Patents by Inventor Taku Yamagami
Taku Yamagami 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: 7420597Abstract: An external program supplied from an external unit in order to process an image sensed by a camera is prevented from causing a malfunction in the camera. An external program supplied by an personal computer is stored in an EEPROM of the camera. The external program contains version information giving the version of the camera that is capable of using the external program, the name of the program for control, and parameter information corresponding to the program name. A CPU compares each of these items of information with corresponding information that has been set in the camera, thereby determining whether the external program is capable of being used. If the external program cannot be used by the camera, a warning display is presented on a display unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2002Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Aizawa, Taku Yamagami, Akira Mamiya
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Patent number: 7403696Abstract: An object of the present invention is to easily search data from a recording medium on which different types of data items are recorded. A storing apparatus is disclosed, that comprises a signal processing unit for acquiring first type data and second type data and processing them, a serial number assigning unit for sequentially assigning a serial number to the first type data and the second type data processed by the signal processing unit in the acquired order regardless of the first type data or the second type data, and a storing unit for storing the first type data and the second type data corresponding to the serial number.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Suga, Satoshi Ogiwara, Taku Yamagami, Yuko Tanaka, Kazuhiko Nakashita
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Patent number: 7366404Abstract: The image pickup apparatus has a camera which encodes object image data, further comprises a recording unit 101 for recording image data, a connector 200 for connecting the camera with an expansion card 111 including a signal processor 701 for processing image data stored in the recording unit 101, and a memory and bus controller 102 for controlling image data, and the signal processor 701 controls so that program data transmitted from the camera 100 is written in a flash ROM 703 via an expansion bus interface 201.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Taku Yamagami
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Patent number: 7136096Abstract: This invention has as its object to provide a convenient image processing apparatus which does not limit image sensing purposes. To achieve this object, an image processing apparatus has a recording medium for recording and playing back an image sensed by an image sensing unit, and an image display unit for playing back and displaying at least an image sensed before the current image. The image display unit has a display layout mode for displaying the current image sensing signal and at least the image sensed before the current image sensing signal with their partial boundary regions overlapping each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1999Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoichi Yamagishi, Taku Yamagami
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Patent number: 7130074Abstract: An image recording apparatus is provided. The image recording apparatus includes a generator that generates information of recordable capacity of a storage and a holder for holding in advance data to be stored in the storage. A signal generator generates a signal indicating a data amount obtained when data held by the holder is variable-length encoded. A variable-length encoder means encodes the data held in the holder. A holder controller controls the holder so that the holder holds data to be stored, according to a comparison of the information generated by the generated by the generator and the data amount. A storage controller causes the storage to store the data controlled so as to be held by the holder, after encoding by the variable-length encoder means, on the basis of a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2003Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masato Kosugi, Taku Yamagami
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Patent number: 7030914Abstract: Recording apparatus and method for recording at least one of image data and voice data on a recording medium includes structure and/or steps for generating image data or voice data to be recorded. Structure and/or steps are provided for obtaining attribute information to be recorded relating to the image data or the voice data and which is generated in an external device in advance before generating the image data or the voice data. Recording structure and/or steps are provided for recording the obtained attribute information and relating it to the generated image data or the voice data.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1997Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Taku Yamagami
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Patent number: 6968118Abstract: This invention has as its object to provide a control method of an image processing apparatus which allows confirmation of the sensed image without considerably reducing the operable time of a camera and the number of images that can be sensed. To achieve this object, even when an image display mode is disabled, if a quick review mode is enabled, an image is recorded on a memory immediately after image sensing, a display unit is enabled, and the image stored in the memory is played back and displayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1999Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoichi Yamagishi, Taku Yamagami
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Publication number: 20040208482Abstract: An object of the present invention is to easily search data from a recording medium on which different types of data items are recorded. A storing apparatus is disclosed, that comprises a signal processing unit for acquiring first type data and second type data and processing them, a serial number assigning unit for sequentially assigning a serial number to the first type data and the second type data processed by the signal processing unit in the acquired order regardless of the first type data or the second type data, and a storing unit for storing the first type data and the second type data corresponding to the serial number.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Suga, Satoshi Ogiwara, Taku Yamagami, Yuko Tanaka, Kazuhiko Nakashita
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Patent number: 6771889Abstract: An object of the present invention is to easily search data from a recording medium on which different types of data items are recorded. A storing apparatus is disclosed, that comprises a signal processing unit for acquiring first type data and second type data and processing them, a serial number assigning unit for sequentially assigning a serial number to the first type data and the second type data processed by the signal processing unit in the acquired order regardless of the first type data or the second type data, and a storing unit for storing the first type data and the second type data corresponding to the serial number.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2000Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Suga, Satoshi Ogiwara, Taku Yamagami, Yuko Tanaka, Kazuhiko Nakashita
