Patents by Inventor Yoji Uchiyama

Yoji Uchiyama 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).

  • Patent number: 9467642
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Fumio Hiraide, Toshihisa Kuroiwa, Yoji Uchiyama, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20160205339
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro SUZUKI, Fumio HIRAIDE, Toshihisa KUROIWA, Yoji UCHIYAMA, Akira OHMURA
  • Publication number: 20150326755
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Masahiro SUZUKI, Fumio HIRAIDE, Toshihisa KUROIWA, Yoji UCHIYAMA, Akira OHMURA
  • Patent number: 9049056
    Abstract: A communication terminal may include a processing unit that includes information identifying another communication terminal as path information in data when the data is directly transmitted from its own communication terminal to the other communication terminal, and a transmitting unit that directly transmits the data in which the path information is included by the processing unit to the other communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kawamura, Koji Imaizumi, Yoji Uchiyama, Isao Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130329082
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Masahiro SUZUKI, Fumio HIRAIDE, Toshihisa KUROIWA, Yoji UCHIYAMA, Akira OHMURA
  • Patent number: 8532345
    Abstract: A camera includes: an image-capturing unit that captures images of a photographic subject by image sensors and creates image data of a plurality of shot images based on an instruction for continuous shooting by a user; an identification unit that performs, each time when image data of one shot image from among the plurality of shot images is created, a state judgment whether or not eyes of a person included in the photographic subject appearing in the one shot image are open and identifies image data of the one shot image as identified image data when a result of the state judgment is YES; and a recording unit that records the identified image data in a nonvolatile storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Yoji Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20120140995
    Abstract: A communication terminal may include a processing unit that includes information identifying another communication terminal as path information in data when the data is directly transmitted from its own communication terminal to the other communication terminal, and a transmitting unit that directly transmits the data in which the path information is included by the processing unit to the other communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki KAWAMURA, Koji IMAIZUMI, Yoji UCHIYAMA, Isao TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20110128409
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Fumio Hiraide, Toshihisa Kuroiwa, Yoji Uchiyama, Akira Ohmura
  • Patent number: 7787027
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Fumio Hiraide, Toshihisa Kuroiwa, Yoji Uchiyama, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20100033598
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Fumio Hiraide, Toshihisa Kuroiwa, Yoji Uchiyama, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20090110243
    Abstract: A camera includes: an image-capturing unit that captures images of a photographic subject by image sensors and creates image data of a plurality of shot images based on an instruction for continuous shooting by a user; an identification unit that performs, each time when image data of one shot image from among the plurality of shot images is created, a state judgment whether or not eyes of a person included in the photographic subject appearing in the one shot image are open and identifies image data of the one shot image as identified image data when a result of the state judgment is YES; and a recording unit that records the identified image data in a nonvolatile storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoji Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20090037123
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy supply system evaluation device evaluating a lifecycle of energy conversion processes to be implemented in a pre-determined order by an energy supply system, an energy supply system evaluation method and an energy supply system evaluation program. According to the present invention, it can reduce a work load on an evaluator when the evaluator performs many-sided evaluations on energy supply systems by using a variety of analytical methods, and enable the evaluator to gain actualized output of the evaluation results desired thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Masafumi Noujima, Akiyoshi Komura, Yoji Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20080252753
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image-capturing element that captures an image of a subject through a photographic lens and outputs the captured image of the subject as image data; a display device that displays the image of the subject; a recording device that records the image data at a recording medium; a display control device that displays a first image prepared based upon the image data output by the image-capturing element and a second image prepared based upon the image data recorded at the recording medium on the display device; and an instruction device that issues an instruction to the display control device to display the first image and the second image in response to a user instruction operation when the first image is on display at the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ejima, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Tomoaki Kawamura, Kazuya Umeyama, Yoji Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20060132621
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Fumio Hiraide, Toshihisa Kuroiwa, Yoji Uchiyama, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20050231612
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Fumio Hiraide, Toshihisa Kuroiwa, Yoji Uchiyama, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20030164890
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image-capturing element that captures an image of a subject through a photographic lens and outputs the captured image of the subject as image data; a display device that displays the image of the subject; a recording device that records the image data at a recording medium; a display control device that displays a first image prepared based upon the image data output by the image-capturing element and a second image prepared based upon the image data recorded at the recording medium on the display device; and an instruction device that issues an instruction to the display control device to display the first image and the second image in response to a user instruction operation when the first image is on display at the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Ejima, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Tomoaki Kawamura, Kazuya Umeyama, Yoji Uchiyama
  • Publication number: 20020057351
    Abstract: An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: MASAHIRO SUZUKI, FUMIO HIRAIDE, TOSHIHISA KUROIWA, YOJI UCHIYAMA, AKIRA OHMURA
  • Publication number: 20020008765
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image-capturing element that captures an image of a subject through a photographic lens and outputs the captured image of the subject as image data; a display device that displays the image of the subject; a recording device that records the image data at a recording medium; a display control device that displays a first image prepared based upon the image data output by the image-capturing element and a second image prepared based upon the image data recorded at the recording medium on the display device; and an instruction device that issues an instruction to the display control device to display the first image and the second image in response to a user instruction operation when the first image is on display at the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Ejima, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Tomoaki Kawamura, Kazuya Umeyama, Yoji Uchiyama