Patents by Inventor Toshio Endoh
Toshio Endoh 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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Patent number: 7406198Abstract: An image capture apparatus is placed on a desk and an object to be captured is presented above the apparatus. An illumination device can emit light of a plurality of wavelengths, and a camera captures an image of an object to be captured using different wavelengths. By processing an image using different wavelengths, the material of the object to be captured can be obtained. The captured image is compared with a recorded image stored in the image capture apparatus and used in image determination.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2004Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takahiro Aoki, Toshio Endoh, Mitsuaki Fukuda, Masaki Watanabe, Takayuki Sugiura, Naoyuki Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Chinzei, Mieko Nakano, Satoshi Fukui, Atsushi Miki, Shuji Kimura, Mitsuhiro Gotoh, Makoto Goto
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Patent number: 7359531Abstract: A processor with a personal verification function has a mouse used by a hand to operate a terminal (personal computer or personal computer main body) and being able to output a photographic blood vessel image obtained by photographing a blood vessel image of the palm of the hand, and a verifying unit carrying out personal verification at a desired time on the basis of the photographic blood vessel image outputted from the mouse and a registration blood vessel image. The mouse has a radiating unit radiating near-infrared light toward the palm of the hand, and a photographing unit photographing the photographic blood vessel image with reflected light from the palm of the hand. The processor with a personal verification function and an operating device make possible personal authentication and personal identification at any time, and are operable within a saved-space without placing a burden on the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Toshio Endoh, Masaki Watanabe, Takahiro Aoki, Makoto Goto
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Patent number: 7340159Abstract: In order to perform personal identification by matching a first body image that is obtained in advance by an image taking process with a second body image that is obtained when the identification is performed, an image taking device (1) for obtaining the second body image includes a shooting condition storage portion (203) for storing a shooting condition for each person in connection with an ID given to the person, the shooting condition being used when a body image of the person is taken for obtaining the first body image, an interface (24) for entering the ID of a person to be an object of the identification, and a shooting control portion (201) for controlling to take the body image under the shooting condition corresponding to the entered ID for obtaining the second body image of the person to be an object of the identification.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takayuki Sugiura, Shuji Kimura, Atsushi Miki, Satoshi Fukui, Kiyoshi Chinzei, Mieko Nakano, Naoyuki Fujimoto, Mitsuhiro Gotoh, Toshio Endoh, Takahiro Aoki, Mitsuaki Fukuda, Masaki Watanabe, Shigeru Sasaki
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Patent number: 7327854Abstract: A capture device placed on, e.g., a desk, includes a camera in the center, and a plurality of distance sensors around the camera. By measuring distances to a capture target by use of the distance sensors, it is determined whether the capture target is held over the capture device in an attitude appropriate for the capture. When the attitude is not appropriate, a user is commanded to change the attitude of the capture target. When the attitude of the capture target becomes appropriate, the camera captures the capture target.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Takahiro Aoki, Toshio Endoh, Masaki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20070297648Abstract: A processor with a personal verification function has a mouse used by a hand to operate a terminal (personal computer or personal computer main body) and being able to output a photographic blood vessel image obtained by photographing a blood vessel image of the palm of the hand, and a verifying unit carrying out personal verification at a desired time on the basis of the photographic blood vessel image outputted from the mouse and a registration blood vessel image. The mouse has a radiating unit radiating near-infrared light toward the palm of the hand, and a photographing unit photographing the photographic blood vessel image with reflected light from the palm of the hand. The processor with a personal verification function and an operating device make possible personal authentication and personal identification at any time, and are operable within a saved-space without placing a burden on the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Toshio ENDOH, Masaki Watanabe, Takahiro Aoki, Makoto Goto
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Patent number: 7173620Abstract: An image display method is provided, with which a large number of images to be searched can be displayed quickly in a 3D space, with easy to understand image rendering and little strain on the user's eyes.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Toshio Endoh, Mitsuaki Fukuda
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Publication number: 20060285726Abstract: The present invention has been made to provide a technique capable of easily preventing the third party from misusing the data related to an individual physical feature in the case where individual authentication is performed based on the physical feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takahiro Aoki, Masaki Watanabe, Toshio Endoh, Mitsuaki Fukuda, Shigeru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20060210256Abstract: An image taking device (1), which takes an image of an object by focusing reflected light from the object on an image sensor (212), is provided with a distance measuring sensor (27) for measuring a distance between the object and the image taking device (1), and means for controlling exposure time of the image sensor (212) upon taking an image in accordance with a measurement result.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Satoshi Fukui, Takayuki Sigiura, Atsushi Miki, Shuji Kimura, Kiyoshi Chinzei, Mieko Nakano, Naoyuki Fujimoto, Mitsuhiro Gotoh, Toshio Endoh, Takahiro Aoki, Mitsuaki Fukuda, Masaki Watanabe, Shigeru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20060204132Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring an internal-structure image of an object from a plurality of images of the object photographed by a photographing unit includes a control unit that controls the photographing unit to obtain the images under different photographing conditions; and an extracting unit that extracts a portion common to the images as the internal-structure image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2005Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Mitsuaki Fukuda, Toshio Endoh, Takahiro Aoki, Masaki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20060110145Abstract: An image taking device with a lighting device includes a light irradiating portion for irradiating light to a subject and a light receiving portion for receiving reflected light from the subject that is irradiated by the light. The light irradiating portion is structured to have a plurality of light sources that are arranged so as to surround the light receiving portion. Each of the light sources is adjusted to emit light of an intensity corresponding to an arrangement position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2005Publication date: May 25, 2006Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Naoyuki Fujimoto, Takayuki Sugiura, Kiyoshi Chinzei, Mieko Nakano, Atsushi Miki, Shuji Kimura, Mitsuhiro Gotoh, Satoshi Fukui, Toshio Endoh, Takahiro Aoki, Mitsuaki Fukuda, Masaki Watanabe, Shigeru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20060080547Abstract: A biometrics authentication device uses biometrics information to perform individual authentication. Primary and secondary verification of biometrics characteristic data from an image capture device are performed by a control unit and IC card. The biometrics character data is scrambled and transmitted between devices. The second registration data which is more important to authentication is stored within the IC card, and first registration data is registered in the IC card in a scrambled state. Security is improved, and moreover the load on the CPU of the IC chip in the IC card is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITEDInventors: Yasuyuki Higashiura, Takumi Kishino, Shinichi Eguchi, Masaki Watanabe, Toshio Endoh, Yutaka Katsumata
