Patents by Inventor Daiyu Ueno

Daiyu Ueno 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: 20210360150
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus having a customizing function of assigning a predetermined shooting function to a predetermined operation member, comprises a memory and at least one processor which function as an acquisition unit configured to acquire shot image information obtained by a shooting operation of a user, and an estimation unit configured to estimate an operation member suitable for a customizing function to be recommended to a user as a result of executing an estimation processing based on the shot image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno
  • Patent number: 11134187
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control so as to execute a predetermined function in accordance with a predetermined touch operation with respect to a touch operation member in a case where the touch operation member is in an enabled state, and not to execute the predetermined function in a case where the touch operation member is in a restricted state; and a switching unit configured to switch to the enabled state in accordance with a first touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the restricted state, a touch continuation time of the first touch operation reaching a first time, and switch to the restricted state in accordance with a second touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the enabled state, a touch continuation time of the second touch operation reaching a second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Jun Kamiya, Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
  • Publication number: 20210297586
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature of an imaging apparatus, and at least memory and at least one processor which function as a calculation unit configured to calculate a time limit for recording a moving image based on the temperature acquired by the acquisition unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to display the time limit on a display unit in a standby state where a moving image is not recorded in a moving image recording mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yoichiro Imai, Daiyu Ueno, Tomoyuki Shiozaki, Hiroshi Toriumi
  • Publication number: 20210294185
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first sensor configured to acquire a first temperature at a predetermined position, a second sensor configured to acquire a second temperature at a position different from the predetermined position, a controller configured to limit a predetermined function, and a prediction unit configured to obtain an environmental temperature based on a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature, and information about temporal variation of the difference between the first temperature and the second temperature in a case where the predetermined function is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shiozaki, Hiroshi Toriumi, Yoichiro Imai, Daiyu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210241765
    Abstract: A voice input apparatus includes a voice input device configured to input voice and performs control to, in a case where a second voice instruction for operating the voice input apparatus is input in a predetermined period after a first voice instruction is input to the voice input apparatus, execute processing corresponding to the second voice instruction. The voice input apparatus changes a length of the predetermined period, according to the first voice instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210241766
    Abstract: A voice input apparatus inputs voice and detects proximity to the voice input apparatus. The voice input apparatus performs control to, in a case where a second voice instruction for operating the voice input apparatus is input in a fixed period after a first voice instruction for enabling operations by voice on the voice input apparatus is input, execute processing corresponding to the second voice instruction. In a case where proximity to the voice input apparatus is detected, the voice input apparatus executes processing corresponding to the second voice instruction when the second voice instruction is input, even in a case where the first voice instruction is not input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210243354
    Abstract: A voice input apparatus inputs voice and performs control to, in a case where a second voice instruction for operating the voice input apparatus is input in a fixed period after a first voice instruction for enabling operations by voice on the voice input apparatus is input, execute processing corresponding to the second voice instruction. The voice input apparatus, in a case where it is estimated that a predetermined user issued the second voice instruction, executes processing corresponding to the second voice instruction when the second voice instruction is input, even in a case where the first voice instruction is not input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Daiyu Ueno, Maiki Okuwaki
  • Patent number: 11044406
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a control unit configured to control so that counting of a self-timer is started responding to a shooting instruction of a still image, and shooting of the still image is performed responding to expiration of the self-timer, and to control so that counting of a self-timer is started responding to a shooting instruction of a moving image, and recording of the moving image is started responding to expiration of the self-timer; and a display control unit configured to control so that a first item for countdown is displayed during the counting of the self-timer responding to the shooting instruction of the still image, and to control so that a second item for countdown is displayed during the counting of the self-timer responding to the shooting instruction of the moving image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno
  • Patent number: 10999496
    Abstract: An electronic device is capable of assigning a function selected by a user as a function to be executed in accordance with each of a plurality of operations, and the electronic device includes: a first accepting unit configured to accept a first user operation for selecting any of a plurality of groups obtained by classifying a plurality of assignable functions; a second accepting unit configured to, after any of the plurality of groups is selected, narrow down options to a plurality of assignable functions included in the selected group among all assignable functions excluding functions not included in the selected group, and accept a second user operation for selecting a function to be respectively assigned to the plurality of operations among the options; and an assigning unit configured to assign the function selected by the second user operation to each of the plurality of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 10958826
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprising: a display controlling unit configured to control to display a group of candidates representing a plurality of candidates of settings with respect to a specific setting object in response to a first type of operation and to hide the group of candidates in a case where a prescribed condition is satisfied; and a control unit configured to change the specific setting object to a selected setting, by selecting one setting from a plurality of candidates including the group of candidates in response to the first type of operation, and in a case where the group of candidates is displayed, in response to a second type of operation, change the specific setting object to a specific setting associated with the second type of operation and update the display of the group of candidates so as to correspond to the changed setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiyu Ueno, Takuro Miyajima, Koji Yoshida, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
