Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Horie
Nobuyuki Horie 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).
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Patent number: 11800220Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel (RTS), a first data communication channel (DCL) and a second data communication channel (DCL). The accessory controller transmits, in a transmission request receiving state of receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel, and receives camera data transmitted through the second data communication channel from the image-capturing apparatus in response to receiving the accessory data. The accessory controller stops, in the transmission request receiving state and during transmission of the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus, in response to becoming a non-transmission request receiving state, transmitting the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Wada, Kazuhiro Namiki, Nobuyuki Horie
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Publication number: 20230283913Abstract: An image capture apparatus comprises a connection unit that connects to an accessory apparatus, an image processing unit that executes image processing using a learning model, and a control unit that acquires a learning model to be used by the image processing unit in image processing from the accessory apparatus connected to the image capture apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Nobuyuki HORIE, Akihiro TANABE
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Publication number: 20230274539Abstract: An inference processing system that includes a first terminal and a second terminal and performs inference processing using a plurality of neural networks. An image capturing apparatus as the first terminal executes inference processing by a first neural network using acquired data as an input thereto and outputs intermediate data to a server as the second terminal. The intermediate data is obtained by executing processing operations in intermediate layers, up to a predetermined intermediate layer, of the first neural network, which are commonized with a second neural network. The server executes processing operations in intermediate layers, after the predetermined intermediate layer, of the second neural network using the intermediate data as an input thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventor: Nobuyuki HORIE
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Patent number: 11729486Abstract: An image capture apparatus having a speech recognition function, when a detector has detected an eye approach state with respect to a viewfinder, recognizes input speech using the speech recognition function, makes settings of the image capture apparatus based on the recognized speech, makes settings of the image capture apparatus according to an operation accepted via an operation unit, and distinguishably displays the settings of the image capture apparatus made based on speech, and the settings of the image capture apparatus made according to an operation accepted via the operation unit, on the viewfinder.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Taro Matsuno, Nobuyuki Horie, Fumihiro Kajimura, Masahiro Aimi, Shun Kawada
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Publication number: 20230125838Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a first acquiring unit configured to detect a line-of-sight of a user and to acquire a line-of-sight position of the user in an image displayed on a display; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire a position of an object in the image; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust line-of-sight responsiveness, which is responsiveness by which movement of the line-of-sight of the user is reflected in the line-of-sight position on the basis of a shift amount in a moving amount for predetermined time between a moving amount of the line-of-sight position and a moving amount of the position of the object, or a shift amount in moving time for a predetermined distance between moving time of the line-of-sight position and moving time of the position of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventor: Nobuyuki Horie
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Patent number: 11632496Abstract: The image pickup apparatus, a control method therefor, and a storage medium capable of maintaining detection accuracy of a line-of-sight position at the time of calibration even in a case where a focus controllable range changes due to a difference in a detachably mounted accessory. At a camera housing 1B, correction information about an individual difference of an eyeball is acquired by calibration based on a display position of an index in a finder thereof and a position of line-of-sight, of a user, detected by a line-of-sight detection circuit 201, the position of line-of-sight being poured into the index, and correction of the detected position of line-of-sight is performed using the correction information. Then, a position of line-of-sight, of the user, detected by the line-of-sight detection circuit 201, the line-of-sight position being poured into a through image is set to a focal frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Nobuyuki Horie
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Publication number: 20220353426Abstract: The image pickup apparatus, a control method therefor, and a storage medium capable of maintaining detection accuracy of a line-of-sight position at the time of calibration even in a case where a focus controllable range changes due to a difference in a detachably mounted accessory. At a camera housing 1B, correction information about an individual difference of an eyeball is acquired by calibration based on a display position of an index in a finder thereof and a position of line-of-sight, of a user, detected by a line-of-sight detection circuit 201, the position of line-of-sight being poured into the index, and correction of the detected position of line-of-sight is performed using the correction information. Then, a position of line-of-sight, of the user, detected by the line-of-sight detection circuit 201, the line-of-sight position being poured into a through image is set to a focal frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventor: Nobuyuki Horie
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Publication number: 20220201192Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel (RTS), a first data communication channel (DCL) and a second data communication channel (DCL). The accessory controller transmits, in a transmission request receiving state of receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel, and receives camera data transmitted through the second data communication channel from the image-capturing apparatus in response to receiving the accessory data. The accessory controller stops, in the transmission request receiving state and during transmission of the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus, in response to becoming a non-transmission request receiving state, transmitting the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Katsuhiro Wada, Kazuhiro Namiki, Nobuyuki Horie
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Patent number: 11303798Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel (RTS), a first data communication channel (DCL) and a second data communication channel (DCL). The accessory controller transmits, in a transmission request receiving state of receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel, and receives camera data transmitted through the second data communication channel from the image-capturing apparatus in response to receiving the accessory data. The accessory controller stops, in the transmission request receiving state and during transmission of the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus, in response to becoming a non-transmission request receiving state, transmitting the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Wada, Kazuhiro Namiki, Nobuyuki Horie
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Patent number: 11283984Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel (RTS), a first data communication channel (DCL) and a second data communication channel (DCL). The accessory controller transmits, in a transmission request receiving state of receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel, and receives camera data transmitted through the second data communication channel from the image-capturing apparatus in response to receiving the accessory data. The accessory controller stops, in the transmission request receiving state and during transmission of the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus, in response to becoming a non-transmission request receiving state, transmitting the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Wada, Kazuhiro Namiki, Nobuyuki Horie
