Patents by Inventor Yoichi NISHIMAKI

Yoichi NISHIMAKI 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).

  • Publication number: 20150163473
    Abstract: An image generating device configured to provide a cloud service to a head-mounted display via a network is provided. A photographed image receiving section 510 receives a plurality of photographed images photographed in different photographing directions. A panoramic image processing section 530 generates a panoramic image by synthesizing the plurality of photographed images photographed in the different photographing directions. A format converting section 540 converts the panoramic image into an image format suitable for specifications of the head-mounted display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Osawa, Yoichi Nishimaki, Takeshi Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20150070391
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a first imaging device provided in a HMD for presenting an image observed when a three-dimensional image in a virtual three-dimensional space is projected onto a real-world setting, the first imaging device being configured to visualize an area including a field of view of a user wearing the HMD. A marker detection unit detects a marker included in the image captured by the first imaging device and acquired by the image acquisition unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a second imaging device having an angle of view that at least partially overlaps an angle of view of the first imaging device. If the marker is not captured in the image captured by the first imaging device, the marker detection unit detects the marker in an image captured by the second imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yoichi NISHIMAKI, Yoshinori OHASHI
  • Patent number: 8912980
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a first imaging device provided in a HMD for presenting an image observed when a three-dimensional image in a virtual three-dimensional space is projected onto a real-world setting, the first imaging device being configured to visualize an area including a field of view of a user wearing the HMD. A marker detection unit detects a marker included in the image captured by the first imaging device and acquired by the image acquisition unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a second imaging device having an angle of view that at least partially overlaps an angle of view of the first imaging device. If the marker is not captured in the image captured by the first imaging device, the marker detection unit detects the marker in an image captured by the second imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Nishimaki, Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20140002329
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a first imaging device provided in a HMD for presenting an image observed when a three-dimensional image in a virtual three-dimensional space is projected onto a real-world setting, the first imaging device being configured to visualize an area including a field of view of a user wearing the HMD. A marker detection unit detects a marker included in the image captured by the first imaging device and acquired by the image acquisition unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a second imaging device having an angle of view that at least partially overlaps an angle of view of the first imaging device. If the marker is not captured in the image captured by the first imaging device, the marker detection unit detects the marker in an image captured by the second imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yoichi Nishimaki, Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20130328928
    Abstract: An obstacle detecting unit detects an obstacle for a user wearing a head mounted display from an image of the outside world. A distance calculating unit calculates the distance from a detected obstacle to the user wearing the head mounted display. An obstacle replacing unit replaces the detected obstacle with a virtual object. A virtual object synthesizing unit generates a virtual object at a position within a virtual space displayed on the head mounted display, in which the position is determined according to the distance to the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi YAMAGISHI, Hiroshi OSAWA, Yoichi NISHIMAKI