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Patent number: 6704465Abstract: To simplify the file operation of images recorded as a group of panorama images or the like. A character (ST) showing that it is included in a group, alphanumeric character assigned in order in each group, and characters showing file numbers in order of photographing are used as a file name of images to be recorded and a character showing an image compression method is used as the extension of a file name.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1999Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Aoi, Taku Yamagami
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Publication number: 20030194146Abstract: An image coding apparatus comprises:Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Kosugi, Taku Yamagami
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Publication number: 20030169349Abstract: To simplify the file operation of images recorded as a group of panorama images or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 1999Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: SHIGERU AOI, TAKU YAMAGAMI
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Publication number: 20030086700Abstract: The image pickup apparatus has a camera which encodes object image data, further comprises a recording unit 101 for recording image data, a connector 200 for connecting the camera with an expansion card 111 including a signal processor 701 for processing image data stored in the recording unit 101, and a memory and bus controller 102 for controlling image data, and the signal processor 701 controls so that program data transmitted from the camera 100 is written in a flash ROM 703 via an expansion bus interface 201.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Inventor: Taku Yamagami
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Patent number: 6522830Abstract: The image pickup apparatus has a camera which encodes object image data, further comprises a recording unit 101 for recording image data, a connector 200 for connecting the camera with an expansion card 111 including a signal processor 701 for processing image data stored in the recording unit 101, and a memory and bus controller 102 for controlling image data, and the Ad signal processor 701 controls so that program data transmitted from the camera 100 is written in a flash ROM 703 via an expansion bus interface 201.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1997Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Taku Yamagami
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Publication number: 20020186303Abstract: An external program supplied from an external unit in order to process an image sensed by a camera is prevented from causing a malfunction in the camera. An external program supplied by an personal computer is stored in an EEPROM of the camera. The external program contains version information giving the version of the camera that is capable of using the external program, the name of the program for control, and parameter information corresponding to the program name. A CPU compares each of these items of information with corresponding information that has been set in the camera, thereby determining whether the external program is capable of being used. If the external program cannot be used by the camera, a warning display is presented on a display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Takashi Aizawa, Taku Yamagami, Akira Mamiya
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Patent number: 6452629Abstract: An external program supplied from an external unit in order to process an image sensed by a camera is prevented from causing a malfunction in the camera. An external program supplied by an personal computer is stored in an EEPROM of the camera. The external program contains version information giving the version of the camera that is capable of using the external program, the name of the program for control, and parameter information corresponding to the program name. A CPU compares each of these items of information with corresponding information that has been set in the camera, thereby determining whether the external program is capable of being used. If the external program cannot be used by the camera, a warning display is presented on a display unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1996Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Aizawa, Taku Yamagami, Akira Mamiya
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Publication number: 20020033888Abstract: It is an object that a user sets an attribute except for an additional attribute generated by a digital camera to store the attribute in a file. There is disclosed a system including a host computer serving as an attribute data setting means for setting attribute data related to image data or voice data, a nonvolatile memory serving as an attribute data holding means for holding the set attribute data in a digital camera in advance, a CPU serving as a recording means for automatically adding the attribute data held in the nonvolatile memory to the image data or the voice data to record the image data or the voice data, and a media recording I/F, wherein a user sets attribute information added to respective image or voice data to hold the image or voice data in the digital camera, and, during formation of image or voice files, the digital camera stores the set attribute information in the files.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 1997Publication date: March 21, 2002Inventor: TAKU YAMAGAMI
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Patent number: 6334025Abstract: An apparatus for processing image data and audio data includes a recording medium for storing mutually linked files in each of which are stored data wherein both image data and audio data are capable of being referred to in mutual fashion, a pointing device for designating image data, which is desired to be reproduced, the image data being stored on the recording medium and displayed as an icon, a CPU, which is for signal processing control, adapted to retrieve, as file information, audio data associated with the image data designated by the pointing device, and an audio output unit for reading out and displaying the audio data retrieved by the CPU.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1997Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Taku Yamagami
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Publication number: 20010046370Abstract: The image pickup apparatus has a camera which encodes object image data, further comprises a recording unit 101 for recording image data, a connector 200 for connecting the camera with an expansion card 111 including a signal processor 701 for processing image data stored in the recording unit 101, and a memory and bus controller 102 for controlling image data, and the signal processor 701 controls so that program data transmitted from the camera 100 is written in a flash ROM 703 via an expansion bus interface 201.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 1997Publication date: November 29, 2001Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: TAKU YAMAGAMI
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Publication number: 20010035981Abstract: An image coding apparatus comprises:Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Inventors: Masato Kosugi, Taku Yamagami