Patents by Inventor Akihiko Meguro

Akihiko Meguro 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: 8345122
    Abstract: An image playback method that performs a sequential display of a plurality of image data including a moving image stored in a memory unit while each being switched at predetermined time intervals, includes converting a format of moving image data for the sequential display into a predetermined format for the sequential display prior to the sequential display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Meguro, Keiichi Hirose, Kazuya Umeyama
  • Patent number: 8106950
    Abstract: A digital camera includes: an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject, and outputs the captured image; a shake amount detection unit that detects a shake amount of the digital camera; a shake correction actuation unit that is actuated for enabling a shake correction function; and a control unit that, when the shake correction actuation unit is actuated, enables an operation of a first shake correction function that sets image capture conditions of the image-capturing unit to image capture conditions in which emphasis is placed upon high sensitivity, and an operation of a second shake correction function that performs shake correction processing by performing image processing upon the image captured by the image-capturing unit, and moreover controls, based upon the shake amount detected by the shake amount detection unit, whether or not the second shake correction function, whose operation has been enabled, can be applied to the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Meguro, Kazuya Umeyama
  • Patent number: 7800686
    Abstract: An electronic camera includes: a luminance detection device that detects a luminance of a photographic field; an image sensor that captures an image of a photographic subject; a light reduction device that changes over between reducing an amount of light from the photographic subject that is conducted to the image sensor, and not performing such light amount reduction; and a calculation device that, when moving image photography is started with the image sensor, decides whether or not to perform the light amount reduction with the light reduction device according to the luminance detected by the luminance detection device, and then calculates a control exposure for this moving image photography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Meguro, Kazuya Umeyama
  • Publication number: 20090251549
    Abstract: A digital camera includes: an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject, and outputs the captured image; a shake amount detection unit that detects a shake amount of the digital camera; a shake correction actuation unit that is actuated for enabling a shake correction function; and a control unit that, when the shake correction actuation unit is actuated, enables an operation of a first shake correction function that sets image capture conditions of the image-capturing unit to image capture conditions in which emphasis is placed upon high sensitivity, and an operation of a second shake correction function that performs shake correction processing by performing image processing upon the image captured by the image-capturing unit, and moreover controls, based upon the shake amount detected by the shake amount detection unit, whether or not the second shake correction function, whose operation has been enabled, can be applied to the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Meguro, Kazuya Umeyama
  • Publication number: 20080049122
    Abstract: An electronic camera includes: a luminance detection device that detects a luminance of a photographic field; an image sensor that captures an image of a photographic subject; a light reduction device that changes over between reducing an amount of light from the photographic subject that is conducted to the image sensor, and not performing such light amount reduction; and a calculation device that, when moving image photography is started with the image sensor, decides whether or not to perform the light amount reduction with the light reduction device according to the luminance detected by the luminance detection device, and then calculates a control exposure for this moving image photography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Meguro, Kazuya Umeyama
  • Publication number: 20070201837
    Abstract: An image playback method that performs a sequential display of a plurality of image data including a moving image stored in a memory unit while each being switched at predetermined time intervals, includes converting a format of moving image data for the sequential display into a predetermined format for the sequential display prior to the sequential display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Meguro, Keiichi Hirose, Kazuya Umeyama