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Publication number: 20210241105Abstract: There is provided an inference apparatus that shares inference processing with an external inference apparatus. The inference processing uses a first neural network having an input layer, a plurality of intermediate layers, and an output layer. A control unit performs control for performing computational processing of a first part of the first neural network with respect to input data input to the input layer. The first part of the first neural network is a part from the input layer to a specific intermediate layer that, of the plurality of intermediate layers, has a lower number of nodes than the input layer. A sending unit sends output data from the specific intermediate layer to the external inference apparatus. A receiving unit receives a first inference result from the external inference apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventor: Nobuyuki Horie
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Publication number: 20200304696Abstract: An image capture apparatus having a speech recognition function, when a detector has detected an eye approach state with respect to a viewfinder, recognizes input speech using the speech recognition function, makes settings of the image capture apparatus based on the recognized speech, makes settings of the image capture apparatus according to an operation accepted via an operation unit, and distinguishably displays the settings of the image capture apparatus made based on speech, and the settings of the image capture apparatus made according to an operation accepted via the operation unit, on the viewfinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Taro Matsuno, Nobuyuki Horie, Fumihiro Kajimura, Masahiro Aimi, Shun Kawada
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Publication number: 20200244867Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel (RTS), a first data communication channel (DCL) and a second data communication channel (DCL). The accessory controller transmits, in a transmission request receiving state of receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel, and receives camera data transmitted through the second data communication channel from the image-capturing apparatus in response to receiving the accessory data. The accessory controller stops, in the transmission request receiving state and during transmission of the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus, in response to becoming a non-transmission request receiving state, transmitting the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Katsuhiro Wada, Kazuhiro Namiki, Nobuyuki Horie
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Patent number: 10674064Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel (RTS), a first data communication channel (DCL) and a second data communication channel (DCL). The accessory controller transmits, in a transmission request receiving state of receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel, and receives camera data transmitted through the second data communication channel from the image-capturing apparatus in response to receiving the accessory data. The accessory controller stops, in the transmission request receiving state and during transmission of the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus, in response to becoming a non-transmission request receiving state, transmitting the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Wada, Kazuhiro Namiki, Nobuyuki Horie
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Publication number: 20190387156Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel (RTS), a first data communication channel (DCL) and a second data communication channel (DCL). The accessory controller transmits, in a transmission request receiving state of receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel, and receives camera data transmitted through the second data communication channel from the image-capturing apparatus in response to receiving the accessory data. The accessory controller stops, in the transmission request receiving state and during transmission of the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus, in response to becoming a non-transmission request receiving state, transmitting the accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Katsuhiro Wada, Kazuhiro Namiki, Nobuyuki Horie
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Patent number: 10439525Abstract: A motor drive device includes a detecting unit that detects a rotational position of a rotor, a drive waveform generating circuit that generates a drive waveform, a control unit that synchronizes a phase of the rotational position of the rotor and a phase of the drive waveform, and a phase difference setting unit that sets a phase difference between the rotational position and the drive waveform during synchronization. An Apos generating unit calculates and outputs a position count proportional to a rotation amount of the rotor. A Bpos generating unit acquires the position count from the Apos generating unit and converts the count into a count value with the upper limit value as the maximum value. A Cpos generating unit multiplies the count value acquired from the Bpos generating unit by the conversion ratio, and calculates a count value with a predetermined upper limit value as the maximum value.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro Mizuo, Nobuyuki Horie
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Publication number: 20180351484Abstract: A motor drive device includes a detecting unit that detects a rotational position of a rotor, a drive waveform generating circuit that generates a drive waveform, a control unit that synchronizes a phase of the rotational position of the rotor and a phase of the drive waveform, and a phase difference setting unit that sets a phase difference between the rotational position and the drive waveform during synchronization. An Apos generating unit calculates and outputs a position count proportional to a rotation amount of the rotor. A Bpos generating unit acquires the position count from the Apos generating unit and converts the count into a count value with the upper limit value as the maximum value. A Cpos generating unit multiplies the count value acquired from the Bpos generating unit by the conversion ratio, and calculates a count value with a predetermined upper limit value as the maximum value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Yoshihiro Mizuo, Nobuyuki Horie
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Patent number: 10027872Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel, a first data communication channel and a second data communication channel. The accessory controller transmits, in response to receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel and receives camera data transmitted from the image-capturing apparatus through the second data communication channel. The accessory controller has a function of detecting a camera communication error in the camera data and is configured to, when detecting the camera communication error, transmit accessory error information to the image-capturing apparatus and erase the accessory data stored in an accessory data buffer.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideya Takanashi, Takayuki Komatsu, Nobuyuki Horie, Katsuhiro Wada
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Patent number: 9783852Abstract: The present invention provides a method for assessing embryotoxicity of a chemical comprising: (1) a first step of measuring the expression level of one or more genes selected from among genes each comprising any of the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 78 and 101 to 230 and orthologous genes thereof in a sample from a non-human mammal or mammalian cell which has come into contact with a test chemical; and (2) a second step of comparing the measured value of the expression level of the gene in the sample obtained in the first step with a control value of the expression level of the gene and based on the difference assessing the level of the embryotoxicity of the test chemical in the sample; and so on.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Noriyuki Suzuki, Koichi Saito, Satoshi Ando, Nobuyuki Horie
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Publication number: 20170289425Abstract: The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communicator providing a notification channel, a first data communication channel and a second data communication channel. The accessory controller transmits, in response to receiving a transmission request from an image-capturing apparatus through the notification channel, accessory data to the image-capturing apparatus through the first data communication channel and receives camera data transmitted from the image-capturing apparatus through the second data communication channel. The accessory controller has a function of detecting a camera communication error in the camera data and is configured to, when detecting the camera communication error, transmit accessory error information to the image-capturing apparatus and erase the accessory data stored in an accessory data buffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Hideya Takanashi, Takayuki Komatsu, Nobuyuki Horie, Katsuhiro Wada