Patents by Inventor Takuhiro Mizuno

Takuhiro Mizuno 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: 11393161
    Abstract: Provided is a heat map presentation device including: a creation factor detection unit 13 that detects the number of viewing times and viewing time by a viewer as a plurality of creation factors for a heat map for each of a plurality of regions obtained by dividing a three-dimensional image on the basis of a detection result of a region that the viewer is viewing in the three-dimensional image; and a heat map creation unit 14 that creates a heat map for a three-dimensional space on the basis of the plurality of creation factors which are detected. The heat map that is displayed in the three-dimensional space is created on the basis of the plurality of creation factors. It is possible to provide multi-dimensional information based on the plurality of creation factors by the heat map on the three-dimensional space having dimensions greater in comparison to a heat map in the related art which is displayed in a two-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Alpha Code Inc.
    Inventor: Takuhiro Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11364432
    Abstract: A timing game device includes a virtual-space image display unit 13, a movement-line display unit 14, and an object display unit 15. The virtual-space image display unit 13 generates a virtual space image, based on VR image data in which a hit area is set in a virtual space having a range wider than a view field of the HMD 200 and displays the virtual space image on a HMD 200. The virtual space image has a view field that changes in response to a movement of the HMD 200. The movement-line display unit 14 generates and displays a movement line of an object that moves to a hit area. The object display unit 15 displays the object to move along the movement line. A game is caused to progress by performing an operation at a timing at which the object reaches the hit area set in the virtual space of the changed view field while appropriately changing the view field of the virtual space image in response to the movement of the HMD 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Alpha Code Inc.
    Inventor: Takuhiro Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220044038
    Abstract: A position sensing information acquisition unit that acquire a plurality of pieces of position sensing information from a position sensing sensor mounted on a body of a user or a position sensing sensor mounted on a controller held and used by the user, a physical feature recognition unit 12 that recognizes a physical feature of the body of the user from the plurality of pieces of position sensing information, and an attribute estimation unit 15 that estimates a user attribute from the recognized physical feature of the body of the user are provided, and the user attribute is estimated based on detection information by a sensor mounted on the body of the user who is watching the VR image or a sensor mounted on the controller held by the user, and thus the attribute of the user who is watching the VR image can be estimated even in a place at which no camera is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Takuhiro MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 11150102
    Abstract: The invention is provided with: a turning determination unit 13 and an image reproducing unit 14. The turning determination unit 13 determines a section in which an automobile travels with turning, not travels straight, based on road-route information regarding a traveling route and a road on the traveling route. The image reproducing unit 14 displays a selected-virtual space image that is selected in advance in a straight section in which the automobile travels straight, and displays a turning-virtual space image for a view field turning in accordance with a turning pattern determined by a road shape and a traveling direction in a turning section, in the turning section in which the automobile travels with turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ALPHA CODE INC.
    Inventor: Takuhiro Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20210247200
    Abstract: The invention is provided with: a turning determination unit 13 and an image reproducing unit 14. The turning determination unit 13 determines a section in which an automobile travels with turning, not travels straight, based on road-route information regarding a traveling route and a road on the traveling route. The image reproducing unit 14 displays a selected-virtual space image that is selected in advance in a straight section in which the automobile travels straight, and displays a turning-virtual space image for a view field turning in accordance with a turning pattern determined by a road shape and a traveling direction in a turning section, in the turning section in which the automobile travels with turning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Takuhiro MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20210220728
    Abstract: A timing game device includes a virtual-space image display unit 13, a movement-line display unit 14, and an object display unit 15. The virtual-space image display unit 13 generates a virtual space image, based on VR image data in which a hit area is set in a virtual space having a range wider than a view field of the HMD 200 and displays the virtual space image on a HMD 200. The virtual space image has a view field that changes in response to a movement of the HMD 200. The movement-line display unit 14 generates and displays a movement line of an object that moves to a hit area. The object display unit 15 displays the object to move along the movement line. A game is caused to progress by performing an operation at a timing at which the object reaches the hit area set in the virtual space of the changed view field while appropriately changing the view field of the virtual space image in response to the movement of the HMD 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Takuhiro MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20210217223
    Abstract: Provided is a heat map presentation device including: a creation factor detection unit 13 that detects the number of viewing times and viewing time by a viewer as a plurality of creation factors for a heat map for each of a plurality of regions obtained by dividing a three-dimensional image on the basis of a detection result of a region that the viewer is viewing in the three-dimensional image; and a heat map creation unit 14 that creates a heat map for a three-dimensional space on the basis of the plurality of creation factors which are detected. The heat map that is displayed in the three-dimensional space is created on the basis of the plurality of creation factors. It is possible to provide multi-dimensional information based on the plurality of creation factors by the heat map on the three-dimensional space having dimensions greater in comparison to a heat map in the related art which is displayed in a two-dimensional space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventor: Takuhiro MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 11030821
    Abstract: A target object detecting unit 13 that detects a target object existing within a predetermined distance from an HMD 200 from a moving image of a real world captured by a camera 202 installed in the HMD 200 displaying a virtual space image and an image superimposition unit 15 that causes an image of a predetermined range including the target object to be displayed superimposed on a virtual space image are provided, and when a user performs a predetermined work with a hand within a range photographed in the camera 202 installed in the HMD 200, the captured image of the predetermined range including the hand is displayed superimposed on the virtual space image, and thus the user can appropriately perform the predetermined work while looking at the captured image displayed superimposed on the virtual space image even while wearing the HMD 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Alpha Code Inc.
