Patents by Inventor Toru Karasawa
Toru Karasawa 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).
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Publication number: 20200184932Abstract: A method for controlling a projector includes: a detection step of detecting a position and a feature of a marker arranged at a screen; a display control step of specifying an image that corresponds to the feature of the marker and deciding a display position of the image, based on the position of the marker; and a display step of displaying the image at the display position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki FUJIMORI, Toru KARASAWA
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Patent number: 10623684Abstract: A display device includes an input section to which image information is externally input, a display section adapted to display an image based on the image information on a display surface, and a control section adapted to control the display device based on setting information related to an operation of the display device to make the display section display the image, and change the setting information from first setting information to second setting information in accordance with an instruction for changing the setting information. In the case in which the image information is not input to the input section for a first time period after the control section changes the setting information from the first setting information to the second setting information, the control section changes the setting information from the second setting information to the first setting information.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki Fujimori, Yoshiteru Uchiyama, Takahiro Ano, Toru Karasawa
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Patent number: 10412335Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display section that displays an image and a controller that controls the display apparatus based on setting information to cause the display section to display the image and changes the setting information from first setting information to second setting information in accordance with a first instruction. In a state in which the controller has changed the setting information from the first setting information to the second setting information and causes the display section to display a first image based on first image information from the first input section, and when the controller receives a second instruction to cause the display section to display a second image based on second image information from the second input section, the controller changes the setting information from the second setting information to the first setting information and causes the display section to display the second image.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki Fujimori, Yoshiteru Uchiyama, Takahiro Ano, Toru Karasawa
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Publication number: 20180316888Abstract: A display device includes an input section to which image information is externally input, a display section adapted to display an image based on the image information on a display surface, and a control section adapted to control the display device based on setting information related to an operation of the display device to make the display section display the image, and change the setting information from first setting information to second setting information in accordance with an instruction for changing the setting information. In the case in which the image information is not input to the input section for a first time period after the control section changes the setting information from the first setting information to the second setting information, the control section changes the setting information from the second setting information to the first setting information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki FUJIMORI, Yoshiteru UCHIYAMA, Takahiro ANO, Toru KARASAWA
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Publication number: 20180278880Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display section that displays an image and a controller that controls the display apparatus based on setting information to cause the display section to display the image and changes the setting information from first setting information to second setting information in accordance with a first instruction. In a state in which the controller has changed the setting information from the first setting information to the second setting information and causes the display section to display a first image based on first image information from the first input section, and when the controller receives a second instruction to cause the display section to display a second image based on second image information from the second input section, the controller changes the setting information from the second setting information to the first setting information and causes the display section to display the second image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki FUJIMORI, Yoshiteru UCHIYAMA, Takahiro ANO, Toru KARASAWA
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Patent number: 9405768Abstract: A technique for enabling scenario files and image files for supply to a scenario generating device to be created easily is provided. The scenario creating device creates a scenario file supplied to a scenario reproducing device capable of reproducing only image files of a predetermined format. The scenario creating device comprises: an input section including a pointing device; a display section; and a scenario creating section for creating the scenario file. The scenario creating section provides a display of an execution icon on the display screen for causing the scenario creating section to execute a process. When a file icon for a source file of a predetermined format including pagewise scenario information and image information is dragged and dropped on the execution icon by means of operation of the pointing device, a scenario file is created on the basis of the scenario information, and an image file of the predetermined format is generated on the basis of the image information.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Karasawa, Shoichi Akaiwa, Miki Nagano
