Inventor
Kentaro Toyama
Inventor
Redmond, WA, US
Overview
Patents· 79 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G06Tprimary
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general27%
G06FElectric digital data processing19%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding14%
H01HElectric switches9%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer6%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication5%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television5%
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests4%
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes2%
G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information2%
PatentTitleYear
9,703,444'Dynamic distribution of client windows on multiple monitors'20179,406,340'Talking paper authoring tools'20169,256,845'Icafépre-ordering'20168,830,025'Circuit breaker'20148,707,197'Multi-user multi-input desktop workspaces and applications'20148,660,244'Machine translation instant messaging applications'20148,312,475'Remote control of computing devices via two disparate networks'20128,296,388'Cross-application encoding of geographical location information'20128,253,736'Reducing occlusions in oblique views'20128,238,718'System and method for automatically generating video cliplets from digital video'20128,201,074'Talking paper authoring tools'20128,023,972'Message and address book interchange via short message service'20117,966,301'System and method for employing a grid index for location and precision encoding'20117,899,475'Enhanced short message service (SMS)'20117,889,275'System and method for continuous flash'20117,868,786'Parsing location histories'20117,835,505'Phone-to-monitor connection device'20107,756,294'Machine vision system and method for estimating and tracking facial pose'20107,757,171'Media authoring and presentation'20107,751,317'Cost-aware networking over heterogeneous data channels'20107,747,040'Machine vision system and method for estimating and tracking facial pose'20107,739,601'Media authoring and presentation'20107,725,829'Media authoring and presentation'20107,720,652'Modeling location histories'20107,712,041'Multi-user multi-input desktop workspaces and applications'20107,710,423'Automatic layout of items along an embedded one-manifold path'20107,643,035'High dynamic range image viewing on low dynamic range displays'20107,603,621'Computer interface for illiterate and near-illiterate users'20097,577,294'Background maintenance of an image sequence'20097,551,181'Image region filling by exemplar-based inpainting'20097,548,648'Background maintenance of an image sequence'20097,539,327'System and process for bootstrap initialization of nonparametric color models'20097,515,750'Background maintenance of an image sequence'20097,508,419'Image exchange with image annotation'20097,492,375'High dynamic range image viewing on low dynamic range displays'20097,489,817'Background maintenance of an image sequence'20097,475,060'Browsing user interface for a geo-coded media database'20097,458,029'System and process for controlling a shared display given inputs from multiple users using multiple input modalities'20087,444,016'Interactive images'20087,444,015'Interactive images'20087,421,115'Interactive images'20087,383,508'Computer user interface for interacting with video cliplets generated from digital video'20087,315,647'System and method providing subpixel-edge-offset-based determination of opacity'20087,272,243'Machine vision system and method for estimating and tracking facial pose'20077,269,301'System and method providing subpixel-edge-offset-based determination of opacity'20077,222,300'System and method for automatically authoring video compositions using video cliplets'20077,167,578'Probabilistic exemplar-based pattern tracking'20077,136,525'System and method for background maintenance of an image sequence'20067,120,293'Interactive images'20067,068,309'Image exchange with image annotation'20067,046,825'Machine vision system and method for estimating and tracking facial pose'20067,046,826'Machine vision system and method for estimating and tracking facial pose'20067,035,431'System and method for probabilistic exemplar-based pattern tracking'20066,987,520'Image region filling by exemplar-based inpainting'20066,937,744'System and process for bootstrap initialization of nonparametric color models'20056,937,745'Machine vision system and method for estimating and tracking facial pose'20056,839,463'System and method providing subpixel-edge-offset-based determination of opacity'20056,816,847'computerized aesthetic judgment of images'20046,806,898'System and method for automatically adjusting gaze and head orientation for video conferencing'20046,792,135'System and method for face detection through geometric distribution of a non-intensity image property'20046,757,571'System and process for bootstrap initialization of vision-based tracking systems'20046,741,756'System and method for estimating the orientation of an object'20046,741,755'System and method providing mixture-based determination of opacity'20046,641,377'Linear compressor with a plurality of support springs and a dual compression unit'20036,621,020'Breaking mechanism for circuit breaker'20036,559,745'Circuit breaker, and accessory switches thereof'20036,548,769'Circuit breaker'20036,518,526'Handle-operating mechanism for a circuit breaker including intermeshing handle clutch gear and operator toggle gear'20036,502,082'Modality fusion for object tracking with training system and method'20026,499,025'System and method for tracking objects by fusing results of multiple sensing modalities'20026,486,417'Circuit breaker on-off switch mechanism'20026,472,971'Circuit breaker'20026,229,414'Make-and-break mechanism for circuit breaker'20016,229,918'System and method for automatically detecting clusters of data points within a data space'20016,150,908'Circuit breaker with metal melt isolation device'20006,103,986'Circuit breaker including bridging contact with magnetic structure'20005,990,434'Switching mechanism for circuit breaker'19995,901,025'Circuit breaker'19995,889,505'Vision-based six-degree-of-freedom computer input device'1999Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1999–2003Patents assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTD (12)· patent assignee history
1999–2014Based in Saitama, JP· patent location history
1999–2011Based in Miami, FL, US· patent location history
2001–2014Patents assigned to MICROSOFT CORP (58)· patent assignee history
2001–2012Based in Redmond, WA, US· patent location history
2009–2016Based in Bangalore, IN· patent location history
2010–2016Based in Sadashivnagar, IN· patent location history
2012–2017Patents assigned to TOYAMA KENTARO (11)· patent assignee history
2012–2016Patents assigned to BALAKRISHNAN RAVIN (2)· patent assignee history
2016–2017Patents assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (3)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| MICROSOFT CORP | 58 | 2001–2014 |
| FUJI ELECTRIC CO LTD | 12 | 1999–2003 |
| TOYAMA KENTAROself | 11 | 2012–2017 |
| MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC | 3 | 2016–2017 |
| BALAKRISHNAN RAVIN | 2 | 2012–2016 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Redmond, Washington, US | 48 | 2001–2012 |
| Bangalore, IN | 9 | 2009–2016 |
| Saitama, JP | 5 | 1999–2014 |
| Sadashivnagar, IN | 4 | 2010–2016 |
| Miami, Florida, US | 4 | 1999–2011 |