Patents by Inventor Chiyumi Niwa
Chiyumi Niwa 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: 9609203Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for allowing proper classification information to be provided to an edited image. When it is determined that the editing is cropping, a system controller cuts a decompressed image down to a desired size using an image processor and performs face detection on a crop image. The system controller generates a header for image data of an edited image. When the setting of automatically providing classification information is “ON”, classification information is automatically provided based on the detected face information.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 9247143Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a setting item screen for displaying setting items and a setting value screen for displaying setting values regarding a setting item selected on the setting item screen; an operation unit configured to select one of the setting items on the setting item screen and to select one of the setting values on the setting value screen; wherein, in a case where a state of the image display apparatus is changed from a first state in which the selected setting item is active to a second state in which the selected setting item is non-active, the display unit displays an image indicating that a setting value regarding a setting item selected before changing the state of the image display apparatus from the first state to the second state cannot be selected by the operation unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Eiji Yoshino, Chiyumi Niwa, Daisuke Hirohashi
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Publication number: 20150334256Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for allowing proper classification information to be provided to an edited image. When it is determined that the editing is cropping, a system controller cuts a decompressed image down to a desired size using an image processor and performs face detection on a crop image. The system controller generates a header for image data of an edited image. When the setting of automatically providing classification information is “ON”, classification information is automatically provided based on the detected face information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 9131140Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for allowing proper classification information to be provided to an edited image. When it is determined that the editing is cropping, a system controller cuts a decompressed image down to a desired size using an image processor and performs face detection on a crop image. The system controller generates a header for image data of an edited image. When the setting of automatically providing classification information is “ON”, classification information is automatically provided based on the detected face information.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 8565496Abstract: An image editing apparatus includes a subject information extracting unit configured to extract subject information of a subject from an image, and a subject frame setting unit configured to set a subject frame based on the subject information extracted by the subject information extracting unit. The image editing apparatus also includes a region instructions detecting unit configured to detect a user's instructions as to a region of the subject frame set by the subject frame setting unit, and a region instructions frame setting unit configured to set a region instructions frame based on the user's instructions detected by the region instructions detecting unit. The image editing apparatus further includes a storage processing unit configured to store the subject frame set by the subject frame setting unit, and the region instructions frame set by the region instructions frame setting unit, in a correlated manner.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masato Sanno, Atsushi Inagaki, Hitoshi Ikeda, Yuichi Nakase, Chiyumi Niwa
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Patent number: 8558900Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capture unit for capturing an image, a reproducing unit for reproducing and displaying an image, an attitude detecting unit for detecting an attitude, and a control unit for executing a preset and predetermined operation if a predetermined attitude change pattern is detected with the attitude detecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chiyumi Niwa
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Publication number: 20130242158Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a setting item screen for displaying setting items and a setting value screen for displaying setting values regarding a setting item selected on the setting item screen; an operation unit configured to select one of the setting items on the setting item screen and to select one of the setting values on the setting value screen; wherein, in a case where a state of the image display apparatus is changed from a first state in which the selected setting item is active to a second state in which the selected setting item is non-active, the display unit displays an image indicating that a setting value regarding a setting item selected before changing the state of the image display apparatus from the first state to the second state cannot be selected by the operation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiji Yoshino, Chiyumi Niwa, Daisuke Hirohashi
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Patent number: 8466977Abstract: An image data management apparatus includes a unit adapted to display different types of plural frames (such as an in-focus frame and a face frame) at the same time in a manner capable of selectively changing both of those frames by a user operation such that an in-focus frame portion and a face frame portion can be easily confirmed.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobukazu Yoshida, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Chiyumi Niwa, Hiroyuki Ogino, Koji Sudo
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Patent number: 8462254Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a setting item screen for displaying setting items regarding a photographic condition, and a setting value screen configured to display setting values regarding the setting item selected on the setting item screen; an operation unit configured to select one of the setting items on the setting item screen and to select one of the setting values on the setting value screen; and a control unit configured to set a setting item regarding the photographic condition according to the setting value selected on the setting value screen, wherein if a state of the image pickup apparatus is changed from a state in which the selected setting item is active to non-active, the display unit continuously displays information indicating that the selected setting item is currently selected even when the selected setting item is non-active.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Eiji Yoshino, Chiyumi Niwa, Daisuke Hirohashi
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Patent number: 8130243Abstract: A degree of overlapping between separately obtained regions of respective parts of an image is determined. When the degree of overlapping is greater than a defined value, only one of the obtained regions, or both the regions, or a region including both the regions is selected. When the degree of overlapping is less than the defined value, the separately obtained regions of respective parts of the image are separately selected. The image is displayed while reflecting a result of the selection.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Sudo, Chiyumi Niwa, Nobukazu Yoshida
