Patents by Inventor Teppei Inomata

Teppei Inomata 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).

  • Image compositing device and image compositing method
    Patent number: 9959649
    Abstract: It is an object to generate a desired composite image in which a motion area of a subject is correctly composited. A difference image between a base target and an aligned swap target is generated (S1021), and an extracted contour in the difference image is determined according to the active contour model (S1022). The inner area of the contour and the outer area of the contour are painted with different colors to be color-coded so as to generate a mask image for alpha blending (S1023). Using the mask image thus generated, the swap target that is aligned with respect to the base target is composited with the base target of the base image by alpha blending (S1024).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: MORPHO, INC.
    Inventors: Teppei Inomata, Kojiro Kato, Masaki Satoh, Kouta Kurihara, Kazuki Kimura, Ryo Ono
  • IMAGE COMPOSITING DEVICE AND IMAGE COMPOSITING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160328873
    Abstract: It is an object to generate a desired composite image in which a motion area of a subject is correctly composited. A difference image between a base target and an aligned swap target is generated (S1021), and an extracted contour in the difference image is determined according to the active contour model (S1022). The inner area of the contour and the outer area of the contour are painted with different colors to be color-coded so as to generate a mask image for alpha blending (S1023). Using the mask image thus generated, the swap target that is aligned with respect to the base target is composited with the base target of the base image by alpha blending (S1024).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Morpho, Inc.
    Inventors: Teppei Inomata, Kojiro Kato, Masaki Satoh, Kouta Kurihara, Kazuki Kimura, Ryo Ono
  • Image compositing device and image compositing method
    Patent number: 9355486
    Abstract: It is an object to generate a desired composite image in which a motion area of a subject is correctly composited. A difference image between a base target and an aligned swap target is generated (S1021), and an extracted contour in the difference image is determined according to the active contour model (S1022). The inner area of the contour and the outer area of the contour are painted with different colors to be color-coded so as to generate a mask image for alpha blending (S1023). Using the mask image thus generated, the swap target that is aligned with respect to the base target is composited with the base target of the base image by alpha blending (S1024).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: MORPHO, INC.
    Inventors: Teppei Inomata, Kojiro Kato, Masaki Satoh, Kouta Kurihara, Kazuki Kimura, Ryo Ono
  • IMAGE COMPOSITING DEVICE AND IMAGE COMPOSITING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140321703
    Abstract: It is an object to generate a desired composite image in which a motion area of a subject is correctly composited. A difference image between a base target and an aligned swap target is generated (S1021), and an extracted contour in the difference image is determined according to the active contour model (S1022). The inner area of the contour and the outer area of the contour are painted with different colors to be color-coded so as to generate a mask image for alpha blending (S1023). Using the mask image thus generated, the swap target that is aligned with respect to the base target is composited with the base target of the base image by alpha blending (S1024).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MORPHO, INC.
    Inventors: Teppei Inomata, Kojiro Kato, Masaki Satoh, Kouta Kurihara, Kazuki Kimura, Ryo Ono