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Patent number: 9305188Abstract: With a conventional image-display system, a presenter sometimes has difficulty in providing every viewer with an easy-to-see picture. When projecting an image transmitted from a computer operated by the presenter and enabling the viewer to watch the image projected by the projector, the projector receives image data transmitted through two-way communication from the computer operated by the presenter, projects an image represented by the received image data and transmits the received image data to a client computer operated by the viewer through the two-way communication, and the client computer receives the image data transmitted through the two-way communication and displays the image represented by the received image data on its display.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Sato, Shinji Kubota, Toru Karasawa
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Publication number: 20150245073Abstract: A technique for enabling scenario files and image files for supply to a scenario generating device to be created easily is provided. The scenario creating device creates a scenario file supplied to a scenario reproducing device capable of reproducing only image files of a predetermined format. The scenario creating device comprises: an input section including a pointing device; a display section; and a scenario creating section for creating the scenario file. The scenario creating section provides a display of an execution icon on the display screen for causing the scenario creating section to execute a process. When a file icon for a source file of a predetermined format including pagewise scenario information and image information is dragged and dropped on the execution icon by means of operation of the pointing device, a scenario file is created on the basis of the scenario information, and an image file of the predetermined format is generated on the basis of the image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toru KARASAWA, Shoichi AKAIWA, Miki NAGANO
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Publication number: 20150242438Abstract: A technique for enabling scenario files and image files for supply to a scenario generating device to be created easily is provided. The scenario creating device creates a scenario file supplied to a scenario reproducing device capable of reproducing only image files of a predetermined format. The scenario creating device comprises: an input section including a pointing device; a display section; and a scenario creating section for creating the scenario file. The scenario creating section provides a display of an execution icon on the display screen for causing the scenario creating section to execute a process. When a file icon for a source file of a predetermined format including pagewise scenario information and image information is dragged and dropped on the execution icon by means of operation of the pointing device, a scenario file is created on the basis of the scenario information, and an image file of the predetermined format is generated on the basis of the image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Toru KARASAWA, Shoichi AKAIWA, Miki NAGANO
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Patent number: 9041524Abstract: A technique for enabling scenario files and image files for supply to a scenario generating device to be created easily is provided. The scenario creating device creates a scenario file supplied to a scenario reproducing device capable of reproducing only image files of a predetermined format. The scenario creating device comprises: an input section including a pointing device; a display section; and a scenario creating section for creating the scenario file. The scenario creating section provides a display of an execution icon on the display screen for causing the scenario creating section to execute a process. When a file icon for a source file of a predetermined format including pagewise scenario information and image information is dragged and dropped on the execution icon by means of operation of the pointing device, a scenario file is created on the basis of the scenario information, and an image file of the predetermined format is generated on the basis of the image information.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Karasawa, Shoichi Akaiwa, Miki Nagano
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Publication number: 20140298425Abstract: With a conventional image-display system, a presenter sometimes has difficulty in providing every viewer with an easy-to-see picture. When projecting an image transmitted from a computer operated by the presenter and enabling the viewer to watch the image projected by the projector, the projector receives image data transmitted through two-way communication from the computer operated by the presenter, projects an image represented by the received image data and transmits the received image data to a client computer operated by the viewer through the two-way communication, and the client computer receives the image data transmitted through the two-way communication and displays the image represented by the received image data on its display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Minoru SATO, Shinji KUBOTA, Toru KARASAWA
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Patent number: 8793771Abstract: With a conventional image-display system, a presenter sometimes has difficulty in providing every viewer with an easy-to-see picture. When projecting an image transmitted from a computer operated by the presenter and enabling the viewer to watch the image projected by the projector, the projector receives image data transmitted through two-way communication from the computer operated by the presenter, projects an image represented by the received image data and transmits the received image data to a client computer operated by the viewer through the two-way communication, and the client computer receives the image data transmitted through the two-way communication and displays the image represented by the received image data on its display.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Minoru Sato, Shinji Kubota, Toru Karasawa
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Patent number: 8725884Abstract: In one embodiment, an image display device comprises a first USB port, a writing unit, and a display unit. The writing unit writes a wireless setup information of the image display device to a predetermined USB memory if the predetermined USB memory is attached to the first USB port. The display unit displays a predetermined message if the writing unit finishes writing the wireless setup information to the predetermined USB memory. The display unit displays an image data sent from an image supply device using the wireless setup information read by the image display device from the predetermined USB memory, if the predetermined USB memory is attached to a second USB port of the image supply device.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Kubota, Toru Karasawa, Tomohiro Nomizo
