Patents by Inventor KAZUMA AKAMATSU

KAZUMA AKAMATSU 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: 20240129626
    Abstract: An appropriate user interface corresponding to a use state of an apparatus is provided. An imaging system includes an imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The imaging apparatus has a control related to an imaging operation performed based on an operation input performed in the information processing apparatus by connecting to the information processing apparatus by using wireless communication. The information processing apparatus performs a control for switching a display state of a display screen related to an imaging operation of the imaging apparatus, based on a connection number of imaging apparatuses and information processing apparatuses connected by using wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Shiro Eshita, Megumi Takagi, Kazuma Akamatsu, Ayumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11812142
    Abstract: An appropriate user interface corresponding to a use state of an apparatus is provided. An imaging system includes an imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The imaging apparatus has a control related to an imaging operation performed based on an operation input performed in the information processing apparatus by connecting to the information processing apparatus by using wireless communication. The information processing apparatus performs a control for switching a display state of a display screen related to an imaging operation of the imaging apparatus, based on a connection number of imaging apparatuses and information processing apparatuses connected by using wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Shiro Eshita, Megumi Takagi, Kazuma Akamatsu, Ayumi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220394149
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a file management system, an information processing apparatus, an image capturing apparatus, and a file management method that enable a start of an image capturing operation before issuance of a formal file name. The image capturing apparatus saves an image file including a captured image, with a temporary file name irrespective of whether or not the image capturing apparatus is connected to the information processing apparatus, and transmits the temporary file name to the information processing apparatus at an image capturing timing. The information processing apparatus fires a formal file name for the image file when the temporary file name is received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a file management system that saves image files with sequential file names in a plurality of image capturing apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Kazuma Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 11509811
    Abstract: A lens control apparatus includes an operation input unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The operation input unit is configured to accept a user operation. The communication unit is configured to perform communication with an external apparatus. The control unit is configured to perform driving control of a zoom lens in response to a zoom operation accepted by the operation input unit or a zoom control signal received by the communication unit. The control unit is also configured to selectively set a zoom position changing speed for driving control performed in response to the zoom operation and a zoom position changing speed for driving control performed in response to the zoom control signal, the zoom position changing speeds being different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Kazuma Akamatsu, Megumi Takagi, Shunsuke Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10887502
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program are disclosed. In the information processing apparatus, circuitry is configured to transmit an input command to at least one of a plurality of imaging devices that are associated with the information processing apparatus, the command being executable as a synchronous operation or an asynchronous operation based on information relating to at least one of the imaging devices. The information may, for example, be the number of the imaging devices to which the input command is transmitted. In that example, when the number of the imaging devices is below a threshold amount, the input command is transmitted as the synchronous operation, and when the number of the imaging devices is above the threshold amount, the input command is transmitted as the asynchronous operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Keiji Okamoto, Kazuma Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 10530958
    Abstract: Content transmission between devices is to be appropriately performed. An information processing device includes a control unit. In addition, the control unit included in the information processing device performs control to select content to be transmitted from among content recorded on a recording medium and transmit the selected content to a second external information processing device when a contact with or proximity to the second external information processing device is detected by using short-distance radio communication. In this case, the control unit of the information processing device uses selection information, which is information for selecting content to be transmitted from among the content recorded on the recording medium and which is generated by the first external information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Keiji Okamoto, Kazuma Akamatsu, Yoko Fukata
  • Publication number: 20190387154
    Abstract: A lens control apparatus includes an operation input unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The operation input unit is configured to accept a user operation. The communication unit is configured to perform communication with an external apparatus. The control unit is configured to perform driving control of a zoom lens in response to a zoom operation accepted by the operation input unit or a zoom control signal received by the communication unit. The control unit is also configured to selectively set a zoom position changing speed for driving control performed in response to the zoom operation and a zoom position changing speed for driving control performed in response to the zoom control signal, the zoom position changing speeds being different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryogo ITO, Kazuma Akamatsu, Megumi Takagi, Shunsuke Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10447909
    Abstract: A lens control apparatus includes an operation input unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The operation input unit is configured to accept a user operation. The communication unit is configured to perform communication with an external apparatus. The control unit is configured to perform driving control of a zoom lens in response to a zoom operation accepted by the operation input unit or a zoom control signal received by the communication unit. The control unit is also configured to selectively set a zoom position changing speed for driving control performed in response to the zoom operation and a zoom position changing speed for driving control performed in response to the zoom control signal, the zoom position changing speeds being different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Kazuma Akamatsu, Megumi Takagi, Shunsuke Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10404903
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having circuitry that transmit content based on metadata related to the content to an external device in a case that the information processing apparatus is in proximity with the external device. The proximity is detected by short-distance wireless communication. The content is generated and recorded with the metadata in a storage medium of the information processing apparatus based on an operation of the external device. The information processing apparatus receives a recording request from the external device, and in response to the recording request the content is generated and recorded with the metadata in the storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Kazuma Akamatsu, Keiji Okamoto, Yoko Fukata, Shiro Eshita
