Patents by Inventor Akihito Taketani

Akihito Taketani 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: 20250071247
    Abstract: A display device including a control communication section configured to perform communication with an external apparatus, and a display section configured to display an image. Image data of an image to be displayed on the display unit is acquired from the external apparatus via a network. A video correction section corrects an image to be displayed on the display unit. Metadata of information concerning an operating state and a communication state of the display device is generated and transmitted to the external apparatus in a state attached to data to be transmitted to the external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventor: Akihito TAKETANI
  • Publication number: 20240320876
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a real image captured by an image capturing device and output the real image, a generation unit configured to receive the real image output from the acquisition unit, generate a virtual image, output the virtual image, and output the received real image or a converted image of the real image, a synthesis unit configured to combine the real image output from the acquisition unit, the virtual image output from the generation unit, and the real image or the converted image output from the generation unit, and a display control unit configured to display an image synthesized by the synthesis unit on a display device, wherein the generation unit changes a delay time of the real image in the image displayed on the display device depending on whether to output the real image or the converted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: AKIHITO TAKETANI
  • Patent number: 11977228
    Abstract: The image display apparatus includes an image capturing optical system, an image sensor, a display element, and an ocular optical system. An optical axis of the image capturing optical system and an optical axis of the ocular optical system are located on a same straight line. An image capturing view angle of the image capturing optical system is larger than a display view angle of the ocular optical system. The display element is configured to display, of an image generated by using a signal from the image sensor, an area corresponding to the display view angle. When d represents a distance between a position of an entrance pupil of the image capturing optical system and a position of the exit pupil of the ocular optical system, the condition of 20 mm?d?60 mm is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Taketani, Masakazu Tohara
  • Patent number: 11546570
    Abstract: A synchronization control apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a plurality of imaging devices that capture an image, and a determination unit configured to determine a target region from which an image is acquired from each of the plurality of imaging devices, and to determine a synchronization signal corresponding to the target region in each of the plurality of imaging devices, wherein the determination unit determines the synchronization signal and the target region in each of the plurality of imaging devices so as to temporally synchronize images acquired from the plurality of imaging devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani
  • Patent number: 11307603
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect electrical characteristics of main power, via a composite cable, changed in accordance with subsidiary power supplied through the composite cable configured to perform power supply and bi-directional signal transmission; and a control unit configured to control the main power supplied through the composite cable in accordance with a result of detection by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani
  • Publication number: 20210231957
    Abstract: The image display apparatus includes an image capturing optical system, an image sensor, a display element, and an ocular optical system, An optical axis of the image capturing optical system and an optical axis of the ocular optical system are located on a same straight line. An image capturing view angle of the image capturing optical system is larger than a display view angle of the ocular optical system. The display element is configured to display, of an image generated by using a signal from the image sensor, an area corresponding to the display view angle. When d represents a distance between a position of an entrance pupil of the image capturing optical system and a position of the exit pupil of the ocular optical system, the condition of 20 mm?d?60 mm is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Akihito Taketani, Masakazu Tohara
  • Patent number: 11061237
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a left portion corresponding to a left eye of a user and a right portion corresponding to a right eye of the user, each portion includes at least one image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a physical space, and a display unit configured to display a video image based on a captured image obtained by the image capturing unit. The image capturing unit is arranged on an inside of an angle formed by lines extending from the pupil of the corresponding eye to each side of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani
  • Publication number: 20210080988
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect electrical characteristics of main power, via a composite cable, changed in accordance with subsidiary power supplied through the composite cable configured to perform power supply and bi-directional signal transmission; and a control unit configured to control the main power supplied through the composite cable in accordance with a result of detection by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani
  • Publication number: 20200267372
    Abstract: A synchronization control apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a plurality of imaging devices that capture an image, and a determination unit configured to determine a target region from which an image is acquired from each of the plurality of imaging devices, and to determine a synchronization signal corresponding to the target region in each of the plurality of imaging devices, wherein the determination unit determines the synchronization signal and the target region in each of the plurality of imaging devices so as to temporally synchronize images acquired from the plurality of imaging devices
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani
  • Patent number: 10616504
    Abstract: A configuration reduces a total data amount required for processing or transmitting image data by splitting an image captured by an image capturing unit into a first image for calculating a position and an orientation of the image capturing unit and a second image serving as a background for generating a virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani
  • Patent number: 10373293
    Abstract: A first image and a second image with resolutions different from each other are generated from an image captured by an imaging unit, and the first image and the second image are subject to different types of image processing. A virtual image is generated by calculating a position and an orientation of the imaging unit based on the processed first image. A composite image is generated by combining the generated virtual image with the second image subjected to the image processing, and the generated composite image is used as a display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani
  • Publication number: 20190219826
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a left portion corresponding to a left eye of a user and a right portion corresponding to a right eye of the user, each portion includes at least one image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a physical space, and a display unit configured to display a video image based on a captured image obtained by the image capturing unit. The image capturing unit is arranged on an inside of an angle formed by lines extending from the pupil of the corresponding eye to each side of the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani
  • Publication number: 20180130181
    Abstract: A first image and a second image with resolutions different from each other are generated from an image captured by an imaging unit, and the first image and the second image are subject to different types of image processing. A virtual image is generated by calculating a position and an orientation of the imaging unit based on the processed first image. A composite image is generated by combining the generated virtual image with the second image subjected to the image processing, and the generated composite image is used as a display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani
  • Publication number: 20170280062
    Abstract: A configuration reduces a total data amount required for processing or transmitting image data by splitting an image captured by an image capturing unit into a first image for calculating a position and an orientation of the image capturing unit and a second image serving as a background for generating a virtual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Akihito Taketani