Patents by Inventor Masakazu Nakadokoro

Masakazu Nakadokoro 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: 10754412
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device with added capabilities of preventing power supplying to an external device, and a controlling method for the electronic device. The electronic device includes: a connector capable of being connected to an external device and capable of allowing power supply to the external device; and a controlling unit configured to, in a stage before determining whether the external device has a predetermined functionality, notify the external device with information indicating first power, in a form of information indicating a power capable of being supplied to the external device. The controlling unit is also configured to, after determining that the external device has the predetermined functionality, notify the external device of information indicating second power, which is higher than the first power, in a form of information indicating a power capable of being supplied to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masakazu Nakadokoro
  • Patent number: 10372568
    Abstract: An electronic device has a first terminal for receiving power from a connected external device, a second terminal for obtaining information of the external device, and a GND terminal connected to the second terminal. The electronic device causes a resistance between the second terminal and the GND terminal to change, and determines a type of the external device based on a voltage of the first terminal after the resistance is caused to change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasusaburo Degura, Hidenori Shiba, Masakazu Nakadokoro
  • Publication number: 20180292880
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device capable of preventing power supplying to an external device, and a controlling method for the electronic device. The electronic device includes: a connector capable of being connected to an external device and capable of allowing power supply to the external device; and a controlling unit configured to, in a stage before determining whether the external device has a predetermined functionality, notify the external device of information indicating first power in a form of information indicating a power capable of being supplied to the external device, and configured to, after determining that the external device has the predetermined functionality, notify the external device of information indicating second power higher than the first power in a form of information indicating a power capable of being supplied to the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventor: Masakazu Nakadokoro
  • Publication number: 20180024899
    Abstract: An electronic device has a first terminal for receiving power from a connected external device, a second terminal for obtaining information of the external device, and a GND terminal connected to the second terminal. The electronic device causes a resistance between the second terminal and the GND terminal to change, and determines a type of the external device based on a voltage of the first terminal after the resistance is caused to change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yasusaburo Degura, Hidenori Shiba, Masakazu Nakadokoro
  • Patent number: 8964051
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an object to acquire an image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information, an addition unit configured to add the positional information acquired by the acquisition unit to the image acquired by the imaging unit, an operation unit configured to receive an instruction from a user, and a notification unit configured to notify before sending the image, when the operation unit receives an instruction to send the image to the external apparatus after the acquisition unit starts to perform processing for acquiring the positional information and before the addition unit adds the positional information to the image, the user that the positional information has not been added to the image which is instructed to be sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Toriumi, Takashi Morii, Hidenori Shiba, Keita Sonoda, Masakazu Nakadokoro, Shinji Kurokawa, Shozo Endo
  • Patent number: 8624724
    Abstract: A position information acquisition apparatus capable of wireless communication with an imaging apparatus, the position information acquisition apparatus includes position information acquisition apparatus configured to acquire position information that indicates a position of the position information acquisition apparatus, reception apparatus configured to receive a request for the position information from the imaging apparatus; position information transmission apparatus configured to transmit by the wireless communication the position information acquired by the position information acquisition apparatus in response to a request for position information from the imaging apparatus, determination apparatus (209) configured to determine whether the position information acquisition apparatus transmit the position information, and signal transmission apparatus configured to transmit a signal to the imaging apparatus by the wireless communication if the determination apparatus determines that position informatio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Morii, Shozo Endo, Shinji Kurokawa, Keita Sonoda, Hidenori Shiba, Tadashi Koyama, Hiroshi Toriumi, Masakazu Nakadokoro
  • Publication number: 20120092508
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an object to acquire an image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information, an addition unit configured to add the positional information acquired by the acquisition unit to the image acquired by the imaging unit, an operation unit configured to receive an instruction from a user, and a notification unit configured to notify before sending the image, when the operation unit receives an instruction to send the image to the external apparatus after the acquisition unit starts to perform processing for acquiring the positional information and before the addition unit adds the positional information to the image, the user that the positional information has not been added to the image which is instructed to be sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Toriumi, Takashi Morii, Hidenori Shiba, Keita Sonoda, Masakazu Nakadokoro, Shinji Kurokawa, Shozo Endo
  • Publication number: 20120050035
    Abstract: A position information acquisition apparatus capable of wireless communication with an imaging apparatus, the position information acquisition apparatus includes position information acquisition means configured to acquire position information that indicates a position of the position information acquisition apparatus, reception means configured to receive a request for the position information from the imaging apparatus; position information transmission means configured to transmit by the wireless communication the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means in response to a request for position information from the imaging apparatus, determination means (209) configured to determine whether the position information acquisition means transmit the position information, and signal transmission means configured to transmit a signal to the imaging apparatus by the wireless communication if the determination means determines that position information acquisition means does not tra
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Morii, Shozo Endo, Shinji Kurokawa, Keita Sonoda, Hidenori Shiba, Tadashi Koyama, Hiroshi Toriumi, Masakazu Nakadokoro