Patents by Inventor Saori SUGITA

Saori SUGITA 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).

  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and imaging apparatus
    Patent number: 8947560
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus generates a main image as an image satisfying a main composition condition indicating a condition regarding a predetermined composition. The image processing apparatus includes: a condition determining unit that determines whether a captured image obtained through imaging of an imaging unit satisfies a preliminary composition condition which is based on the main composition condition; a processing unit that executes a process of obtaining a preliminary image as an image satisfying the preliminary composition condition in accordance with the determination result of the condition determining unit; and an image processing unit that generates the main image by processing the preliminary image obtained through the process based on the main composition condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Hiratsuka, Saori Sugita, Naoto Makino
  • IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120249838
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus generates a main image as an image satisfying a main composition condition indicating a condition regarding a predetermined composition. The image processing apparatus includes: a condition determining unit that determines whether a captured image obtained through imaging of an imaging unit satisfies a preliminary composition condition which is based on the main composition condition; a processing unit that executes a process of obtaining a preliminary image as an image satisfying the preliminary composition condition in accordance with the determination result of the condition determining unit; and an image processing unit that generates the main image by processing the preliminary image obtained through the process based on the main composition condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke HIRATSUKA, Saori Sugita, Naoto Makino
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SETTING CHANGING METHOD, AND SETTING CHANGING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20110116685
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a detection block configured to detect persons from an image; and a setting changing block configured such that if one of the persons detected by the detection block from the image is designated, then the setting changing block identifies a plurality of attributes of the designated person based on the image of the person, before changing user interface settings using attribute-specific setting information associated with a combination of the identified multiple attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Saori SUGITA