Patents by Inventor Shinya Kawasaki

Shinya Kawasaki 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: 20090247824
    Abstract: A wireless image acquisition system includes an image acquisition apparatus configured to transmit acquired image information by radio waves, and an image receiving unit configured to receive and display the image information transmitted from the image acquisition apparatus. A display unit of the image receiving unit displays wireless communication setting information. An image acquisition unit of the image acquisition apparatus captures the wireless communication setting information, and a communication setting unit makes wireless communication setting of the image acquisition apparatus based on the captured wireless communication setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Shinya Kawasaki, Koichi Niida
  • Publication number: 20090132922
    Abstract: An album list file stores album information relating to album containing image data files, and an album list storing sequence information indicating a replay sequence of image data files at the time of replaying the image data files belonging to the album. Here, when an album containing a new image data file which has not been included in the album is designated, the sequence information is renewed so as to replay the new image data file first at the time of replaying image data files contained by the designated album.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shibuya, Shinya Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20090034951
    Abstract: A remote photographing system of the invention includes a digital camera having: a communication portion for receiving various data from a PC and transmitting a picked-up image to the PC; an image pickup control portion and a control portion for adjusting a focus when acquiring an image; and an image pickup portion for acquiring an image. The PC includes: a communication portion for receiving an image from the digital camera and transmitting positional information thereto; a display portion for displaying the image from the digital camera; an input portion for instructing an arbitrary part of the displayed image; an enlarged display portion for displaying the instructed part in an enlarged manner; and a control portion for acquiring positional information of the instructed part. The image pickup control portion and the control portion adjust to bring the instructed part of the image into focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20080168394
    Abstract: [Abstract] [Problem] Enabling a user of an information processing device to readily know history information of content. [Solution] A digital camera 10 as an information processing device comprises a storage unit 20 which stores a taken still image and which includes a history information storage section 20A to store history information associated with the still image, a CPU 38 which includes a history information processing unit 30A to perform processing regarding the history information and which controls the processing in each unit of the digital camera 10, a communication unit 32 which communicates with other digital cameras in a wired or wireless manner, and a display unit 24 which displays the still image and the history information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20050237391
    Abstract: An album list file stores album information relating to album containing image data files, and an album list storing sequence information indicating a replay sequence of image data files at the time of replaying the image data files belonging to the album. Here, when an album containing a new image data file which has not been included in the album is designated, the sequence information is renewed so as to replay the new image data file first at the time of replaying image data files contained by the designated album.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shibuya, Shinya Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20050225644
    Abstract: A digital camera includes: a device for obtaining the number of registered images of the album which is the number of image configuring an album based on a control file for management of a taken image; and a device for obtaining the number of remaining images to be registered in the album which is the number of remaining images which can be registered in the album based on the control file and a predetermined maximum number of registered images capable of configuring the album to display an arbitrary image forming part of the album, and switch and display the obtained number of registered images of the album, thereby displaying images configuring an electronic album, and displaying information about the electronic album such as information about the number of image data files in an album, information about when an image in the album was taken, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shibuya, Shinya Kawasaki