Patents by Inventor Ayako Iwase

Ayako Iwase 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: 11533433
    Abstract: An imaging device including a control unit configured to: display a pre-capture screen for white balance data capture; display a confirmation screen displaying a captured value after capture subsequent to the pre-capture screen; and perform display control of transitioning to an adjustment screen for adjustment of the captured value, according to a user's operation on the confirmation screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Sakayori, Ayako Iwase, Mayuko Sato, Mika Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11463612
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, and a program for giving a sense of imaging to a user. There are provided a processing unit that processes data based on pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels, and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display an image based on the data processed by the processing unit as a through image. The display unit displays a mark indicating a recording process in response to an instruction of recording the data together with the through image displayed on the display unit. The mark is displayed at each of four corners of the display unit. Alternatively, the mark is displayed near a frame of autofocus. The present technology is applicable to an imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Hidenori Karasawa, Lyo Takaoka, Daisuke Hiro, Haruka Kawata, Ayako Iwase, Kanako Yana
  • Patent number: 11445116
    Abstract: To perform appropriate display control, for example, according to automatic switching of a setting value of a setting item between a still image imaging mode and a moving image imaging mode during use of an imaging apparatus. Therefore, a display control unit is included that controls a display mode of a setting operation screen depending on whether a setting item related to imaging in a plurality of imaging modes is set to common setting for the plurality of imaging modes or independent setting for each imaging mode. In a case where the setting item is common setting, the display control unit performs control to display a setting operation screen common to the plurality of imaging modes, and in a case where the setting item is independent setting, the display control unit performs control to display different setting operation screens for each imaging mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Iwase, Shinji Kuriyama, Daisuke Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220053141
    Abstract: An imaging device including a control unit configured to: display a pre-capture screen for white balance data capture; display a confirmation screen displaying a captured value after capture subsequent to the pre-capture screen; and perform display control of transitioning to an adjustment screen for adjustment of the captured value, according to a user's operation on the confirmation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro Sakayori, Ayako Iwase, Mayuko Sato, Mika Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11137666
    Abstract: A control device, control method, and program, capable of executing a process suitable for a state of proximity of an eye with respect to a viewfinder, and an operating state with respect to an operation display portion. The control device includes a process control unit that executes a process related to shooting or playback of an image, on a basis of whether proximity of an eye with respect to a viewfinder is detected, and detection of an operation state with respect to an operation display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Iwase, Daisuke Hiro, Lyo Takaoka
  • Patent number: 11039072
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a display control apparatus that can perform control of displaying an auxiliary line serving as aid for composition decision that satisfies the demand of the user. [Solution] Provided is a display control apparatus including: a control unit configured to control a display mode on a screen of an auxiliary line serving as aid for composition decision at a time of image capturing, in accordance with the operation of a user that is performed on a screen. The display control apparatus can perform control of displaying an auxiliary line serving as aid for composition decision that satisfies the demand of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Hiro, Ayako Iwase, Lyo Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20210120188
    Abstract: To perform appropriate display control, for example, according to automatic switching of a setting value of a setting item between a still image imaging mode and a moving image imaging mode during use of an imaging apparatus. Therefore, a display control unit is included that controls a display mode of a setting operation screen depending on whether a setting item related to imaging in a plurality of imaging modes is set to common setting for the plurality of imaging modes or independent setting for each imaging mode. In a case where the setting item is common setting, the display control unit performs control to display a setting operation screen common to the plurality of imaging modes, and in a case where the setting item is independent setting, the display control unit performs control to display different setting operation screens for each imaging mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: AYAKO IWASE, SHINJI KURIYAMA, DAISUKE YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10645295
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an imaging control apparatus that enables a parameter that complies with the intention of a user, to be automatically set at the time of image capturing. [Solution] Provided is an imaging control apparatus including: a control unit configured to change a display that consecutively describes a relationship between parameters of two or more image capturing conditions, in accordance with an operation performed by a user, and to change a setting of the relationship in accordance with a change of the display. With this configuration, the imaging control apparatus enables a parameter that complies with the intention of a user, to be automatically set at the time of image capturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Hiro, Ayako Iwase, Lyo Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20190387176
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a display control apparatus that can perform control of displaying an auxiliary line serving as aid for composition decision that satisfies the demand of the user. [Solution] Provided is a display control apparatus including: a control unit configured to control a display mode on a screen of an auxiliary line serving as aid for composition decision at a time of image capturing, in accordance with the operation of a user that is performed on a screen. The display control apparatus can perform control of displaying an auxiliary line serving as aid for composition decision that satisfies the demand of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke Hiro, Ayako Iwase, Lyo Takaoka
  • Publication number: 20190356834
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging device, an imaging method, and a program capable of making a user feel that imaging is performed. An imaging device includes an imaging element, a mechanical shutter that exposes the imaging element by controlling a light shielding state of light entering the imaging element, an electronic shutter that exposes the imaging element by controlling a reading timing of the imaging element, an electronic shutter driving unit that makes the electronic shutter travel, and a mechanical shutter driving unit that makes the mechanical shutter travel after the exposure of the imaging element by the electronic shutter ends. A control unit that issues a drive instruction to the mechanical shutter driving unit is further included, and the control unit issues the drive instruction at the time when the exposure of the imaging element by the electronic shutter ends. The present technology is available for an imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kanako YANA, Haruka KAWATA, Ayako IWASE, Hiroshi URUSHIDO, Yu TAKAE, Akiko YOSHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190320121
