Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Fukuya

Yoshiyuki Fukuya 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: 20190058818
    Abstract: To provide an operation support system capable of performing evidence recording of each of performed operations, an operation support system includes a first image pickup apparatus configured to mainly acquire movie data, a second image pickup apparatus configured to mainly acquire still image data, a control apparatus configured to control the first image pickup apparatus and the second image pickup apparatus in cooperation with each other while acquiring operation information about a predetermined operation, and a database storing defined operation information about the predetermined operation in advance, in which the predetermined operation is supported based on image data acquired by causing the first image pickup apparatus and the second image pickup apparatus to cooperate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Takashi MUROI, Yuji MIYAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190052798
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, an imaging apparatus includes an imaging section, a user's operation detecting circuit, a control circuit, and an image processing circuit. The imaging section is configured to capture images of an object at different imaging positions and output image signals based on the images. The user's operation detecting circuit is configured to detect a user's operation. The control circuit is configured to change an image display range in accordance with the user's operation, and cause the imaging section to capture the images at the different imaging positions in accordance with the changed image display range. The image processing circuit is configured to generate image data using the image signals acquired at the imaging positions. The image data corresponds to an area of the image display range changed by the user's operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ko YOKOKAWA, Tetsuya SHIROTA, Osamu ONO, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Akira TANI, Kazuhiko OSA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20190030632
    Abstract: A flux unit includes a flux supply device configured to eject flux to a storage tray, an ejection port configured to eject the flux, and an ejection port moving device configured to move the ejection port in the radial direction of the storage tray. By this, the flux is ejected in a wide range in the radial direction of the storage tray. Also, the storage tray is rotated by a tray rotation device. Thus, the film thickness of the flux ejected in the wide range of the storage tray is adjusted by a squeegee all at once. Thus, the time required for adjusting the film thickness of the flux can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi MURASE, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuya MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190025585
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a display element, a display part and a storage device. The display element displays an image based on an image signal. The display part is configured to be arranged in front of an eye of wearer, has a narrower display region than a visual field of the wearer, and displays the image displayed on the display element and guided by a light guiding optical system. The storage device stores a positional relationship between an operation visual field as a visual field of the wearer in performing an operation, and the display region of the display part arranged in front of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki UEMURA, Yoji Osanai, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuhiko Osa, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 10178296
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit which images a subject to acquire a subject image; a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with devices; an output unit configured to output the subject image to the device previously set as an output destination among the devices; a recognition unit which recognizes that one of the devices has been operated by a user; and an output control unit which changes the output destination of the subject image by the output unit when the recognition unit recognizes that one of the devices has been operated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimura, Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuo Kanda, Keito Fukushima, Yoshihisa Ogata, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10165148
    Abstract: An information recording device includes a data acquisition unit and a service information recording unit. The data acquisition unit acquires data. The service information recording unit records in a recording unit service information including information regarding each of a plurality of services which may be performed utilizing the data acquired by the data acquisition unit in association with the data acquired by the data acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimura, Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuo Kanda
  • Publication number: 20180332253
    Abstract: An information recording apparatus includes functions of a recording mode configured to acquire and record infonnation and a reproduction mode configured to make recorded information reproducible and is capable of acquiring operation information from an external device through communication and performing a coordinated operation based on the operation information, the information recording apparatus including a communication section configured to perform communication with the external device and a mode control section configured to select the reproduction mode as a mode executed when the information recording apparatus is started in the coordinated operation through the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu FUNADA, Akira YUKITAKE, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Akira TANI
  • Publication number: 20180270412
    Abstract: An imaging device includes: a capture control unit configured to control the imaging device to execute movie capture while performing capture parameter alternation control based on capture parameter control information received from an external device, the capture parameter control information instructing alternation of a capture parameter, the alternation being changed in time series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20180262686
    Abstract: A shooting device, comprising: an operation member for setting parameters, and a controller having a parameter preliminary setting section and a parameter calculation section for each condition, wherein the parameter preliminary setting section, before continuous shooting comprised of a series of a plurality of frames, performs preliminary parameter setting as a result of operation of the operation member for at least one point of shooting predetermined positions of the plurality of frames, and the parameter calculation section for each condition calculates parameter at the time of shooting the plurality of frames in accordance with the parameters that have been set in the parameter preliminary setting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Haneda, Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuo Kanda, Osamu Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20180255226
    Abstract: An information terminal apparatus includes: a reception section configured to receive images that are a plurality of images which are sequentially sent from an external device using a first communication system and to which information identifying each image is attached; and a transmission section configured to transmit specific information for specifying a specific image among the images which are sequentially sent, to the external device using a second communication system which is different from the first communication system. A movie composed of scenes and images acquired at timings that are desired by users who operate respective information terminal apparatuses is easily obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuo KANDA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20180198983
