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).

  • Patent number: 9609203
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9247143
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiji Yoshino, Chiyumi Niwa, Daisuke Hirohashi
  • Publication number: 20150334256
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9131140
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8565496
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Sanno, Atsushi Inagaki, Hitoshi Ikeda, Yuichi Nakase, Chiyumi Niwa
  • Patent number: 8558900
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Chiyumi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20130242158
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Yoshino, Chiyumi Niwa, Daisuke Hirohashi
  • Patent number: 8466977
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobukazu Yoshida, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Chiyumi Niwa, Hiroyuki Ogino, Koji Sudo
  • Patent number: 8462254
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiji Yoshino, Chiyumi Niwa, Daisuke Hirohashi
  • Patent number: 8130243
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Chiyumi Niwa, Nobukazu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20110304761
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventor: Chiyumi Niwa
  • Patent number: 8013929
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Nobukazu Yoshida, Hiroyuki Ogino, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Chiyumi Niwa
  • Patent number: 8013894
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Chiyumi Niwa
  • Patent number: 7701504
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Chiyumi Niwa
  • Patent number: 7639299
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Maniwa, Chiyumi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20090185744
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Sanno, Atsushi Inagaki, Hitoshi Ikeda, Yuichi Nakase, Chiyumi Niwa
  • Publication number: 20090040332
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Yoshino, Chiyumi Niwa, Daisuke Hirohashi
  • Publication number: 20090040315
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090009622
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobukazu Yoshida, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Chiyumi Niwa, Hiroyuki Ogino, Koji Sudo
  • Publication number: 20090009652
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Nobukazu Yoshida, Hiroyuki Ogino, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Chiyumi Niwa