Patents by Inventor Akio Yoshikawa

Akio Yoshikawa 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: 11950030
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus enables a user to suitably select sound to be collected in connection with moving image capturing. The electronic apparatus is communicable with a plurality of sound collection devices, and includes a display control unit that displays, for each of the plurality of sound collection devices, a display item corresponding to the each sound collection device, based on positional information for the respective each sound collection device, acquired by a position acquisition unit, and displays, with the plurality of displayed display items, an image acquired by an image acquisition unit, wherein the display control unit displays, for the each sound collection device, the corresponding display item, even if the display item corresponds to a sound collection device not located within a range of image capturing of the acquired image, and a control unit associates and records the acquired image and sound information in a recording device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Yoshikawa, Takashi Seki
  • Publication number: 20240078070
    Abstract: A video distribution device for distributing a video to a plurality of display control devices includes a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the video distribution device to acquire a plurality of videos generated by simultaneously performing capturing at different angles from a predetermined place using a plurality of imaging devices, distribute the plurality of videos as one set to the plurality of display control devices, receive, from a first display control device, display state information indicating display states of the plurality of videos included in the one set, and transmit the display state information to a second display control device in response to a request from the second control device different from the first control device, wherein the second display control device displays the one set of the plurality of videos on a screen, according to the display state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: AYUMI SATO, AKIO YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230412931
    Abstract: A display control device according to the present invention includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the display control device to acquire a captured image including a first image region and a second image region, wherein the first image region is inside an image circle and the second image region is outside the image circle, perform predetermined image processing on the captured image, and perform control so that an image after the predetermined image processing is displayed in a state where the predetermined image processing is performed on the first image region and is not performed on the second image region so as to be distinguishable a boundary between the first image region and the second image region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Genya YOSHIZAWA, Akio YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11520400
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an eye gaze input based on an eye gaze of a user. In a case where the eye gaze input is received by the reception unit, a control unit performs control to move an indicator to a position based on the eye gaze input if an operation performed on an operation unit satisfies a first condition, not to move the indicator if the operation performed on the operation unit satisfies the first condition but does not satisfy a second condition after moving the indicator to the position based on the eye gaze input, and to move the indicator from the position based on the eye gaze input by a movement amount corresponding to an operation amount if the operation performed on the operation unit satisfies the second condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akio Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11509829
    Abstract: There is provided with an electronic apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first number of values related to a specific function, the first number of values each being able to take one of N values, and a display control unit configured to perform control to display a first number of display items, each display item corresponding to a respective one of the first number of values acquired by the acquisition unit, each of the first number of display items being able to represent one of n values, where n is smaller than N. A value represented by each display item is determined according to a plurality of values other than the value corresponding to the display item out of the first number of values acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayumi Sato, Toshimichi Ise, Akio Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20220321853
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus enables a user to suitably select sound to be collected in connection with moving image capturing. The electronic apparatus is communicable with a plurality of sound collection devices, and includes a display control unit that displays, for each of the plurality of sound collection devices, a display item corresponding to the each sound collection device, based on positional information for the respective each sound collection device, acquired by a position acquisition unit, and displays, with the plurality of displayed display items, an image acquired by an image acquisition unit, wherein the display control unit displays, for the each sound collection device, the corresponding display item, even if the display item corresponds to a sound collection device not located within a range of image capturing of the acquired image, and a control unit associates and records the acquired image and sound information in a recording device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Akio Yoshikawa, Takashi Seki
  • Publication number: 20220321827
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a selection unit configured to select a moving image or a sound included in at least any of a plurality of second contents respectively photographed by a plurality of second cameras different from a first camera; and an acquisition unit configured to in a case where a moving image included in at least any of the plurality of second contents is selected, acquire a third content including the selected moving image and a sound included in a first content photographed by the first camera, and in a case where a sound included in at least any of the plurality of second contents is selected, acquire a fourth content including the selected sound and a moving image included in the first content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Seki, Akio Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11430487
    Abstract: A display control apparatus that performs control, where a content is reproduced such that, when a reproduction position of the content is changed to a first range from an end of the content by an operation of a user on an operation unit, the reproduction is continued from a position where the change is made, and when the reproduction position of the content reaches the end of the content, the reproduction automatically transitions to reproduction of a next content, and when the reproduction position of the content is changed to a second range from the end of the content different from the first range by an operation of the user on the operation unit, and even when the reproduction position of the content reaches the end of the content, the reproduction does not automatically transition to the reproduction of the next content and the reproduction of the content is paused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Yoshikawa, Ayumi Sato
  • Patent number: 11336829
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes an obtainment unit capable of obtaining a captured image, and a control unit that performs control to display the captured image on a display device, wherein the control unit performs control to, when the orientation of the display device is horizontal, display the captured image in a first size on the display device, display a first item in a first region located along a first side of the display device, and display a second item in a second region located along a second side of the display device, and when the orientation of the display device is vertical, display the captured image in the first size on the display device, and display the first item and the second item nearer than when the orientation of the display device is horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Yoshikawa, Takashi Seki
  • Publication number: 20220044707
