Patents Assigned to Olympus Imaging Corp.
  • Publication number: 20140317764
    Abstract: An information communication apparatus includes: a communication portion; a storage apparatus connection portion that performs input and output operations with respect to a storage apparatus; a storage region management portion configured to provide, in the storage apparatus, a public region that makes an electronic file publicly accessible through the communication portion, and a private region that does not make an electronic file publicly accessible; and a file management portion that is capable of moving an electronic file that is stored in the storage apparatus, and is configured to move a predetermined electronic file to the private region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Takeshi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 8866961
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image pickup apparatus including a pixel section in which plural pixels are arrayed two-dimensionally, an exposure amount control section that determines an exposure amount and controls the pixel section to be continuously exposed plural times, a memory section that can store a pixel signal from the pixel section for plural frames of an output image, a vertical scanning circuit that reads out the pixel signal of the pixel section and stores the pixel signal in the memory section, and a column processing section that reads out the pixel signal stored in the memory section. The vertical scanning circuit sequentially reads out respective pixel signals related to the plural times of exposures and stores the pixel signals in the memory section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Shimada, Kazuhiro Haneda, Makoto Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8860798
    Abstract: An image-capturing device includes an image-capturing unit that generates image data, a color information acquisition unit that obtains color information from the image data, a determination unit that determines whether the image data have been generated by underwater photography or onshore photography, an underwater color balance reference setting unit that sets an underwater color balance reference that serves as a color correction reference when color correction is performed on image data picked up underwater, an underwater color correction data calculation unit that calculates underwater color correction data on the basis of the color information and the underwater color balance reference in a case where the determination unit determines that the image data have been generated by underwater photography, and a color correction unit that performs color correction on the image data generated by underwater photography on the basis of the underwater color correction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Kino
  • Patent number: 8861094
    Abstract: A lens barrel includes a rotational drive source, a lead screw that is provided parallel with an optical axis, and rotates by rotation of the drive source, a lens frame that moves in an optical axis direction, a distance ring that rotates around the optical axis by receiving a manual operation, a guide spur gear that rotates by receiving the rotation of the distance ring, and a nut that is screwed onto the lead screw, wherein when the distance ring is rotated, the nut rotates on the lead screw by being linked with the rotation of the guide spur gear, and moves on the lead screw to press the lens frame in the optical axis direction. When the lead screw rotates by the rotation of the rotational drive source, the nut moves on the lead screw to press the lens frame in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Iwasa
  • Patent number: 8854502
    Abstract: An image processing device of the present invention comprises a storage section for storing first image data obtained by imaging in front of the imaging device body or using a telephoto lens, and second image data obtained by imaging behind the imaging device body or using a wide-angle lens; a movement pattern detection section for processing the first image data to detect a movement pattern of the first image represented by the first image data; a movement pattern determination section determining whether or not the movement pattern of the first image is unstable movement; and an image processing section for rewriting a part of the first image data, for which it has been determined by the movement pattern determination section that the movement pattern of the first image is unstable, using the second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Osamu Nonaka, Naohiro Kageyama
  • Patent number: 8848093
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus includes an imaging unit that generates RAW image data by capturing an object image, an image processing unit that generates color image data by implementing image processing on the RAW image data, a processing mode setting unit capable of setting a filter effect mode for artificially reproducing an image effect obtained by image-capturing using an optical filter, a display unit that displays the color image data, a ring type or dial type rotary operating unit, a rotation operation detection unit that detects a rotation operation of the rotary operating unit, and a control unit that, when a rotation operation of the rotary operating unit is detected in a case where the filter effect mode has been set, controls the image processing unit to perform image processing for varying the image effect in conjunction with the rotation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Kenichi Onomura
  • Patent number: 8842200
    Abstract: An imaging device, capable of generating a movie or a live view that has a part that has been subjected to image processing within at least a frame, includes an imaging section for converting a subject image into electrical signals and outputting image data in live view, a bright spot region setting section for setting a bright spot detection region for the image data, a bright spot detection section for detecting bright spots within the bright spot detection region set by the bright spot setting section, a bright spot processing section for performing bright spot processing at the bright spot positions detected by the bright spot detection section, and an image output section for outputting an image that has been subjected to bright spot processing by the bright spot processing detection for display or for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Keiji Kunishige
  • Publication number: 20140267869
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided with an information acquisition unit which obtains a current focusing position and a display control unit which generates display data for displaying a focus aid. The focus aid indicates a focusing range and current focusing position, and is displayed in a captured image, such as a live view image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Yasutaka SAWA
  • Publication number: 20140267877
    Abstract: A zoom lens includes a first positive lens unit, a first negative lens unit, a stop, and a second positive lens unit, and at the time of zooming, the first positive lens unit is stationary, the first negative lens unit and the second positive lens unit move, and at the time of focusing, the first positive lens unit is stationary, and the first positive lens unit includes a reflecting member and a first positive lens unit object-side system, and the first positive lens unit-object side system is positioned on the object side of the reflecting member, and has a negative refractive power, and the following conditional expressions are satisfied. 3.7<ft/fw 1.55<|D1N/D2P|<2.5 1.75<|f2P/D2P|<2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventors: Koji Nakagawa, Koki Hozumi, Akiko Naito, Takeshi Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20140267803
