Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Kazami

Kazuyuki Kazami 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: 20060152599
    Abstract: A digital camera comprises an internal memory, an insertion port into which a storage medium is inserted; an imaging device; a storage control device that stores an image taken by the imaging device in one of the internal memory and the storage medium inserted into the insertion port; and a residual capacity display device that displays information on residual capacity to store the image by the storage control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicants: NIKON CORPORATION, NIKON TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Norikazu Yokonuma, Kazuyuki Kazami, Masahide Tanaka, Tadashi Ohta, Akira Ohmura, Masaharu Itou
  • Publication number: 20050225659
    Abstract: An electronic camera includes: an image capturing device that performs photoelectric conversion on a subject image formed by a photographic optical system and outputs image data; an image display device that displays an image based upon the image data; a first storage device achieving a first access speed; a second storage device achieving a second access speed lower than the first access speed; and a control device that, if image data for display are present in the first storage device when an image reproduction mode for displaying the image based upon the image data at the image display device is set, displays an image based upon the image data in the first storage device at the image display device, and if the image data for display are not present in the first storage device, displays an image based upon image data in the second storage device at the image display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Publication number: 20050088547
    Abstract: an electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit that creates an image by capturing an image of a subject; an enlarged image generating unit that creates an enlarged image by enlarging a portion of the image created by the image-capturing unit; an optical viewfinder that enables verification of a subject range corresponding to a range of the image created by the image-capturing unit; and a warning output unit that issues a warning when the enlarged image generating unit is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Patent number: 6850700
    Abstract: An electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit that creates an image by capturing an image of a subject; an enlarged image generating unit that creates an enlarged image by enlarging a portion of the image created by the image-capturing unit; an optical viewfinder that enables verification of a subject range corresponding to a range of the image created by the image-capturing unit; and a warning output unit that issues a warning when the enlarged image generating unit is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Publication number: 20040239766
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera system capable of transmitting image information suitable for the purpose of image usage in a peripheral. Special information in connection with an application program used in the peripheral is output to a digital camera, an image data processed in the digital camera on the basis of the special information is output to the peripheral, and the peripheral executes the application program by inputting the processed image data into the application program. The special information is the size of a character, the number of colors, resolution, and the like used in the application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicants: NIKON CORPORATION, NIKON TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kazami, Akira Ohmura, Tadashi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20040150724
    Abstract: In a collaborating work, it is to provide a digital camera in which camera information about each camera is displayed on a monitor of a master camera and a memory status of each memory card in use is also displayed and further, when monitoring a video from a slave camera, a size of a display screen can be manually set and in a digital camera system at collaborating work, a first digital camera is provided with camera information about each digital camera, a total memory capacity, a total sum of shot-taken frame numbers, a total remaining memory capacity or a display device indicating a total sum of remaining frame numbers. Camera information is information that is required to be set when instructing a shooting work or a storage work or to specify a second digital camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicants: NIKON CORPORATION, NIKON TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Takumi Kawahara, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Norikazu Yokonuma, Kazuyuki Kazami, Tadashi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20040001156
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera system capable of transmitting image information suitable for the purpose of image usage in a peripheral. Special information in connection with an application program used in the peripheral is output to a digital camera, an image data processed in the digital camera on the basis of the special information is output to the peripheral, and the peripheral executes the application program by inputting the processed image data into the application program. The special information is the size of a character, the number of colors, resolution, and the like used in the application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicants: NIKON CORPORATION, NIKON TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kazami, Akira Ohmura, Tadashi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20030227554
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera capable of outputting image information suitable for using by peripherals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicants: Nikon Corporation, Nikon Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kazami, Hirotake Nozaki, Masahide Tanaka, Nobuyuki Kato, Akira Ohmura, Tadashi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20030123874
    Abstract: an electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit that creates an image by capturing an image of a subject; an enlarged image generating unit that creates an enlarged image by enlarging a portion of the image created by the image-capturing unit; an optical viewfinder that enables verification of a subject range corresponding to a range of the image created by the image-capturing unit; and a warning output unit that issues a warning when the enlarged image generating unit is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Publication number: 20030123078
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus records image files on a recording medium. The image recording apparatus automatically selects disused files and automatically deletes them at the appropriate timing. A storage device acquires an image file from, e.g., an imaging component or an external terminal and records the image file together with time information on a recording medium. A controller monitors the recording area of the recording medium and automatically deletes image files for which the time information is old in accordance with the monitored usage status of the recording area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Publication number: 20030076427
