Patents by Inventor Takashi Nishihira

Takashi Nishihira 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: 7404639
    Abstract: This invention provides a stereo image displaying method and eyesight recovery apparatus which stimulates the eye muscles and is inexpensive and simple. An image for the left and the right eye are displayed on the screen 50 of an electronic device 2 alternately, an observer wears spectacles 4 which open and close in synchronism with the display of these images to produce a convergence angle and parallax to obtain a 3-D image. A 3-D image display device is used to enable the observer to focus his/her right and left eyes on the images of a 3-D image. A 3-D image 10a is displayed at a position close to the spectacles 4 and then gradually moved away from it. The eyesight recovery apparatus comprises a movement control unit 10 for moving a 3-D image 10b at a distance close to the spectacles 4 and a repetition control unit 23 for repeating the receding and approach movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Olympus Visual Communications Corp.
    Inventors: Takashi Nishihira, Hirofumi Tahara
  • Publication number: 20040207810
    Abstract: This invention provides a stereo image displaying method and eyesight recovery apparatus which stimulates the eye muscles and is inexpensive and simple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Takashi Nishihira, Hirofumi Tahara