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Publication number: 20060018652Abstract: In order to perform personal identification by matching a first body image that is obtained in advance by an image taking process with a second body image that is obtained when the identification is performed, an image taking device (1) for obtaining the second body image includes a shooting condition storage portion (203) for storing a shooting condition for each person in connection with an ID given to the person, the shooting condition being used when a body image of the person is taken for obtaining the first body image, an interface (24) for entering the ID of a person to be an object of the identification, and a shooting control portion (201) for controlling to take the body image under the shooting condition corresponding to the entered ID for obtaining the second body image of the person to be an object of the identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2005Publication date: January 26, 2006Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takayuki Sugiura, Shuji Kimura, Atsushi Miki, Satoshi Fukui, Kiyoshi Chinzei, Mieko Nakano, Naoyuki Fujimoto, Mitsuhiro Gotoh, Toshio Endoh, Takahiro Aoki, Mitsuaki Fukuda, Masaki Watanabe, Shigeru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20050286745Abstract: A biometrics authentication system uses biometrics information to authenticate individuals. A processing unit acquires biometrics information for the same living body a plurality of times from a detection unit, judges the mutual degree of similarity between biometrics characteristic data sets extracted from the above biometrics information acquired a plurality of times, and registers a plurality of biometrics characteristic data sets with a high degree of similarity in a storage unit. As a result, verification can be performed which accommodates changes in the state of the living body, without lowering verification accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITEDInventors: Hideo Kamata, Takumi Kishino, Shinichi Eguchi, Masaki Watanabe, Toshio Endoh, Mitsuaki Fukuda
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Patent number: 6967651Abstract: An image display method is provided, with which a large number of images to be searched can be displayed quickly in a 3D space, with easy to understand image rendering and little strain on the user's eyes.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2002Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Toshio Endoh, Mitsuaki Fukuda
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Publication number: 20050223003Abstract: A collator which has a detachable and portable storage media and is connected with a server by way of a network, collates information for confirming a person acquired by a multimedia information acquisition unit, in plurality collation processing stages, with respective collation information for confirming a person prestored divisionally in a plurality of storage units.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Mitsuaki Fukuda, Toshio Endoh, Masaki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20050206643Abstract: ? An image display method is provided, with which a large number of images to be searched can be displayed quickly in a 3D space, with easy to understand image rendering and little strain on the user's eyes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2005Publication date: September 22, 2005Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Toshio Endoh, Mitsuaki Fukuda
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Patent number: 6922651Abstract: A controller obtains sensor information from sensors mounted on a vehicle running on a road, and an information offer selector allows the driver of the vehicle to select on a screen whether to provide the sensor information to a center apparatus. If the driver allows provision of the sensor information, then the sensor information is transmitted to the center apparatus via radio communications. Thus, only the sensor information that is allowed by the driver is provided to the other vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2002Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Toshio Endoh
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Publication number: 20050148876Abstract: In order to provide an individual identification device for enabling good blood-vessel imaging even in a noncontact way and using an identifying method suitable for noncontact imaging, the device comprises an imaging device for imaging blood vessels of a hand of the user in a noncontact way including a position/direction/shape instructing unit for instructing the user to hold up his hand, one or more irradiating units for irradiating the hand with near infrared radiation, and one or more imaging units for producing an image by near infrared radiation; a blood-vessel image extracting unit for extracting the blood-vessel image from the produced image; a blood-vessel image storage unit for storing the hand blood-vessel image of each user; and an identifying unit for identifying the user by comparing the extracted blood-vessel image with the registered blood-vessel image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2005Publication date: July 7, 2005Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Toshio Endoh, Takahiro Aoki, Makoto Goto, Masaki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20050104968Abstract: A capture device placed on, e.g., a desk, includes a camera in the center, and a plurality of distance sensors around the camera. By measuring distances to a capture target by use of the distance sensors, it is determined whether the capture target is held over the capture device in an attitude appropriate for the capture. When the attitude is not appropriate, a user is commanded to change the attitude of the capture target. When the attitude of the capture target becomes appropriate, the camera captures the capture target.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2004Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takahiro Aoki, Toshio Endoh, Masaki Watanabe
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Publication number: 20040208373Abstract: An image capture apparatus is placed on a desk, etc., and an object to be captured is presented above the apparatus. An illumination device can emit light of a plurality of wavelengths, and a camera captures an image of an object to be captured using different wavelengths. By processing an image using different wavelengths, the material of the object to be captured can be obtained. The captured image is compared with a recorded image stored in the image capture apparatus, etc., and used in image determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Takahiro Aoki, Toshio Endoh, Mitsuaki Fukuda, Masaki Watanabe, Takayuki Sugiura, Naoyuki Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Chinzei, Mieko Nakano, Satoshi Fukui, Atsushi Miki, Shuji Kimura, Mitsuhiro Gotoh, Makoto Goto