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes an image pickup section configured to receive an optical image of an object and generate and output image data, a display section configured to display an image based on the image data outputted from the image pickup section and various kinds of information, a communication section configured to perform communication between the communication section and a terminal apparatus and acquire incidental information concerning the object, and a display control section configured to perform processing of superposing/displaying an image in the image displayed on the display section based on the incidental information corresponding to the image. The display control section performs display control for displaying the image based on the incidental information in a position designated in advance in a display screen of the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Yoshihisa Ogata, Haruhito Fuji
  • Publication number: 20180122145
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an image acquisition unit to acquire a first image by imaging, an information acquisition unit to acquire first imaging range information including information on a first imaging, range of the imaging acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a communication unit, to perform communication to acquire, from an external device acquiring a second image by imaging, second imaging range information including information on a second imaging range of the imaging acquired by the external device. The display apparatus also includes a controller to acquire an area included in the first imaging range and the second imaging range as a corresponding range, and a display controller to generate display information indicative of the corresponding range, and a display to display the display information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Nobuyuki SHIMA
  • Patent number: 9948867
    Abstract: An apparatus including a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: perform a selection operation of selecting one or more pickup images among a time-sequential series of pickup images; perform a correction operation to correct a brightness of the one or more pickup images selected by the selection operation; and generate a composite image based on: one or more pickup images among the series of pickup images not selected; and a result of the correction operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuo Kanda, Nobuyuki Shima, Tomohiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9924087
    Abstract: An information terminal apparatus includes: a first image pickup section that obtains a first picked-up image; a first communication section that receives a second picked-up image obtained by a second image pickup section according to a first communication standard; a second communication section that performs communication according to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard; and a display control section that displays the first picked-up image during the communication of the second communication section when communication of the first communication section is not established. Cooperative display control with respect to a plurality of picked-up images from a plurality of image pickup sections reduces a waiting time period before the picked-up images are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuhiko Shimura, Kazuo Kanda, Takeshi Kindaichi, Osamu Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20180077332
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first image processor, and a record processor. The imaging unit sequentially acquires image data groups comprising pieces of image data different in exposure conditions to generate HDR moving image frames. The first image processor subjects the pieces of the image data belonging to each of the image data groups to first composition processing, to generate HDR moving image data comprising HDR moving image frames. The record processor is configured to record image data for still images so that the pieces of the image data belonging to each of the image data groups are subjected to second composition processing different from the first composition processing, to generate HDR still image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Shinya TAKASUMI
  • Publication number: 20180067309
    Abstract: A display system, that is capable of displaying substantially the same content on a wearable terminal that is attached to the head of a user and has a first display section, and on a unit other than the wearable terminal that has a second display, comprises a controller that determines an object the user is gazing at, and a display controller that controls update of display states based on the object that has been determined, when an image, that has been displayed on the second display, is displayed on the first display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20170366733
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes, an imaging element configured to generate image data by picking up a target object image based on a plurality of control items, a communication circuit configured to communicate with a first operation apparatus and a second operation apparatus, and a CPU configured to discriminate, among the plurality of control items, between a control item which accepts a change by a control signal transmitted from the first operation apparatus and a control item which accepts a change by a control signal transmitted from the second operation apparatus, and control the control item in accordance with the control signal transmitted from the operation apparatus corresponding to the control item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20170187954
    Abstract: An information terminal apparatus includes a communication section configured to perform communication with an image pickup apparatus capable of performing time-lapse photographing, a signal processing section configured to generate, halfway in a photographing period by the image pickup apparatus, a check image based on a plurality of picked-up images transmitted from the image pickup apparatus and acquired via the communication section, and a display control section configured to display the check image generated by the signal processing section. Halfway in photographing of the time-lapse photographing, a time-lapse moving image is generated using a photographing result of the time-lapse photographing performed to that point and displayed, whereby quality of the time-lapse moving image is made predictable. A change of setting of the time-lapse photographing is received and reflected on subsequent time-lapse photographing, whereby a user easily obtains a desired picked-up image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Kazuo KANDA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 9609227
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes an image pickup section configured to output a first picked-up image obtained by photographing an object, a display control section for displaying the first picked-up image, a comparing section configured to compare an angle of view of the first picked-up image from the image pickup section and an angle of view of a second picked-up image from a second photographing apparatus, and an angle-of-view determining section configured to control, based on a comparison result of the comparing section, the display control section to display, in the first picked-up image, a display indicating a part or whole of an image pickup range of the second picked-up image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Uemura, Yoshiyuki Fukuya
  • Publication number: 20170078515
    Abstract: An information recording device includes a data acquisition unit and a service information recording unit. The data acquisition unit acquires data. The service information recording unit records in a recording unit service information including information regarding each of a plurality of services which may be performed utilizing the data acquired by the data acquisition unit in association with the data acquired by the data acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuo KANDA