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, and a program for giving a sense of imaging to a user. There are provided a processing unit that processes data based on pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels, and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display an image based on the data processed by the processing unit as a through image. The display unit displays a mark indicating a recording process in response to an instruction of recording the data together with the through image displayed on the display unit. The mark is displayed at each of four corners of the display unit. Alternatively, the mark is displayed near a frame of autofocus. The present technology is applicable to an imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Hidenori Karasawa, Lyo Takaoka, Daisuke Hiro, Haruka Kawata, Ayako Iwase, Kanako Yana
  • Publication number: 20190121220
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a control device, control method, and program, capable of executing a process suitable for a state of proximity of an eye with respect to a viewfinder, and an operating state with respect to an operation display portion. [Solution] The control device includes a process control unit that executes a process related to shooting or playback of an image, on a basis of whether proximity of an eye with respect to a viewfinder is detected, and detection of an operation state with respect to an operation display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: AYAKO IWASE, DAISUKE HIRO, LYO TAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20180359425
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an imaging control apparatus that enables a parameter that complies with the intention of a user, to be automatically set at the time of image capturing. [Solution] Provided is an imaging control apparatus including: a control unit configured to change a display that consecutively describes a relationship between parameters of two or more image capturing conditions, in accordance with an operation performed by a user, and to change a setting of the relationship in accordance with a change of the display. With this configuration, the imaging control apparatus enables a parameter that complies with the intention of a user, to be automatically set at the time of image capturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Daisuke Hiro, Ayako Iwase, Lyo Takaoka
  • Patent number: 10152222
    Abstract: A digital image processing device is provided that improves operability when performing a scaling up/scaling down operation. Based on a single trajectory when a touch position on a display screen of a display portion moves, a center point and ratio used to scale up or scale down the image are set. In this way, for example, it is possible to scale up and scale down the image by an easy touch operation of simply tracing the trajectory with a single finger (namely, by a single-touch operation).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ozawa, Yuji Saitou, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Ayako Iwase
  • Patent number: 9672227
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a display device; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of image data having information corresponding to a search key; a search key specifying unit configured to specify a search key used for image search; a search unit configured to search and extract image data having information relating to the search key specified by the search key specifying unit from the storage unit; and a display control unit configured to control the image corresponding to image data extracted by the search unit to be displayed on the position corresponding to the degree of association as to the search key on the display screen of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Iwase, Qihong Wang, Akiko Terayama, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9477388
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a map screen generation portion that, based on image pickup position information indicating a plurality of image pickup positions of moving images picked up, generates a map screen including a map on which a trajectory line indicating a movement trajectory of the image pickup position is drawn, a display control portion that causes a display portion to display the map screen, and a position detecting portion that detects a position on a display screen of the display portion which a user specifies using an operating body, wherein the position detecting portion detects a point on the trajectory line specified by the operating body, and, based on the image pickup position information, the display control portion causes a thumbnail image of the moving image picked up at an image pickup position corresponding to the detected point to be displayed on the map screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Iwase, Yuji Saitou, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9478257
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit configured to store in a recording medium a piece of attribute information specified by a user input from among a plurality of sequential pieces of the attribute information in association with a predetermined time period of a content stored in the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Saitou, Ayako Iwase, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9361010
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a display unit for displaying a video image being captured, an index operating unit for inputting an instruction for an index, and an index setting unit for setting as an index section, a section in the video image captured for a predetermined time period including a time point of a user's operation of inputting the instruction for the index, in response to one user's operation on the index operating unit while the video image is captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Iwase, Yuji Saitou, Takashi Nunomaki, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9094585
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including, an operating portion on which are input a recording start instruction and a recording stop instruction, a recording portion that records onto a recording medium moving images that are picked up during a recording period from the recording start instruction to the recording stop instruction, a thumbnail generation portion that generates a plurality of thumbnail images that represent each of sections obtained by time division of the moving images, and a display control portion that displays a recorded image verification screen on a display portion immediately after the recording stop instruction, the plurality of thumbnail images being arranged in chronological order on the recorded image verification screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako Iwase, Yuji Saitou, Takashi Nunomaki, Nobuki Furue, Shinichi Iriya, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Patent number: D841016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kimura, Yasushi Okumura, Ikuo Yamano, Kei Takahashi, Yoshihito Ohki, Ayako Iwase, Daisuke Hiro, Lyo Takaoka, Sheng Wang, Qi Zheng