  • Patent number: 10326945
    Abstract: There is provided an image-taking system including an information processing apparatus and an image-taking apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a detector configured to detect brightness of an object image, and to output external brightness information, a determining unit configured to determine if an external image-taking apparatus exists or not, and an output unit configured to output the external brightness information to the image-taking apparatus if the image-taking apparatus exists. The image-taking apparatus includes a detector configured to detect brightness of an object image, and to output internal brightness information, and a controller configured to control exposure based on an exposure value, the exposure value being based on the internal brightness information detected by the detector and external brightness information received from an external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Kazuma Akamatsu, Shunsuke Katsumata
  • Patent number: 10321056
    Abstract: A control unit 15 is provided at an imaging system 10. The control unit 15 controls a mode relating to imaging of an imaging apparatus according to fixation relationship information indicating fixation relationship between the imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus in a fixation state in which the imaging apparatus and the information processing apparatus are fixed to each other. For example, a fixation relationship determining unit 92 of the imaging apparatus 20 determines the fixation relationship between the imaging apparatus 20 and the information processing apparatus 60 based on the fixation relationship information, and a control unit 45 controls the mode relating to imaging of the imaging apparatus 20 based on the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Kazuma Akamatsu, Shunsuke Katsumata, Shiro Eshita, Megumi Takagi, Ayumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10291835
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an image specification condition setting section that sets an image specification condition for an imaging apparatus; and an image specification instruction section that issues an image specification instruction to the imaging apparatus when the image specification condition is satisfied by the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Shunsuke Katsumata, Kazuma Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 10277723
    Abstract: An information acquiring device includes an information acquiring control circuit; or an information processing device includes an information processing circuit. The circuit prevents an operation of the information processing device and/or an information acquiring device based on the presence of a connection between the information acquiring device and the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Kazuma Akamatsu, Shunsuke Katsumata, Shiro Eshita, Megumi Takagi, Ayumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10277817
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether a mode in which an external apparatus is capable of detecting a state of an imaging unit is set according to a communication state through a wireless communication channel between the information processing apparatus and the external apparatus; and a controller configured to control an operation of the imaging unit based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Yoko Fukata, Keiji Okamoto, Kazuma Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 10225454
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system that are capable of preventing image capturing instructions transmitted from a plurality of information processing terminals from contending with each other in a communication mode where the plurality of information processing terminals are connected to an image capturing apparatus. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an instruction to capture an image from at least one of a plurality of external devices via a wireless communication channel, each of the external devices having priority set previously; and a controller configured to control an operation of an imaging unit based on the instruction depending on the priority set in the external device serving as a source for transmission of the instruction, the imaging unit being configured to capture the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Shiro Eshita, Kazuma Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 10218892
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a control part configured to control an imaging operation on the basis of a contact state of an object in a lens barrel that houses an optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Shiro Eshita, Kazuma Akamatsu, Yoko Fukata, Megumi Takagi
  • Publication number: 20190025769
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication unit that performs communication with an external apparatus; a timekeeping unit that performs timekeeping of time; and a control unit, after completion of a connection with the external apparatus using the communication unit, updates time of the timekeeping unit using time information when being in a state where time can be set by obtaining the time information from the external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ryogo ITO, Kazuma AKAMATSU, Megumi TAKAGI, Shunsuke KATSUMATA
  • Patent number: 10171736
    Abstract: A control unit 15 is provided at an imaging system 10. The control unit 15 controls a mode relating to imaging of an imaging apparatus according to posture determination information indicating at least posture of the imaging apparatus in a separation state between a fixation state in which the imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus are fixed to each other and the separation state in which the imaging apparatus is separated from the information processing apparatus. For example, when a fixation/separation determining unit 91 of the imaging apparatus 20 determines that the imaging apparatus 20 and the information processing apparatus 60 are in the separation state, a control unit 45 controls the mode relating to imaging of the imaging apparatus 20 according to the posture determination information indicating the posture of the imaging apparatus 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Kazuma Akamatsu, Shunsuke Katsumata, Shiro Eshita, Megumi Takagi, Ayumi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180376026
    Abstract: Content transmission between devices is to be appropriately performed. An information processing device includes a control unit. In addition, the control unit included in the information processing device performs control to select content to be transmitted from among content recorded on a recording medium and transmit the selected content to a second external information processing device when a contact with or proximity to the second external information processing device is detected by using short-distance radio communication. In this case, the control unit of the information processing device uses selection information, which is information for selecting content to be transmitted from among the content recorded on the recording medium and which is generated by the first external information processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: RYOGO ITO, KEIJI OKAMOTO, KAZUMA AKAMATSU, YOKO FUKATA
  • Patent number: 10133585
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a decision unit configured to decide an operation mode defining an operation of a target apparatus on the basis of tag information acquired from a tag capable of communicating with an external device, the target apparatus being an apparatus corresponding to the tag information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryogo Ito, Shunsuke Katsumata, Kazuma Akamatsu