    Inventor: Takuhiro Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20210005024
    Abstract: A target object detecting unit 13 that detects a target object existing within a predetermined distance from an HMD 200 from a moving image of a real world captured by a camera 202 installed in the HMD 200 displaying a virtual space image and an image superimposition unit 15 that causes an image of a predetermined range including the target object to be displayed superimposed on a virtual space image are provided, and when a user performs a predetermined work with a hand within a range photographed in the camera 202 installed in the HMD 200, the captured image of the predetermined range including the hand is displayed superimposed on the virtual space image, and thus the user can appropriately perform the predetermined work while looking at the captured image displayed superimposed on the virtual space image even while wearing the HMD 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Takuhiro MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20200380554
    Abstract: An image playback unit 11 playing back a three-dimensional spatial image including a plurality of objects, an attention object detection unit 12 detecting an object that a viewer pays attention to from the three-dimensional spatial image that is played back, an attention degree calculation unit 13 calculating an attention degree of the viewer with respect to the object, and a region evaluation unit 14 evaluating a degree of effect of an advertising display region to be disposed in the vicinity of the object, in accordance with the calculated attention degree are provided. Since an advertising display region to be disposed in the vicinity of an object having a higher attention degree from the viewer is more likely to be seen from the viewer, a degree of effect of the advertisement therein is highly evaluated. Thereby, it is possible to know the effect extent when an advertisement is presented in the advertising display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takuhiro MIZUNO, Yoshitaka NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10805063
    Abstract: This VR viewing system is configured such that an external computer 200 outputs sound from an external speaker 300 while an HMD 100 reproduces a VR moving image by means of a built-in computer. The external computer 200 performs a sound output to the external speaker 300, conducts a master management of a reproduction elapsed time of the VR moving image so as to be synchronized with the sound output, detects a difference between the reproduction elapsed time of the VR moving image by the built-in computer of the HMD 100 and the reproduction elapsed time of the VR moving image undergoing the master management by the external computer 200, and adjusts the reproduction of the VR moving image by the built-in computer so as to eliminate the detected difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Alpha Code Inc.
    Inventors: Takuhiro Mizuno, Yoshitaka Nomura
  • Publication number: 20200007306
    Abstract: This VR viewing system is configured such that an external computer 200 outputs sound from an external speaker 300 while an HMD 100 reproduces a VR moving image by means of a built-in computer. The external computer 200 performs a sound output to the external speaker 300, conducts a master management of a reproduction elapsed time of the VR moving image so as to be synchronized with the sound output, detects a difference between the reproduction elapsed time of the VR moving image by the built-in computer of the HMD 100 and the reproduction elapsed time of the VR moving image undergoing the master management by the external computer 200, and adjusts the reproduction of the VR moving image by the built-in computer so as to eliminate the detected difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takuhiro MIZUNO, Yoshitaka NOMURA
  • Patent number: 10452917
    Abstract: The present invention includes: an image reproducing unit 11 that reproduces a three-dimensional image obtained by associating accompanying information with each of one or more objects, and displays the three-dimensional image on an HMD 200; an attention object detecting unit 12 that detects one or more objects to which a viewer pays attention in the three-dimensional image; a ranking unit 13 that ranks attention objects in descending order of the degree of attention; and an accompanying information transmitting unit 14 that provides a user terminal 400 with accompanying information of the attention objects in accordance with the ranking, in which the accompanying information corresponding to the attention object detected when the three-dimensional image is displayed on the HMD 200 is provided to a viewer, through the user terminal 400 different from the HMD 200 after the reproduction of the three-dimensional image is ended or stopped, so that detailed accompanying information related to the object of attenti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ALPHA CODE INC.
    Inventor: Takuhiro Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20190244025
    Abstract: The present invention includes: an image reproducing unit 11 that reproduces a three-dimensional image obtained by associating accompanying information with each of one or more objects, and displays the three-dimensional image on an HMD 200; an attention object detecting unit 12 that detects one or more objects to which a viewer pays attention in the three-dimensional image; a ranking unit 13 that ranks attention objects in descending order of the degree of attention; and an accompanying information transmitting unit 14 that provides a user terminal 400 with accompanying information of the attention objects in accordance with the ranking, in which the accompanying information corresponding to the attention object detected when the three-dimensional image is displayed on the HMD 200 is provided to a viewer, through the user terminal 400 different from the HMD 200 after the reproduction of the three-dimensional image is ended or stopped, so that detailed accompanying information related to the object of attenti
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventor: Takuhiro MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20050239437
    Abstract: A point management method and a point management system are provided which can transfer points based on a plea. A server, which operates a point system, includes a unit for producing and transmitting a point transfer request mail, a unit for subtracting points to be transferred from the balance of points of a user who offers a transfer of points and producing and retaining point transfer information, a unit for producing and transmitting an allowance mail containing point number information and a unit for adding the number of points agreed to be transferred to the balance of points of the user who pleads for points upon receipt of an access from the user based on the allowance mail. A user, who is short of points, can positively plead with a user, who is likely to have residual points, for some points, and the user who is willing to transfer points can transfer points through a simple operation, thereby making it possible to enhance the conveniences to the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Dwango Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Kanehara, Takuhiro Mizuno, Kazuto Kubo