Patents by Inventor Miho Akita

Miho Akita 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: 20230291997
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11696016
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220030170
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11223770
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190149737
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10225477
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170237906
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9674446
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9088721
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit configured to execute display toward a user side, disposed on an apparatus casing; a second display panel unit configured to execute display toward a subject side, disposed on the apparatus casing; an imaging processing unit configured to subject incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; and a control unit configured to execute imaging processing control according to the imaging mode setting, and execute display based on the captured image signal obtained by the imaging processing unit with the first display panel unit, while controlling the display operations based on the captured image signal obtained with the imaging processing unit of the second display panel unit, at least according to the imaging mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150125128
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8977101
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140028888
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit configured to execute display toward a user side, disposed on an apparatus casing; a second display panel unit configured to execute display toward a subject side, disposed on the apparatus casing; an imaging processing unit configured to subject incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; and a control unit configured to execute imaging processing control according to the imaging mode setting, and execute display based on the captured image signal obtained by the imaging processing unit with the first display panel unit, while controlling the display operations based on the captured image signal obtained with the imaging processing unit of the second display panel unit, at least according to the imaging mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8582012
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel mounted on an apparatus casing so as to display images or data in a direction towards a user; a second display panel mounted on the apparatus casing so as to display images or data in a direction towards a subject; an imaging processor that performs a photoelectric conversion on incident light from the subject direction to obtain image signals; a person detector that detects whether or not a person is present in the subject direction; and a controller that allows images or data based on the image signals obtained by the imaging processor to be displayed on the first display panel and controls an operation of displaying the images or data based on the image signals obtained by the imaging processor on the second display panel in accordance with at least the detection results of the person detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8520120
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit configured to execute display toward a user side, disposed on an apparatus casing; a second display panel unit configured to execute display toward a subject side, disposed on the apparatus casing; an imaging processing unit configured to subject incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; and a control unit configured to execute imaging processing control according to the imaging mode setting, and execute display based on the captured image signal obtained by the imaging processing unit with the first display panel unit, while controlling the display operations based on the captured image signal obtained with the imaging processing unit of the second display panel unit, at least according to the imaging mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8400547
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel mounted on an apparatus casing so as to display images or data in a direction towards a user; a second display panel mounted on the apparatus casing so as to display images or data in a direction towards a subject; an imaging processor that performs a photoelectric conversion on incident light from the subject direction to obtain image signals; a person detector that detects whether or not a person is present in the subject direction; and a controller that allows images or data based on the image signals obtained by the imaging processor to be displayed on the first display panel and controls an operation of displaying the images or data based on the image signals obtained by the imaging processor on the second display panel in accordance with at least the detection results of the person detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8325264
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: D671976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Katsuhisa Hakoda
  • Patent number: D676076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kaoru Sumita
  • Patent number: D688722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Katsuhisa Hakoda
  • Patent number: D697120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Miho Akita