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes an image pickup section configured by a photographing optical system for aiming at a target, and an image pickup device, a display section for receiving an image signal outputted from the image pickup section, and for displaying an image, a display control section for controlling display on the display section, a main object setting section for setting the target based on the image signal outputted from the image pickup section, and a zoom control section for performing zooming with respect to the target, wherein auxiliary displaying for clearly indicating a position of the target set by the main object setting section is performed, being superimposed on the image displayed on the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: Olympus Imaging Corp., Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Shinsuke HOMMA, Takayuki MATSUHASHI, Takehiko TABATA
  • Publication number: 20140267873
    Abstract: The present invention is an image pickup apparatus including: an image processing section configured to be capable of outputting a cut-off image (cropped image) corresponding to an optical image formed on a specified area of an image pickup device; an image display device; a touch panel provided on the image display device; and a control section; wherein if the touch panel detects a drag operation during a live view display operation being performed on the image display device, the specified area is caused to relatively move with respect to the optical image according to a movement direction and movement distance of the drag operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Tetsuya KOKUFU
  • Publication number: 20140268365
    Abstract: A zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit and the second lens unit move during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1), (2), and (3): ft/fw>6.0??(1), Fno(T)<3.5??(2),and ?d/ft<0.6??(3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
    Inventors: Akinori Nishio, Mayu Miki, Masahito Watanabe, Tomoyuki Satori
  • Publication number: 20140253736
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a focus adjusting section, a controller, and a track processing section. The focus adjusting section executes imaging operations plural times while moving a focus lens, performs a scanning operation, and moves the focus lens to a focusing position calculated based on the position where the contrast reaches the peak. The controller allows the imaging element to execute a continuous photographing operation of continuously performing the imaging operation for photographing. The track processing section tracks a subject based on the image data in which the contrast reaches the peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Hisashi YONEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140247384
    Abstract: A lens controller 312 of a camera system 1 samples a lens position signal inputted from a lens position detector 307 and a target position signal transmitted from a main body unit 2 for each first time period. The lens controller 312 includes a phase compensation calculator 408 that calculates a driving amount signal based on the sampled lens position signal and target position signal, an up-sampling unit 409 that performs up-sampling on the driving amount signal at a second time period which is a period obtained by dividing the first time period by an integer, and a resonance suppression calculator 410 that performs a calculation to suppress a higher-order resonant frequency component in a specified resonant frequency band on the driving amount signal up-sampled by the up-sampling unit 409.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Takeru Hokkezu, Shinya Abe
  • Publication number: 20140247371
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus of the invention which is capable of photographing a desired object by making a plurality of photographing apparatuses cooperative with one another includes: an image pickup section; a detection section for acquiring photographing information related to an image acquired by the image pickup section; a transmission section for transmitting the photographing information acquired by the detection section; a reception section for receiving an image photographed and transmitted by another photographing apparatus based on the photographing information; and a memory control section for storing the image acquired by the image pickup section and the image received by the reception section in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshinori MATSUZAWA, Osamu NONAKA, Yoshiyuki NADA
  • Patent number: 8823867
    Abstract: A camera of the present invention comprises a contrast detection section for detecting a contrast value, an assist light section for irradiating a subject by emitting light at a first luminance amount or a second luminance amount that is dimmer than the first luminance amount, and a control section for moving the photographing lens and detecting a focus position of the photographing lens based on contrast values detected by the contrast detection section, wherein the control section causes the assist light section to emit assist light in a first luminance amount or a second luminance amount, and detects a focus position of the photographing lens based on one of a first contrast value detected in a state where the assist light section emits light in the first luminance amount, or a second contrast value detected in a state where the assist light section emits light in the second luminance amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Satoru Ito
  • Patent number: 8824063
    Abstract: An optical device includes a first and second lens group, an operation member, a first and second lens group position detection unit, a storage unit, a control unit. The control unit controls the movement of the second lens group based on positional information of the first lens group detected by the first lens group position detection unit and the positional relationship information stored in the storage unit, and determines whether a control state of the second lens group is abnormal based on control positional information during the control of the movement of the second lens group and the signal corresponding to the position of the second lens group detected by the second lens group position detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Satoshi Okawa, Atsushi Takahashi, Yutaka Arakawa
  • Patent number: 8823828
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that includes a shooting lens for collecting an image of a subject to be shot; and an imaging element that forms the image collected by the shooting lens and generates image data through photoelectric conversion of formed image. The imaging apparatus also includes an inclination detector that detects an inclination of the imaging apparatus from a predetermined position, through a rotation around a shooting optical axis of the shooting lens. The apparatus also includes a control unit that changes an operating mode to a switchable state capable of switching between operating modes when a predetermined time has elapsed in a state in which the inclination detected by the inclination detector falls within a predetermined range in which the operating modes of the imaging apparatus are switched to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Koichi Shintani, Katsuhisa Kawaguchi, Haruyuki Ishihara, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 8823816
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus sets a search condition of image data so as to contain a condition that image data to be searched is created between a latest send image data that has most recently been sent among pieces of image data, which are read from a storage unit and sent to a display device or which are sent from either the imaging apparatus or other imaging apparatus to the display device, and image data that is created at the earliest time after the latest send image data has been created among the pieces of the image data stored in the storage unit; determines image data to be sent to the display device from among pieces of image data stored in each of the imaging apparatus and the other imaging apparatus, based on a search result sent from the other imaging apparatus as a response to the sent search condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Masaomi Tomizawa, Tsugumoto Kosugiyama, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: D712953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Takeshi Nohara