    Abstract: A display control apparatus that performs control, where a content is reproduced such that, when a reproduction position of the content is changed to a first range from an end of the content by an operation of a user on an operation unit, the reproduction is continued from a position where the change is made, and when the reproduction position of the content reaches the end of the content, the reproduction automatically transitions to reproduction of a next content, and when the reproduction position of the content is changed to a second range from the end of the content different from the first range by an operation of the user on the operation unit, and even when the reproduction position of the content reaches the end of the content, the reproduction does not automatically transition to the reproduction of the next content and the reproduction of the content is paused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Akio Yoshikawa, Ayumi Sato
  • Publication number: 20210243381
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes an obtainment unit capable of obtaining a captured image, and a control unit that performs control to display the captured image on a display device, wherein the control unit performs control to, when the orientation of the display device is horizontal, display the captured image in a first size on the display device, display a first item in a first region located along a first side of the display device, and display a second item in a second region located along a second side of the display device, and when the orientation of the display device is vertical, display the captured image in the first size on the display device, and display the first item and the second item nearer than when the orientation of the display device is horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Akio Yoshikawa, Takashi Seki
  • Publication number: 20210191510
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an eye gaze input based on an eye gaze of a user. In a case where the eye gaze input is received by the reception unit, a control unit performs control to move an indicator to a position based on the eye gaze input if an operation performed on an operation unit satisfies a first condition, not to move the indicator if the operation performed on the operation unit satisfies the first condition but does not satisfy a second condition after moving the indicator to the position based on the eye gaze input, and to move the indicator from the position based on the eye gaze input by a movement amount corresponding to an operation amount if the operation performed on the operation unit satisfies the second condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Akio Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10778898
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding a focus detection position in an image captured by an image capturing unit, a display control unit configured to perform control to enlarge and display a part of the image on a display unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where the part of the image is enlarged and displayed, display an enlargement guide indicating a position of the enlargement relative to an entire the image, wherein the control unit performs control to, in a case where the focus detection position is outside a range of the enlarged display part of the image, produce on the enlargement guide a display indicating a location of the focus detection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akio Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10750095
    Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect a user operation made to an operation member; a control unit configured to perform control to perform zoom processing at a zooming speed corresponding to an operation amount of the operation member in accordance with an operation made to the operation member, while a live view image is being displayed; and a display control unit configured to perform control to perform pseudo zooming display using a sample image that differs from the live view image, so that an object in the sample image is enlarged or reduced at a speed corresponding to the operation amount of the operation member in a setting screen for setting the zooming speed corresponding to an operation made to the operation member for the zoom processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akio Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20200084390
    Abstract: There is provided with an electronic apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first number of values related to a specific function, the first number of values each being able to take one of N values, and a display control unit configured to perform control to display a first number of display items, each display item corresponding to a respective one of the first number of values acquired by the acquisition unit, each of the first number of display items being able to represent one of n values, where n is smaller than N. A value represented by each display item is determined according to a plurality of values other than the value corresponding to the display item out of the first number of values acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ayumi Sato, Toshimichi Ise, Akio Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20190289220
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding a focus detection position in an image captured by an image capturing unit, a display control unit configured to perform control to enlarge and display a part of the image on a display unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where the part of the image is enlarged and displayed, display an enlargement guide indicating a position of the enlargement relative to an entire the image, wherein the control unit performs control to, in a case where the focus detection position is outside a range of the enlarged display part of the image, produce on the enlargement guide a display indicating a location of the focus detection position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Akio Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20190098223
    Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect a user operation made to an operation member; a control unit configured to perform control to perform zoom processing at a zooming speed corresponding to an operation amount of the operation member in accordance with an operation made to the operation member, while a live view image is being displayed; and a display control unit configured to perform control to perform pseudo zooming display using a sample image that differs from the live view image, so that an object in the sample image is enlarged or reduced at a speed corresponding to the operation amount of the operation member in a setting screen for setting the zooming speed corresponding to an operation made to the operation member for the zoom processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Akio Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10205872
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a first type of image captured with a first gradation characteristic and a second type of image captured with a second gradation characteristic having a higher gradation quality on a high-luminance side than the first gradation characteristic, and a control unit configured to perform control such that luminance of a display unit is set to second luminance higher than first luminance of a case where the first type of image is displayed, in a case where the second type of image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akio Yoshikawa, Satoshi Ishimaru, Koichi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20190014257
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a first type of image captured with a first gradation characteristic and a second type of image captured with a second gradation characteristic having a higher gradation quality on a high-luminance side than the first gradation characteristic, and a control unit configured to perform control such that luminance of a display unit is set to second luminance higher than first luminance of a case where the first type of image is displayed, in a case where the second type of image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Akio Yoshikawa, Satoshi Ishimaru, Koichi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10158800
    Abstract: A display control device includes a detection unit that detects a touching operation on a display portion, a control unit that performs control about an item displayed in the display portion in response to a touching operation on the item, a selection unit that selects, based on an operation, one or more items from among a plurality of items to be displayed, and a display control unit that performs control such that from among items to be displayed in a first display area and a second display area, the items selected by the selection unit are displayed in the first display area and a plurality of predetermined items are displayed in the second display area. The first display area extends along a side nearest a grip portion for holding the device, and the second display area is further from the grip portion than the first display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akio Yoshikawa