    Abstract: An electronic camera displays recorded information, such as image frames, to permit the selection of items of information to be transferred to external equipment. Each time an item of information is transferred, an informative indication (e.g., an icon) is displayed in association with the transferred item to confirm the transfer and to permit an operator to select items of recorded information that may be erased. If an error occurs during transfer of a series of items, the operator can determine from the display the point at which the error occurred, avoiding the need for transferring items that have already been transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kawamura, Norikazu Yokonuma, Hirotake Nozaki, Akira Ezawa, Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Patent number: 6546199
    Abstract: An electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit that creates an image by capturing an image of a subject; an enlarged image generating unit that creates an enlarged image by enlarging a portion of the image created by the image-capturing unit; an optical viewfinder that enables verification of a subject range corresponding to a range of the image created by the image-capturing unit; and a warning output unit that issues a warning when the enlarged image generating unit is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Publication number: 20030063208
    Abstract: The image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes an image pickup device that captures an image of a subject so as to produce an image signal representing the subject, a display device on which a visible image is displayed by the image signal, an optical finder that allows the image of the subject to be observed therethrough, a detecting device that detects a user approaching the optical finder; and a control device that controls an operation of the display device, based on a result of detection of the detecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Patent number: 6522354
    Abstract: An electronic camera displays recorded information, such as image frames, to permit the selection of items of information to be transferred to external equipment. Each time an item of information is transferred, an informative indication (e.g., an icon) is displayed in association with the transferred item to confirm the transfer and to permit an operator to select items of recorded information that may be erased. If an error occurs during transfer of a series of items, the operator can determine from the display the point at which the error occurred, avoiding the need for transferring items that have already been transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kawamura, Norikazu Yokonuma, Hirotake Nozaki, Akira Ezawa, Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Publication number: 20020197060
    Abstract: A video apparatus includes a memory in which image information denoting a moving image is recorded and a thumbnail creator that creates thumbnail information denoting thumbnails upon completion of recording of the image information in the memory. The apparatus also includes various types of user interfaces by which a user can designate frames of the moving image information for thumbnail creation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Itoh, Kenji Toyoda, Kazuyuki Kazami, Norikazu Yokonuma
  • Publication number: 20020109783
    Abstract: An electronic still camera includes: an image capturing element which captures an image of a photographic subject via a photographic lens, and which outputs the image of the photographic subject which has been captured as image data; a storage device which stores at least two sets of image data having different image capture timings; a display device which displays an photographic subject image which has been converted into image data; and a display control circuit which, during photography, causes at least two photographic subject images based respectively upon the two sets of image data to be displayed upon the display device in different regions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Hayashi, Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Publication number: 20020081113
    Abstract: an electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit that creates an image by capturing an image of a subject; an enlarged image generating unit that creates an enlarged image by enlarging a portion of the image created by the image-capturing unit; an optical viewfinder that enables verification of a subject range corresponding to a range of the image created by the image-capturing unit; and a warning output unit that issues a warning when the enlarged image generating unit is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Publication number: 20020033960
    Abstract: An image recording apparatus records image files on a recording medium. The image recording apparatus automatically selects disused files and automatically deletes them at the appropriate timing. A storage device acquires an image file from, e.g., an imaging component or an external terminal and records the image file together with time information on a recording medium. A controller monitors the recording area of the recording medium and automatically deletes image files for which the time information is old in accordance with the monitored usage status of the recording area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami
  • Publication number: 20020028075
    Abstract: If the final film frame is set to the image formation position, the winding on of the film from the cartridge is prohibited; and, if an operation member is operated to designate the winding on of the film from the cartridge, either by one film frame or by fast forwarding, a warning is emitted. Further, if the first film frame is set to the image formation position, the winding backward of the film into the cartridge is prohibited; and, if an operation member is operated to designate the winding backward of the film into the cartridge, either by one film frame or by fast rewinding, a warning is emitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kazami, Norikazu Yokonuma, Hideo Hibino, Hisashi Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20010041069
    Abstract: an electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit that creates an image by capturing an image of a subject; an enlarged image generating unit that creates an enlarged image by enlarging a portion of the image created by the image-capturing unit; an optical viewfinder that enables verification of a subject range corresponding to a range of the image created by the image-capturing unit; and a warning output unit that issues a warning when the enlarged image generating unit is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Kazami