Patents by Inventor Atsushi Misawa

Atsushi Misawa 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).

  • IMAGING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140300793
    Abstract: A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi MISAWA
  • DEVICE FOR CHANGING OPERATING FORCE OF LENS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140268375
    Abstract: An outer tube body of a device for changing operating force is connected to a gear part of a zoom ring of a lens barrel to rotate the outer tube body together with the zoom ring. The outer tube body has a cylindrical shape and includes a hollow part into which an inner tube body whose rotation is restricted is arranged. Grease is interposed in a gap is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the outer tube body and an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube body. A load caused by viscosity resistance of the grease is applied against rotation of the outer tube body together with the zoom ring. The inner tube body can be displaced in a direction of the center axis so that area of a sliding contact region between the outer tube body and the inner tube body is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru TANAKA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Cover for photographing lens device
    Patent number: 8814448
    Abstract: Even if a plurality of CPU boards are installed, removal of the boards is facilitated. A plurality of CPU boards are disposed on the inner side of the left side face of a photographing lens device cover, which has an opening and the shape of a hollow rectangular parallelepiped. When a lens device body is accommodated inside the photographing lens device cover, connectors formed on the photographing lens device cover are connected to respective ones of connectors formed on the lens device body. Communication between the CPU boards and the lens device body becomes possible. Since the CPU boards are disposed on the cover and not on the lens device body, the boards can be removed without disassembling the lens device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Otani, Atsushi Misawa
  • Display device
    Patent number: 8804023
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which has a display unit on a main body, comprising a cover member that can be deformed into a first shape for covering the display unit and a second shape for forming a grip in order to solve the problems in the conventional cameras. The problem is such that the size of the camera becomes large by the size of the grip, which impairs portability of the camera because the conventional camera provides a fixed grip on the camera body on which a display unit with a large screen is mounted. In addition, another conventional camera has a space for accommodating the cover members within the grip, so that the size of the grip becomes accordingly large and thus the camera itself becomes large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • LENS SYSTEM AND CAMERA SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140211064
    Abstract: A lens system for a camera, includes: an image formation optical system including a movable lens group and a correction lens group; a drive section driving the correction lens group; a lens position acquisition section acquiring a lens position of the movable lens group; a specification section specifying a partial image of a part of region in an image; a storage section storing a data table; and a control section, in accordance with the lens position of the movable lens group acquired by the lens position acquisition section, on the basis of the data table, acquiring a position for the correction lens group that improves optical performance of the partial image specified by the specification section and then controlling the drive section such as to move the correction lens group to the acquired position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi SASAKI, Atsushi MISAWA
  • LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140211030
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes: an optical system which includes a movable lens group, the optical system including a first correction lens group which adjusts an optical performance of the optical system and a second correction lens group which adjusts a center position of an image which is formed by the optical system; and a control unit which controls driving of the first correction lens group so as to correct the change of the optical performance due to movement of the movable lens group based on position information of the movable lens group and controls driving of the second correction lens group so as to correct displacement of the center of an image due to the movement of the movable lens group and the first correction lens group based on position information of the first correction lens group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro HIDESHIMA, Atsushi MISAWA, Akihiro SUZUKI
  • Method and apparatus for creating album, and recording medium
    Patent number: 8782506
    Abstract: A required number of images for creating an album are compensated using existing still images, and an album with a fine appearance is created by effectively using a small number of available still images (still images in stock). A value N, which is obtained by subtracting the total number of selected images from the total number of images that a template of a photo album requires (the total number of combination frames), is determined as the minimum number of shortfall images that are required for compensating the shortage of images. An image (original image for creation) appropriate for the original, from which images for compensating the shortage of images are created, is selected from among selected images. New images are created by applying a predetermined image processing to the selected original image for creation, until the minimum number N of shortfall images is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamaji, Hotsumi Ihara, Atsushi Misawa, Karin Kon, Yuko Suzuki
  • TELEVISION LENS APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140184886
    Abstract: A television lens apparatus in which circuit boards can be easily mounted or dismounted and can be easily wired is provided. A lens barrel is contained in a housing. A housing opening is formed in the lens barrel to be opened and closed with a rotatable lid. A board holding device is fixed on a rear portion of the lens barrel. In the board holding device, four connectors are mounted on a wiring board and arranged in an axial direction of the lens barrel. Four circuit boards are inserted in the connectors through the housing opening in a direction perpendicular to the lens barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Akinobu HIRAKAWA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • COVER FOR PHOTOGRAPHING LENS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140140687
