Patents by Inventor Shoei Nakamura
Shoei Nakamura 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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Publication number: 20210404830Abstract: An interactive device to perform speech interaction with a speaker includes a recognition section, an input/output section, an information generation section, an identification section, and a control section. The recognition section is configured to recognize audience members around the speaker. The input/output section is configured to input and output information as speech. The information generation section is configured to generate second information in response to first information that has been input to the input/output section. The identification section is configured to identify a speaker who spoke the first information. The control section is configured to judge whether or not the second information is information favorable to the speaker identified by the identification section, and to cause the second information to be output from the input/output section in cases in which the second information is judged to be favorable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hideya INOUE, Shoei NAKAMURA, Takayuki KASUYA
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Publication number: 20190174066Abstract: A display system has a (1) camera that includes a lens and outputs an image data; (2) a first display that includes a first display screen on which (i) a first image, based on the image data output by the camera, containing a part of a person is displayed and (ii) information indicating a position where the camera has output the image data is displayed; and (3) a second display that includes (i) a receiver which receives the image data transmitted from the camera and (ii) a second display screen that displays a second image based on the image data. The second display can be carried by the person while receiving the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10015403Abstract: An image display method displays image data obtained through a photographing operation performed at an image-capturing apparatus having a photographic optical system. The method includes: (i) image-capturing in which image data are generated by photographing a subject within a photographic image plane with the image-capturing apparatus; (ii) information collection in which subject information related to the subject is collected; (iii) correlating in which the subject information is made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane; (iv) image display in which the image data are displayed at a display screen; (v) position specification in which a position on the display screen at which the image data are displayed is specified; and (vi) information display in which the subject information made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane corresponding to the position specified in the position specification is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Kusaka, Shoei Nakamura
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Publication number: 20180124259Abstract: A display system has a (1) camera that includes a lens and outputs an image data; (2) a first display that includes a first display screen on which (i) a first image, based on the image data output by the camera, containing a part of a person is displayed and (ii) information indicating a position where the camera has output the image data is displayed; and (3) a second display that includes (i) a receiver which receives the image data transmitted from the camera and (ii) a second display screen that displays a second image based on the image data. The second display can be carried by the person while receiving the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2018Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180069968Abstract: An electronic device includes an image sensor that outputs image data; a display that displays the image data output by the image sensor; an operating unit by which a user of the electronic device selects the image data displayed on the display; and a communication circuit that communicates with other electronic devices that are separate from the electronic device. When the image data is selected by the operating unit and the communication circuit receives an identification information of a first electronic device, which is one of the other electronic devices, the communication circuit transmits an identification information of the electronic device and an information about the image data to the first electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9894220Abstract: A display system has a (1) camera that includes a lens and outputs an image data; (2) a first display that includes a first display screen on which (i) a first image, based on the image data output by the camera, containing a part of a person is displayed and (ii) information indicating a position where the camera has output the image data is displayed; and (3) a second display that includes (i) a receiver which receives the image data transmitted from the camera and (ii) a second display screen that displays a second image based on the image data. The second display can be carried by the person while receiving the image data.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Kusaka, Shoei Nakamura
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Patent number: 9838550Abstract: A first mobile electronic device includes an image sensor that outputs image data from an image of a subject received through a lens of the first mobile electronic device, a first communication circuit and a second communication circuit. The first communication circuit transmits the image data to a server. The second communication circuit is different from the first communication circuit and transmits information by which to obtain the image data from the server to a second mobile electronic device so that the image data can be obtained from the server by the second mobile electronic device using the information.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Kusaka, Shoei Nakamura
