area of an image element for which the parallax is less than a predetermined threshold among the image elements contained in a selection image selected as the left eye image or the right eye image, a blurring unit that applies blurring to the blur area in the selection image, and a display control unit that alternately displays the selection image to which the burring has been applied and the selection image to which the burring has not been applied yet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20120105382
    Abstract: A display device includes an operating body detection unit detecting an operating body disposed over a display screen, a position determination unit determining a three-dimensional position of the operating body from the detection result and outputting the three-dimensional position as position information for the operating body, a position designation unit designating a three-dimensional position over the display screen, a guide information generation unit generating guide information which requests a user to perform a predetermined action for an operating body around the designated three-dimensional position and then dispose the operating body at the designated three-dimensional position, a correction information generation unit generating correction information from an error between the designated three-dimensional position and a determination result of the three-dimensional position of the operating body disposed according to the guide information, and a position correction unit correcting a three-dimensi
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Tokuda, Masayuki Kuwata, Ryoko Amano, Akira Wakatsuki
  • Publication number: 20110175907
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a disparity setting unit that sets disparity between left-eye and right-eye images for a 3D image based on a manipulation from a manipulation unit that allocates a predetermined manipulation for a depth direction of a 2D image; and a 3D image creating unit that creates data on the left-eye and right-eye images in which a corresponding object is arranged in positions separated by the disparity set by the disparity setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro TOKUDA