Patents by Inventor Yuiko Uemura
Yuiko Uemura 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: 10992869Abstract: An image apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to successively generate image data by continuously imaging an object scene; a memory configured to successively store the image data generated by the image sensor; a touch panel configured to output a first signal for commanding shooting preparation by a touch operation of a user and a second signal for commanding shooting by a release operation of releasing the touch operation; and a processor configured to successively store the image data successively generated by the image sensor in the memory according to a first storage format when the first signal is input from the touch panel and store the image data successively generated by the image sensor in the memory according to a second storage format when the second signal is input from the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Masashi Takahashi, Yuiko Uemura, Takeshi Suzuki, Keiji Kunishige
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Publication number: 20200267325Abstract: An image apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to successively generate image data by continuously imaging an object scene; a memory configured to successively store the image data generated by the image sensor; a touch panel configured to output a first signal for commanding shooting preparation by a touch operation of a user and a second signal for commanding shooting by a release operation of releasing the touch operation; and a processor configured to successively store the image data successively generated by the image sensor in the memory according to a first storage format when the first signal is input from the touch panel and store the image data successively generated by the image sensor in the memory according to a second storage format when the second signal is input from the touch panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Masashi TAKAHASHI, Yuiko UEMURA, Takeshi SUZUKI, Keiji KUNISHIGE
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Patent number: 9979899Abstract: An image effect processing support apparatus includes: an image effect processing section that performs a specific image effect processing on an image; a confirmation region determination section that determines an effect of the specific image effect processing for each part of the image, and based on a result of the determination, determines and sets a confirmation region for confirming the effect of the image effect processing; and a display control section that displays an effect indication that shows the effect of the image effect processing in the confirmation region on a display section, to thereby enable an effect of a filter effect processing to be easily confirmed.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yuki Mishio, Yuiko Uemura
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Patent number: 9838597Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging unit imaging an object and generating image data of the object; a display unit displaying an image corresponding to the image data; a display controller controlling the display unit to display an expression guide image in which at least a part of expression of a face in the object has been changed; an expression determination unit determining similarity between the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image; an imaging controller controlling the imaging unit to continuously image the object until the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image are matched, wherein the display controller controls the display unit to display another expression guide image at a time the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image in the expression guide image are matched.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Uemura, Mai Yamaguchi, Yuiko Uemura, Sachie Yamamoto, Osamu Nonaka
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Patent number: 9781393Abstract: An imaging apparatus include an imaging processing unit, a dial operation unit, a boundary setting unit, and a control unit. The imaging processing unit acquires image data having a predetermined image effect. The dial operation unit receives a dial operation to set at least one boundary line in the image data. The boundary setting unit sets the boundary line in the image data in response to the dial operation. The control unit controls the imaging processing unit so that image data having different image effects are obtained in the respective partial regions of the image data that are divided by the boundary line set by the boundary setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Kudo, Tetsuya Toyoda, Yuiko Uemura, Yuki Mishio
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Patent number: 9681054Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first communication control unit that receives action instruction information from an external communication device; and a pseudo image generating unit that generates a pseudo image simulatively expressing an action by a user of the imaging apparatus according to an action instruction based on the action instruction information. The action instruction information includes angle change instruction information and shooting instruction information. The pseudo image generating unit generates, based on a position information and a first orientation information respectively acquired upon receipt of the shooting instruction information, as well as on the shooting instruction information, a first pseudo image, and generates, based on the angle change instruction information, a second pseudo image.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Sato, Mai Yamaguchi, Yuiko Uemura, Tomomi Uemura, Sachie Yamamoto, Osamu Nonaka
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Publication number: 20160366343Abstract: An image effect processing support apparatus includes: an image effect processing section that performs a specific image effect processing on an image; a confirmation region determination section that determines an effect of the specific image effect processing for each part of the image, and based on a result of the determination, determines and sets a confirmation region for confirming the effect of the image effect processing; and a display control section that displays an effect indication that shows the effect of the image effect processing in the confirmation region on a display section, to thereby enable an effect of a filter effect processing to be easily confirmed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Yuki MISHIO, Yuiko UEMURA
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Patent number: 9521329Abstract: A display device includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an object and to generate image data of the object, a display unit configured to display the image corresponding to the image data generated by the imaging unit, and a display controller configured to cause the display unit to display a sample image in which at least a line of sight of the object has been changed when the imaging unit captures the image of the object. An imaging direction of the imaging unit and a display direction of the display unit are matched. The sample image is an object image in which the line of sight has changed from front to a direction other than the front.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu Nonaka, Mai Yamaguchi, Yuiko Uemura, Tomomi Uemura, Sachie Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20160316138Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging unit imaging an object and generating image data of the object; a display unit displaying an image corresponding to the image data; a display controller controlling the display unit to display an expression guide image in which at least a part of expression of a face in the object has been changed; an expression determination unit determining similarity between the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image; an imaging controller controlling the imaging unit to continuously image the object until the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image are matched, wherein the display controller controls the display unit to display another expression guide image at a time the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image in the expression guide image are matched.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi UEMURA, Mai YAMAGUCHI, Yuiko UEMURA, Sachie YAMAMOTO, Osamu NONAKA
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Publication number: 20160286189Abstract: An imaging apparatus include an imaging processing unit, a dial operation unit, a boundary setting unit, and a control unit. The imaging processing unit acquires image data having a predetermined image effect. The dial operation unit receives a dial operation to set at least one boundary line in the image data. The boundary setting unit sets the boundary line in the image data in response to the dial operation. The control unit controls the imaging processing unit so that image data having different image effects are obtained in the respective partial regions of the image data that are divided by the boundary line set by the boundary setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki KUDO, Tetsuya TOYODA, Yuiko UEMURA, Yuki MISHIO
