Patents by Inventor Youichiro Tauchi

Youichiro Tauchi 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).

  • Apparatus and method for assisting composition of photographic image
    Patent number: 8675089
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes an auxiliary line display unit displaying auxiliary lines including at least one of at least one vertical line movable in a horizontal direction within a screen and at least one horizontal line movable in a vertical direction within the screen, an edge extracting unit extracting an edge of an object image from image data obtained by photographing an object, a straight line detecting unit detecting at least one straight line portion from the extracted edge, a target extracting unit extracting a target straight line portion from the detected at least one straight line portion, according to at least one of an inclination and a length of the detected at least one straight line portion, and a distance calculating unit calculating a distance between the extracted target straight line portion and at least one of the vertical line and the horizontal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youichiro Tauchi
  • Photographing Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20110157406
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes an auxiliary line display unit displaying auxiliary lines including at least one of at least one vertical line movable in a horizontal direction within a screen and at least one horizontal line movable in a vertical direction within the screen, an edge extracting unit extracting an edge of an object image from image data obtained by photographing an object, a straight line detecting unit detecting at least one straight line portion from the extracted edge, a target extracting unit extracting a target straight line portion from the detected at least one straight line portion, according to at least one of an inclination and a length of the detected at least one straight line portion, and a distance calculating unit calculating a distance between the extracted target straight line portion and at least one of the vertical line and the horizontal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youichiro Tauchi