Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Morohoshi

Toshihiro Morohoshi 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: 9204078
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a detector configured to detect an operator of a remote control for remote-controlling a video display apparatus is provided. The detector includes a face detector, a remote control detector, and an operator identifier. The face detector is configured to detect a first position of a viewer's face from a taken video. The remote control detector is configured to detect a second position of the remote control from the taken video. The operator identifier is configured to identify a viewer operating the remote control based on the detected first position of the viewer's face and the detected second position of the remote control when a plurality of viewer's faces are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20150039993
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display, a recognition controller, a converter, a browser and a display processor. The recognition controller is configured to analyze broadcast video comprising a two-dimensional code and to recognize the two-dimensional code. The converter is configured to convert the recognized two-dimensional code into address information. The browser is configured to access a web page indicated by the address information and to display the web page on a browser screen. The display processor is configured to display a screen of the broadcast video and the browser screen on the display at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Dai Ishimaru, Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20150003340
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to perform function setting for a medium capable of operating as an access point, which includes setting storage, a processor and a transmitter. The setting storage is configured to store setting information of functions. The processor is configured to generate commands to switch from a second access point other than the medium to the access point of the medium and to operate the medium as the access point by using the setting information. The transmitter is configured to transmit the command to the medium. The processor is further configured to generate a command to return from the access point of the medium to the second access point when terminating operation of the medium as the access point, and the transmitter is further configured to transmit the command to the second access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20140365687
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display have a USB host configured to divide object data, and to transmit the divided object data and a unique ID allocated to the object data through a USB cable, a USB device configured to receive the object data from the USB host through the USB cable, and a display unit configured to display an image corresponding to the object data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morohoshi, Yuichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140314337
    Abstract: In an image display method, when image editing is performed for image data of a captured still image by an image editing program, file data of the edited image data is transmitted from a personal computer for performing the image editing to a television. After the file data of the edited image is received by a television, the file data of the edited image data is decoded by a decoder, and a still image generated by decoding is displayed on a screen of the television.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Miyake, Tatsuhiro Nishioka, Shinzo Matsubara, Tan Wang, Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20140002619
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a detector configured to detect an operator of a remote control for remote-controlling a video display apparatus is provided. The detector includes a face detector, a remote control detector, and an operator identifier. The face detector is configured to detect a first position of a viewer's face from a taken video. The remote control detector is configured to detect a second position of the remote control from the taken video. The operator identifier is configured to identify a viewer operating the remote control based on the detected first position of the viewer's face and the detected second position of the remote control when a plurality of viewer's faces are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 8558877
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing device includes a test pattern controller configured to output a test pattern to a display capable of displaying stereoscopically. The test pattern is indicative of whether a viewer is substantially at a center of a viewing area in which a video is viewed stereoscopically. The test pattern includes first to sixth parallax images corresponding to respective first to sixth viewing points arranged in a horizontal direction. The third parallax image and the fourth parallax image include a first mark The first parallax image and the sixth parallax image include a second mark different from the first mark. The second parallax image and the fifth parallax image include neither the first mark nor second mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yutaka Irie, Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20130258200
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processor includes an input module and a display controller. The input module is configured to input a plurality of first video signals compliant with a video having a first resolution, and to be able to input a second video signal compliant with a video having a second resolution higher than the first resolution instead of at least one of the first video signals. The display controller is configured to perform control to display the input first video signals in domains into which a display screen compliant with the second resolution is divided. The display controller is configured to perform control to display the input second video signal on the whole display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takero KOBAYASHI, Toshihiro MOROHOSHI, Atsushi NAKAMURA, Shinzo MATSUBARA, Akinori KOMAKI
  • Patent number: 8487983
    Abstract: A viewing area adjusting device has an image pickup unit capable of shooting a forward direction of a stereoscopic video display device capable of displaying a stereoscopic video, a viewer information detector configured to detect the number of viewers and positions of the viewers by a video shot by the image pickup unit, a viewing area adjustment policy determining unit configured to select any one of a plurality of viewing area adjustment policies based on the number of viewers detected by the viewer information detector, a viewing area information computing unit configured to compute an adjustment amount for the viewing area, and a viewing area adjusting unit configured to adjust the viewing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Nishioka, Nobuyuki Ikeda, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 8477181
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer detector that performs face recognition using a video photographed by a camera and acquires position information of a viewer, a correction amount calculator that calculates a correction amount for compensating for an error of the position information involved in deviation of an attaching position of the camera, a position information corrector that corrects the position information using the correction amount calculated by the correction amount calculator, a viewing area information calculator that calculates, using the position information corrected by the position information corrector, a control parameter for setting a viewing area in which the viewer is set, and a viewing area controller that controls the viewing area according to the control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morohoshi, Yutaka Irie, Shinzo Matsubara, Yuichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130147929