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Patent number: 9420169Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging unit imaging an object and generating image data of the object; a display unit displaying an image corresponding to the image data; a display controller controlling the display unit to display an expression guide image in which at least a part of expression of a face in the object has been changed; an expression determination unit determining similarity between the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image; an imaging controller controlling the imaging unit to continuously image the object until the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image are matched, wherein the display controller controls the display unit to display another expression guide image at a time the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image in the expression guide image are matched.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Tomomi Uemura, Mai Yamaguchi, Yuiko Uemura, Sachie Yamamoto, Osamu Nonaka
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Patent number: 9143763Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a face detector that detects a face of a subject from images captured by an imaging unit; a display controller that causes a display unit to display a guide image for prompting the subject to change a direction of the face; an angle calculation unit that calculates an angle of turn of the face of the subject from a reference position of the direction of the face when the guide image is displayed, based on pieces of image data before and after a change in the direction of the face; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between the imaging apparatus and the face based on the calculated angle; and an image processing unit that performs image processing on at least one of the pieces of image data, according to the change in the direction of the face, based on the angle and the distance.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Sachie Yamamoto, Mai Yamaguchi, Yuiko Uemura, Tomomi Uemura, Osamu Nonaka
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Publication number: 20150249788Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first communication control unit that receives action instruction information from an external communication device; and a pseudo image generating unit that generates a pseudo image simulatively expressing an action by a user of the imaging apparatus according to an action instruction based on the action instruction information. The action instruction information includes angle change instruction information and shooting instruction information. The pseudo image generating unit generates, based on a position information and a first orientation information respectively acquired upon receipt of the shooting instruction information, as well as on the shooting instruction information, a first pseudo image, and generates, based on the angle change instruction information, a second pseudo image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Sato, Mai Yamaguchi, Yuiko Uemura, Tomomi Uemura, Sachie Yamamoto, Osamu Nonaka
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Publication number: 20150207985Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging unit imaging an object and generating image data of the object; a display unit displaying an image corresponding to the image data; a display controller controlling the display unit to display an expression guide image in which at least a part of expression of a face in the object has been changed; an expression determination unit determining similarity between the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image; an imaging controller controlling the imaging unit to continuously image the object until the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image and in the expression guide image are matched, wherein the display controller controls the display unit to display another expression guide image at a time the expression determination unit determines that the expressions in the image in the expression guide image are matched.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventors: Tomomi UEMURA, Mai YAMAGUCHI, Yuiko UEMURA, Sachie YAMAMOTO, Osamu NONAKA
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Publication number: 20150172553Abstract: A display device includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an object and to generate image data of the object, a display unit configured to display the image corresponding to the image data generated by the imaging unit, and a display controller configured to cause the display unit to display a sample image in which at least a line of sight of the object has been changed when the imaging unit captures the image of the object. An imaging direction of the imaging unit and a display direction of the display unit are matched. The sample image is an object image in which the line of sight has changed from front to a direction other than the front.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.Inventors: Osamu NONAKA, Mai YAMAGUCHI, Yuiko UEMURA, Tomomi UEMURA, Sachie YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20150138321Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a face detector that detects a face of a subject from images captured by an imaging unit; a display controller that causes a display unit to display a guide image for prompting the subject to change a direction of the face; an angle calculation unit that calculates an angle of turn of the face of the subject from a reference position of the direction of the face when the guide image is displayed, based on pieces of image data before and after a change in the direction of the face; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between the imaging apparatus and the face based on the calculated angle; and an image processing unit that performs image processing on at least one of the pieces of image data, according to the change in the direction of the face, based on the angle and the distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicants: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP., OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Sachie YAMAMOTO, Mai YAMAGUCHI, Yuiko UEMURA, Tomomi UEMURA, Osamu NONAKA
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Patent number: 8970717Abstract: A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a photographing section obtaining the image data from the imaging section in response to release operation and also obtaining the image data of continuous shooting from the imaging section before or after the release operation; a trimming section generating trimming images sequentially for frames in different areas, respectively, using the image data of the continuous shooting; and a control section recording the trimming image generated in the trimming section and the image data obtained in the release operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventors: Yuiko Uemura, Masashi Takahashi, Satoshi Hara, Akira Tani
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Patent number: 8698920Abstract: An image display apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a face detection section detecting a face image within a photographed image; a classification section classifying the photographed image by a pattern of the face image and a color or a pattern under the face image; and a display control section displaying an image of the same face with the different color or pattern according to the classification by the classification section, and displays images of the same person among the plurality of images classified by the classification section at the same time or sequentially in the display of the display control section.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventors: Yuiko Uemura, Akira Tani, Naohisa Nakada
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Patent number: 8582918Abstract: An imaging device of the present invention comprises an imaging section for forming a subject image and outputting image data, a face detection section for detecting a person's face based on the image data, a decoration image selection section for selecting a decoration image from a plurality of decoration image data, in accordance with a face detected by the face detection section, and a first combining section for combining the selected decoration image and the face image. Also, an image composition and display device of the present invention comprises a storage section for storing image data, a decoration image selection section for selecting a decoration image from a plurality of decoration image data, in accordance with a face detected from image data, and a first combining section for combining the selected decoration image and the face image.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventors: Naohisa Nakada, Akira Tani, Yuiko Uemura, Masashi Takahashi, Osamu Nonaka
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Publication number: 20130242140Abstract: A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a photographing section obtaining the image data from the imaging section in response to release operation and also obtaining the image data of continuous shooting from the imaging section before or after the release operation; a trimming section generating trimming images sequentially for frames in different areas, respectively, using the image data of the continuous shooting; and a control section recording the trimming image generated in the trimming section and the image data obtained in the release operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventors: Yuiko Uemura, Masashi Takahashi, Satoshi Hara, Akira Tani