Patents by Inventor Satsuki Tomizawa

Satsuki Tomizawa 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: 20240080548
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a remaining time representing a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to set any of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode having power consumption of the electronic apparatus that is lower than power consumption of the electronic apparatus in the first mode, wherein the control unit performs processing to provide notification to prompt a user to switch from the first mode to the second mode in a case where the remaining time corresponding to the information acquired by the acquisition unit is less than a threshold and a predetermined condition for switching from the first mode to the second mode is satisfied in the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Toshimichi Ise, Satsuki Tomizawa, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
  • Patent number: 11910084
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention sets a power mode of the electronic apparatus from among a plurality of power modes including a first power mode and a second power mode having maximum power consumption lower than maximum power consumption of the first power mode; determines, on a basis of a present power mode, a calculation method for calculating a remaining time which is a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; acquires the remaining time from information on a remaining amount of a battery supplying power to the electronic apparatus; switches from the second power mode to the first power mode according to an instruction from a user if a switching condition for switching to the first power mode is satisfied; and does not switch from the second power mode to the first power mode according to the instruction if the switching condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Miho Konta, Takashi Hasegawa, Ippei Uchida, Satsuki Tomizawa, Toshimichi Ise
  • Patent number: 11843855
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a remaining time representing a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to set any of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode having power consumption of the electronic apparatus that is lower than power consumption of the electronic apparatus in the first mode, wherein the control unit performs processing to provide notification to prompt a user to switch from the first mode to the second mode in a case where the remaining time corresponding to the information acquired by the acquisition unit is less than a threshold and a predetermined condition for switching from the first mode to the second mode is satisfied in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshimichi Ise, Satsuki Tomizawa, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
  • Patent number: 11825193
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an instruction from a user; a control unit configured to perform control to set an operating mode of the electronic apparatus to any of a plurality of operating modes including a first mode and a second mode having maximum power consumption lower than maximum power consumption of the first mode according to the instruction from the user, wherein part of a plurality of functions of the electronic apparatus that are available in the first mode are unavailable in the second mode; and a notification unit configured to notify the user of functions unavailable in the second mode among the plurality of functions available in the first mode according to a reception of the instruction to set the operating mode of the electronic apparatus from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satsuki Tomizawa, Toshimichi Ise, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
  • Publication number: 20230037190
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a remaining time representing a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to set any of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode having power consumption of the electronic apparatus that is lower than power consumption of the electronic apparatus in the first mode, wherein the control unit performs processing to provide notification to prompt a user to switch from the first mode to the second mode in a case where the remaining time corresponding to the information acquired by the acquisition unit is less than a threshold and a predetermined condition for switching from the first mode to the second mode is satisfied in the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Toshimichi Ise, Satsuki Tomizawa, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
  • Publication number: 20230036096
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an instruction from a user; a control unit configured to perform control to set an operating mode of the electronic apparatus to any of a plurality of operating modes including a first mode and a second mode having maximum power consumption lower than maximum power consumption of the first mode according to the instruction from the user, wherein part of a plurality of functions of the electronic apparatus that are available in the first mode are unavailable in the second mode; and a notification unit configured to notify the user of functions unavailable in the second mode among the plurality of functions available in the first mode according to a reception of the instruction to set the operating mode of the electronic apparatus from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Satsuki Tomizawa, Toshimichi Ise, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
  • Publication number: 20230032567
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention sets a power mode of the electronic apparatus from among a plurality of power modes including a first power mode and a second power mode having maximum power consumption lower than maximum power consumption of the first power mode; determines, on a basis of a present power mode, a calculation method for calculating a remaining time which is a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; acquires the remaining time from information on a remaining amount of a battery supplying power to the electronic apparatus; switches from the second power mode to the first power mode according to an instruction from a user if a switching condition for switching to the first power mode is satisfied; and does not switch from the second power mode to the first power mode according to the instruction if the switching condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Miho Konta, Takashi Hasegawa, Ippei Uchida, Satsuki Tomizawa, Toshimichi Ise
  • Publication number: 20220311949
    Abstract: A user can more easily recognize a change in the internal state of a device and a change in the temperature of the device due to the change in the internal state. An electronic device includes a display unit, and a control unit configured to display a temperature change acquired from a temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of the electronic device and a state change acquired from a detection unit configured to detect a state of the electronic device, wherein the control unit performs control to display on the display unit the temperature change and the state change for a single time at a certain time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Toshimichi Ise, Satsuki Tomizawa, Kouki Yamashita, Tadayoshi Ono, Tatsuhide Matsuda