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing device includes a test pattern controller configured to output a test pattern to a display capable of displaying stereoscopically. The test pattern is indicative of whether a viewer is substantially at a center of a viewing area in which a video is viewed stereoscopically. The test pattern includes first to sixth parallax images corresponding to respective first to sixth viewing points arranged in a horizontal direction. The third parallax image and the fourth parallax image include a first mark The first parallax image and the sixth parallax image include a second mark different from the first mark. The second parallax image and the fifth parallax image include neither the first mark nor second mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yutaka IRIE, Toshihiro MOROHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130113899
    Abstract: A video processing device has a viewer detector to recognize a face of a viewer using a video shot by a camera in order to acquire position information of the viewer, a subscreen display controller to superimpose a live video shot by the camera on a part of a display screen of a display device as a subscreen, a viewing area frame display controller to display, in the live video in the subscreen, a viewing area frame representing a viewing position where the viewer is viewable a stereoscopic video, and a face frame display controller to display a first face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is viewable when the viewer is located within the frame, and to display a second face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is not viewable when the viewer is located outside the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshihiro MOROHOSHI, Shinzo MATSUBARA, Tatsuhiro NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20130050441
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer position detector, a viewing area information calculator, a keeping module, and a viewing area controller. The viewer position detector is configured to detect a position of a viewer using an image taken by a camera during displaying a two dimensional image. The viewing area information calculator is configured to calculate a control parameter so as to set a viewing area, in which a plurality of parallax images displayed on a display are viewed as a stereoscopic image, at an area depending on the position of the viewer. The keeping module is configured to keep the control parameter calculated. The viewing area controller is configured to set the viewing area according to the control parameter kept by the keeping module in synchronization with a change from displaying the two dimensional image to displaying a stereoscopic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi Kumagai, Nobuyuki Ikeda, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20130050443
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer detector that acquires position information of a viewer from video photographed by a camera, a viewer selector that selects, when a plurality of the viewers are present, a viewer considered to have the highest viewing desire out of the plural viewers taking into account the current time of day and/or information concerning a program being viewed, a viewing area information calculator that calculates, using position information of the selected viewer, a control parameter for setting a viewing area in which the selected viewer is set, a viewing area controller that controls the viewing area according to the control parameter, a display that displays plural parallax images that the viewer present in the viewing area can observe as a stereoscopic video, and an apertural area controller that outputs the plural parallax images displayed on the display in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Takahashi, Toshihiro Morohoshi, Shinzo Matsubara, Yutaka Irie
  • Publication number: 20130050417
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer position detector, a viewing area information calculator, a control information keeping module, and a viewing area controller. The viewer position detector is configured to detect a position of a viewer using an image taken by a camera. The viewing area information calculator is configured to calculate a first control parameter so as to set a viewing area, in which a plurality of parallax images displayed on a display are viewed as a stereoscopic image, at an area depending on the position of the viewer. The control information keeping module is configured to keep one or a plurality of second control parameters for setting the viewing area at a predetermined area. The viewing area controller is configured to set the viewing area according to the first control parameter or the second control parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tan WANG, Nobuyuki IKEDA, Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Takashi KUMAGAI, Toshihiro MOROHOSHI
  • Publication number: 20130050449
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer detector that performs face recognition using a video photographed by a camera and acquires position information of a viewer, a correction amount calculator that calculates a correction amount for compensating for an error of the position information involved in deviation of an attaching position of the camera, a position information corrector that corrects the position information using the correction amount calculated by the correction amount calculator, a viewing area information calculator that calculates, using the position information corrected by the position information corrector, a control parameter for setting a viewing area in which the viewer is set, and a viewing area controller that controls the viewing area according to the control parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morohoshi, Yutaka Irie, Shinzo Matsubara, Yuichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130050418
    Abstract: A viewing area adjusting device has an image pickup unit capable of shooting a forward direction of a stereoscopic video display device capable of displaying a stereoscopic video, a viewer information detector configured to detect the number of viewers and positions of the viewers by a video shot by the image pickup unit, a viewing area adjustment policy determining unit configured to select any one of a plurality of viewing area adjustment policies based on the number of viewers detected by the viewer information detector, a viewing area information computing unit configured to compute an adjustment amount for the viewing area, and a viewing area adjusting unit configured to adjust the viewing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Nishioka, Nobuyuki Ikeda, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20130050416
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a receiver that decodes an encoded input video signal and generates a baseband video signal, a display manner selector that selects one display manner from plural display manners including a stereo imaging manner and an integral imaging manner, and a parallax image converter that converts, when the stereo imaging manner is selected by the display manner selector, the baseband video signal into two parallax image signals for the left eye and the right eye and converts, when the integral imaging manner is selected by the display manner selector, the baseband video signal into three or more parallax image signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masao Iwasaki, Kiyoshi Hoshino, Shinzo Matsubara, Yutaka Irie, Toshihiro Morohoshi
  • Patent number: 8238203
    Abstract: One embodiment of invention is useful when updating data of a database which is configured to take in data through a network, has a part to be updated, and takes in information of media stored in a local storage, and characterized by that a result of retrieval is outputted with additional information of an updated date/time of information updated by connecting to a network, and the output result is informed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morohoshi, Hidehito Izawa
  • Publication number: 20120159309
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a picture display apparatus includes: a web page acquiring section configured to acquire a web page; a focus-display section configured to split the web page into a plurality of areas and configured to focus-display one of the split areas on a picture display section; and a navigation display section configured to display a navigation on the picture display section indicating where the focus-displayed split-area is located on the web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Akinori Komaki, Yoshifumi Takayama, Hidehito Izawa, Toshihiro Morohoshi