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Publication number: 20110304761Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capture unit for capturing an image, a reproducing unit for reproducing and displaying an image, an attitude detecting unit for detecting an attitude, and a control unit for executing a preset and predetermined operation if a predetermined attitude change pattern is detected with the attitude detecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventor: Chiyumi Niwa
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Patent number: 8013929Abstract: An image display control apparatus includes a determination unit (step S903) adapted to determine whether an image to be displayed is an image captured in a shooting mode in which at least one of focus adjustment, exposure control, white balance adjustment, and light control is executed on a range related to an object that is detected by an image analysis, a range determining unit (step S906) adapted to determine a range of part of the image based on information indicating a size of the detected object when the determination unit determines that the image to be displayed is the image captured in the shooting mode, and a display control unit (step S907) adapted to perform control to display the range of part of the image, which has been determined by the range determining unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Sudo, Nobukazu Yoshida, Hiroyuki Ogino, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Chiyumi Niwa
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Patent number: 8013894Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capture unit for capturing an image, a reproducing unit for reproducing and displaying an image, an attitude detecting unit for detecting an attitude, and a control unit for executing a preset and predetermined operation if a predetermined attitude change pattern is detected with the attitude detecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2005Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chiyumi Niwa
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Patent number: 7701504Abstract: In order to make it possible to perform the starting or the changing of photographing, recording and reproducing modes easily and to eliminate walls between the modes, an image pickup apparatus includes a first mode for recording a photographed image on a record medium as an image file, a second mode for reproducing the image file, and an operation member which can switch to each mode by different operation methods, wherein the operation member returns to its original state after the performance of an operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Chiyumi Niwa
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Patent number: 7639299Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which performs an image pickup of an object and records a pickup image includes a display unit which displays an operation item for execution of operation corresponding to the operation mode of the image pickup apparatus, a communication unit which connects a peripheral device so as to allow communication, and a determination unit which determines whether the peripheral device is connected. The display unit displays a specific operation item in an already selected state in accordance with the determination result obtained by the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junichi Maniwa, Chiyumi Niwa
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Publication number: 20090185744Abstract: An image editing apparatus includes a subject information extracting unit configured to extract subject information of a subject from an image, and a subject frame setting unit configured to set a subject frame based on the subject information extracted by the subject information extracting unit. The image editing apparatus also includes a region instructions detecting unit configured to detect a user's instructions as to a region of the subject frame set by the subject frame setting unit, and a region instructions frame setting unit configured to set a region instructions frame based on the user's instructions detected by the region instructions detecting unit. The image editing apparatus further includes a storage processing unit configured to store the subject frame set by the subject frame setting unit, and the region instructions frame set by the region instructions frame setting unit, in a correlated manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Sanno, Atsushi Inagaki, Hitoshi Ikeda, Yuichi Nakase, Chiyumi Niwa
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Publication number: 20090040332Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a setting item screen for displaying setting items regarding a photographic condition, and a setting value screen configured to display setting values regarding the setting item selected on the setting item screen; an operation unit configured to select one of the setting items on the setting item screen and to select one of the setting values on the setting value screen; and a control unit configured to set a setting item regarding the photographic condition according to the setting value selected on the setting value screen, wherein if a state of the image pickup apparatus is changed from a state in which the selected setting item is active to non-active, the display unit continuously displays information indicating that the selected setting item is currently selected even when the selected setting item is non-active.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiji Yoshino, Chiyumi Niwa, Daisuke Hirohashi
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Publication number: 20090040315Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for allowing proper classification information to be provided to an edited image. When it is determined that the editing is cropping, a system controller cuts a decompressed image down to a desired size using an image processor and performs face detection on a crop image. The system controller generates a header for image data of an edited image. When the setting of automatically providing classification information is “ON”, classification information is automatically provided based on the detected face information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20090009622Abstract: An image data management apparatus includes a unit adapted to display different types of plural frames (such as an in-focus frame and a face frame) at the same time in a manner capable of selectively changing both of those frames by a user operation such that an in-focus frame portion and a face frame portion can be easily confirmed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobukazu Yoshida, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Chiyumi Niwa, Hiroyuki Ogino, Koji Sudo
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Publication number: 20090009652Abstract: An image display control apparatus includes a determination unit (step S903) adapted to determine whether an image to be displayed is an image captured in a shooting mode in which at least one of focus adjustment, exposure control, white balance adjustment, and light control is executed on a range related to an object that is detected by an image analysis, a range determining unit (step S906) adapted to determine a range of part of the image based on information indicating a size of the detected object when the determination unit determines that the image to be displayed is the image captured in the shooting mode, and a display control unit (step S907) adapted to perform control to display the range of part of the image, which has been determined by the range determining unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Sudo, Nobukazu Yoshida, Hiroyuki Ogino, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Chiyumi Niwa