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Publication number: 20170054932Abstract: A first mobile electronic device includes an image sensor that outputs image data from an image of a subject received through a lens of the first mobile electronic device, a first communication circuit and a second communication circuit. The first communication circuit transmits the image data to a server. The second communication circuit is different from the first communication circuit and transmits information by which to obtain the image data from the server to a second mobile electronic device so that the image data can be obtained from the server by the second mobile electronic device using the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20160330381Abstract: An image display method displays image data obtained through a photographing operation performed at an image-capturing apparatus having a photographic optical system. The method includes: (i) image-capturing in which image data are generated by photographing a subject within a photographic image plane with the image-capturing apparatus; (ii) information collection in which subject information related to the subject is collected; (iii) correlating in which the subject information is made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane; (iv) image display in which the image data are displayed at a display screen; (v) position specification in which a position on the display screen at which the image data are displayed is specified; and (vi) information display in which the subject information made to correlate to a position within the photographic image plane corresponding to the position specified in the position specification is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20160269571Abstract: A first mobile electronic device includes a camera that has a lens and that outputs image data from a subject; a first communication circuit that transmits the image data to a server; and a second communication circuit different from the first communication circuit and that transmits information related to the server to a second mobile electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20160234392Abstract: A display system has a (1) camera that includes a lens and outputs an image data; (2) a first display that includes a first display screen on which (i) a first image, based on the image data output by the camera, containing a part of a person is displayed and (ii) information indicating a position where the camera has output the image data is displayed; and (3) a second display that includes (i) a receiver which receives the image data transmitted from the camera and (ii) a second display screen that displays a second image based on the image data. The second display can be carried by the person while receiving the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20150370360Abstract: In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20140340534Abstract: In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user. If the electronic apparatus identifies a plurality of possible users, the electronic apparatus automatically selects the user by executing specific user identification processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 8804006Abstract: In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user. If the electronic apparatus identifies a plurality of possible users, the electronic apparatus automatically selects the user by 10 executing specific user identification processing.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Yosuke Kusaka, Shoei Nakamura
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Patent number: 8776377Abstract: In the method for manufacturing a fluid dynamic bearing, the fluid dynamic bearing that lubricant is not injected into is prepared in a predetermined work space. The pressure in the work space is reduced. A delivery nozzle that delivers the lubricant is inserted into the storage region. The lubricant is delivered in the storage region so that the lubricant does not spill over from the storage region. The pressure in the work space is restored. Another way is that a lubricant is ejected after an oil repellent region for preventing the lubricant from leaking out is covered.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoei Nakamura, Hirofumi Kajiwara
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Publication number: 20130271614Abstract: In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke KUSAKA, Shoei NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 8537235Abstract: A computer-readable computer program product contains an image processing program which includes: an instruction for displaying a sample image and a correction object image on a display device; an instruction for setting a sample area in an area of the sample image; an instruction for receiving an operation signal which is output by an input device in response to an operation in which the sample area is dragged and dropped into an area of the correction object image; an instruction for setting correction coordinates in the area of the correction object image based upon the operation signal and for associating the sample area with the correction coordinates; an instruction for setting a correction area in the area of the correction object image based upon the correction coordinates; and an instruction for performing a color correction to an image of the correction area based upon the sample area.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Tarou Funado, Yuji Nakao, Hiroki Uwai, Takashi Fukazawa, Shoei Nakamura
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Patent number: 8482634Abstract: In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user. If the electronic apparatus identifies a plurality of possible users, the electronic apparatus automatically selects the user by executing specific user identification processing.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Yosuke Kusaka, Shoei Nakamura
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Patent number: 8421901Abstract: A display apparatus includes an input section inputting an image of subject obtained by imaging a person who is a subject, a display section displaying the image of subject being input, a viewer imaging section imaging a viewer viewing the image of subject and generating an image of viewer, a viewer face-detection section detecting a face of the viewer by using the image of viewer, a viewer face-recognition section performing facial recognition based on individual parts of the face of the viewer being detected, an image processing section performing image correction on the image of subject based on a result of the facial recognition performed on the viewer, and a control section switching a display from the image of subject to the image of subject on which the image correction is performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Tetsuo In, Shoei Nakamura
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Patent number: 8386417Abstract: The electronic album providing system, with which publishing and viewing of an electronic album by a system user is possible, includes: a first decision unit that detects whether or not a designated reader who has been designated by a publisher has viewed the album, and that decides that a first condition has become valid when a number of persons who have completed viewing to a total number of the designated readers reaches a predetermined value; a second decision unit that decides that a second condition has become valid when a time limit for publishing the album that has been set in advance arrives; and a deletion unit that performs deletion control of the album when at least one of the first condition and the second condition becomes valid.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Mayuko Iwasaki, Tomohisa Hasumi, Keita Kimura, Shoei Nakamura