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Patent number: 8666526Abstract: A transmission device includes: a reproduction audio producing unit which produces reproduction audio; a continuous audio producing unit which produces continuous audio; a synthesized audio producing unit which synthesizes the reproduction audio and the continuous audio to produce synthesized audio; a capture audio data producing unit which captures the synthesized audio to produce capture audio data; and a transmitting unit which transmits the capture audio data to a reproduction device.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Issei Yokoyama, Masahiko Honda, Tomohiro Nomizo, Toru Karasawa
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Publication number: 20130300765Abstract: A technique for enabling scenario files and image files for supply to a scenario generating device to be created easily is provided. The scenario creating device creates a scenario file supplied to a scenario reproducing device capable of reproducing only image files of a predetermined format. The scenario creating device comprises: an input section including a pointing device; a display section; and a scenario creating section for creating the scenario file. The scenario creating section provides a display of an execution icon on the display screen for causing the scenario creating section to execute a process. When a file icon for a source file of a predetermined format including pagewise scenario information and image information is dragged and dropped on the execution icon by means of operation of the pointing device, a scenario file is created on the basis of the scenario information, and an image file of the predetermined format is generated on the basis of the image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toru KARASAWA, Shoichi AKAIWA, Miki NAGANO
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Patent number: 8564501Abstract: An image display system that includes an image supply device, a projector, and a network for connecting the image supply device and the projector. When images are supplied to the projector via the network from the image supply device, the images are projected by the projector. When projecting and displaying a second image having a second image size based on a first image having a first image size in a projection screen of the projector, the image supply device generates supplied image data including first image data for representing the first image, position data for indicating the display position of the second image in the projection screen, and second image size data for indicating the second image size, and also supplies this to the projector via the network. By doing this, increases in network traffic for the image display system are suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Toru Karasawa
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Patent number: 8423655Abstract: An image display system 20 includes a projector PR1, a computer PC1 and a USB memory U1 which can be connected in an ad-hoc mode by using a wireless LAN. When a user connects the USB memory U1 to a USB interface 75 of the projector PR1, the projector PR1 writes network setup information in a setup information storage area 144 of the USB memory U1. Then, when the user removes the USB memory U1 from the USB interface 75 and connects it to a USB interface 125 of the computer PC1, the computer PC1 performs network setup by referring to the network setup information and establishes connection to start projection by an automatic start program.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Mitsuru Kubota, Toru Karasawa, Tomohiro Nomizo
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Publication number: 20120274865Abstract: With a conventional image-display system, a presenter sometimes has difficulty in providing every viewer with an easy-to-see picture. When projecting an image transmitted from a computer operated by the presenter and enabling the viewer to watch the image projected by the projector, the projector receives image data transmitted through two-way communication from the computer operated by the presenter, projects an image represented by the received image data and transmits the received image data to a client computer operated by the viewer through the two-way communication, and the client computer receives the image data transmitted through the two-way communication and displays the image represented by the received image data on its display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Sato, Shinji Kubota, Toru Karasawa
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Patent number: 8237837Abstract: An image input device includes: an image capture unit which captures an image of a predetermined image capture range to produce image information; an image analysis unit which, when a range specifier for specifying a partial range within the image capture range enters the image capture range of the image capture unit, detects the range specifier based on the image information, and determines the range specified by the range specifier; an expansion processing unit which performs expansion process for expanding the determined range of the image information produced by the image capture unit when the range is determined by the image analysis unit; and an image information output unit which outputs the image information subjected to the expansion process to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Toru Karasawa
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Patent number: 8230000Abstract: With a conventional image-display system, a presenter sometimes has difficulty in providing every viewer with an easy-to-see picture. When projecting an image transmitted from a computer operated by the presenter and enabling the viewer to watch the image projected by the projector, the projector receives image data transmitted through two-way communication from the computer operated by the presenter, projects an image represented by the received image data and transmits the received image data to a client computer operated by the viewer through the two-way communication, and the client computer receives the image data transmitted through the two-way communication and displays the image represented by the received image data on its display.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Minoru Sato, Shinji Kubota, Toru Karasawa