    Abstract: Even if a plurality of CPU boards are installed, removal of the boards is facilitated. A plurality of CPU boards are disposed on the inner side of the left side face of a photographing lens device cover, which has an opening and the shape of a hollow rectangular parallelepiped. When a lens device body is accommodated inside the photographing lens device cover, connectors formed on the photographing lens device cover are connected to respective ones of connectors formed on the lens device body. Communication between the CPU boards and the lens device body becomes possible. Since the CPU boards are disposed on the cover and not on the lens device body, the boards can be removed without disassembling the lens device body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori OTANI, Atsushi MISAWA
  • CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME
    Publication number: 20140139691
    Abstract: Collision of communication data on a network line is prevented. A plurality of CPU boards which are independent of one another and have respective ones of CPUs mounted thereon are connected by a network line. Since data collision will occur when multiple streams of control data are transmitted on the network line, the order of priority of camera control is decided. If a zoom lens is shifted toward telephoto and, moreover, the aperture of an iris is shifted toward the open side, the order of priority of focusing lens control is raised. If a zoom lens is shifted toward wide angle and, moreover, the aperture of the iris is shifted toward the closed side, the order of priority of focusing lens control is lowered. Since camera control is carried out in accordance with the order of priority, collision of data on the network line is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki TERASHIMA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • IMAGING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140118599
    Abstract: A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi MISAWA
  • Camera with monitor
    Patent number: 8711279
    Abstract: A monitor with a large screen is provided at the back of the camera. In the recording mode, a preview image or a captured image is displayed in a part of the monitor where there is little possibility of being covered by the hand of the operator. In the reproducing mode, a reproduced image is displayed on substantially the entire screen of the monitor. A touch panel is provided over the monitor, and operation buttons such as a zoom operation button and an exposure correcting button are displayed on a part of the monitor where no image is displayed in the recording mode. Therefore, the part of the monitor can also be used as a camera operational part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • Stereoscopic image pasting system, and method and program for controlling operation of same
    Patent number: 8687876
    Abstract: It is arranged so that stereoscopic images will not overlap one another. A stereoscopic image to be pasted in a free-layout electronic album is selected. The amount of parallax of the stereoscopic image to be pasted in this electronic album is set. When this is done, the selected stereoscopic image is enlarged or reduced in size so as to take on the set amount of parallax. Automatic layout for pasting enlarged or reduced stereoscopic images on each page of the electronic album in such a manner that these stereoscopic images will not overlap one another is carried out. The result of the layout is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamaji, Atsushi Misawa, Shuji Ono
  • Imaging apparatus with display and image display apparatus
    Patent number: 8655164
    Abstract: A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • Calendar outputting method and apparatus for the same, and recording medium
    Patent number: 8650472
    Abstract: A size of a region to be allocated to an image layout date is bigger than a size of a region to be allocated to a date other than the image layout date (image-not-layout date). An image to be allocated to the image layout date is enlarged so that a size of the image matches a size of an allocation region allocated to the image layout date, and the enlarged images is laid. Characters indicating the dates are arranged to regions allocated to previous dates, the image layout date, and following dates. Accordingly, a calendar with an attractive appearance can be generated by altering the layout of the dates and information to be output, even if a user has taken photographs on not so many days in the unit such as a month or a week.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamaji, Atsushi Misawa, Kazuhiro Mino, Yuko Suzuki, Karin Kon
  • Three-dimensional image editing device and three-dimensional image editing method
    Patent number: 8644594
    Abstract: Even when the size of a three-dimensional image is changed, the pop-out amount is automatically adjusted to one intended by the user. The pop-out amount is adjusted based on a conversion characteristic defining a relationship between the size and the pop-out amount of a three-dimensional image as the size of the three-dimensional image is changed, and therefore the pop-out amount of the three-dimensional image can be automatically adjusted to a given pop-out amount preferred by the user or intended by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamaji, Atsushi Misawa
  • LENS CONTROL DEVICE AND LENS CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20140016193
    Abstract: A lens control device incorporated in a lens device 10A is equipped with a first zoom position sending unit for sending a zoom position signal indicating a zoom position of the first lens device 10A to a lens device 10B; a second zoom position sending unit for sending an adjusted zoom position signal for zoom position adjustment of the lens device 10B to the lens device 10B; a zoom storage unit for storing zoom adjustment information in which a zoom position adjustment amount indicated by the adjusted zoom position signal is correlated with the zoom position of the lens device 10A; and a third zoom position sending unit for sending a zoom position signal for the lens device 10B on the basis of the zoom adjustment information in response to a zoom manipulation signal indicating a zoom manipulation on the lens device 10A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Masayuki TERASHIMA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • LENS SYSTEM FOR 3D VIDEO TAKING
    Publication number: 20140015938
    Abstract: A system which has two lens devices 10R and 10L and in which a baseline length of the lens devices 10R and 10L can be changed is equipped with a knob 60 for commanding of the degree of three-dimensionality; and a baseline length calculation unit 52 for calculating a baseline length that is most suitable to produce 3D video data that conforms to shooting conditions, being dependent on a subject to be shot by camera devices 20R and 20L, of the camera devices 20R and 20L to which the two lens devices 10R and 10L are attached with the degree of three-dimensionality specified by the knob 60 using information indicating the degree of three-dimensionality specified by the knob 60 and the shooting conditions, and outputting information of the calculated baseline length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi SASAKI, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Electronic camera
    Patent number: D700193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Akemi Oda, Chinatsu Watanabe, Yuuki Okabe, Atsushi Misawa
  • Electronic camera
    Patent number: D714813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Akemi Oda, Chinatsu Watanabe, Yuuki Okabe, Atsushi Misawa