  • Publication number: 20210058540
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an operation member configured to receive user operation to specify at least a part of a brightness range of a first image using a percentage; a combining unit configured to generate a second image by combining a pattern image with a region of the first image, the region corresponding to the part of the brightness range specified by the user operation; and an output unit configured to output the second image to a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno
  • Patent number: 10924678
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a specific operation member; an assigning unit configured to assign, in accordance with a designating operation by a user, a function to be executed in accordance with an operation with respect to the specific operation member; and a display controlling unit configured to control so as not to display a guide showing that function assignment to the specific operation member is possible even when a specific operation with respect to the specific operation member is performed in a case where function assignment by the assigning unit has been performed, and configured to control so as to display the guide in accordance with the specific operation with respect to the specific operation member in a case where function assignment by the assigning unit has not been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiyu Ueno, Koji Yoshida, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato
  • Publication number: 20210037181
    Abstract: An image capture control apparatus includes reception unit configured to receive an instruction for ending recording of a moving image; and control unit configured to, when the instruction for ending is issued, perform control, in a case of a first shooting mode in which an image is displayed in a state being visible from a subject, to display an item for deleting a portion at a beginning or at an end of the moving image, in response to the instruction for ending, and to record the moving image to a recording medium in a state where the portion of the moving image has been deleted, and perform control, in a case of a second shooting mode, to not display the item, even when the instruction for ending has been given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Sayaka Harada, Daiyu Ueno
  • Patent number: 10904428
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a touch detector configured to detect a touch operation with respect to a touch operation surface; a registration unit configured to register, in accordance with a user operation, at least a function to be executed by a first type of a touch operation among types of touch operations with respect to the touch operation surface; and a control unit configured to control so as to execute an assigned function registered by the registration unit in accordance with the first type of a touch operation, and execute a predetermined function that cannot be changed by the registration unit in accordance with a second type of a touch operation that requires the touch operation surface to be touched over a larger touch area than a touch area satisfying a condition for the first type of a touch operation to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Kamiya, Takuma Iwagami, Kimihiro Masuyama, Hirokazu Izuoka, Koji Yoshida, Daiyu Ueno
  • Patent number: 10866488
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a lens mount on which an interchangeable lens is mounted registers a position to which a focus adjustment position is moved when a specific operation is executed, determines a type of interchangeable lens mounted on the lens mount, and controls, when the specific operation is executed, switching the focus adjustment position to a position registered based on a determined type of mounted interchangeable lens regardless of the focus adjustment position before switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20200342913
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a storing unit configured to, when recording pieces of image data obtained by an imaging unit on a plurality of recording media, respectively temporarily store the pieces of image data obtained by the imaging unit in a plurality of storage regions corresponding to the plurality of recording media, a recording control unit configured to perform control to respectively record the pieces of image data temporarily stored in the plurality of storage regions on the plurality of recording media corresponding to the plurality of storage regions, and a display control unit configured to perform control to display information indicating a use status of a storage region on a display unit, wherein the display control unit performs control to display information indicating the use status only with respect to one storage region out of the plurality of storage regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno
  • Patent number: 10764502
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a finder; a grip portion on a side of a first direction relative to the finder; a touch operation member provided on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus on a side of the first direction relative to the finder, on a side of a second direction relative to the grip portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and on a side of a third direction relative to a center of the imaging apparatus, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and being oriented from the center toward the finder; and a control unit configured to control the imaging apparatus so as to execute a first function in accordance with a slide operation in the first direction and to execute a second function in accordance with a slide operation in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Jun Kamiya, Haruhisa Ueda, Takahiro Akimoto, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shotaro Yanai, Kenji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10764485
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch performed on a display unit, a specifying unit configured to specify a target of specification in a predetermined region of the display unit according to a touched position, and a display control unit configured to control an object identification mark to be displayed in the predetermined region so as to indicate a first axis and a second axis that makes the target specified by the specifying unit based on the touched position of the touch become an intersection point with the first axis in response to the touch performed in the predetermined region, and control the object identification mark to be hidden when the touch is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuko Izaki, Daiyu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20200228707
    Abstract: This invention provides an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit, and a communication unit for communicating with a distribution server via internet, wherein the image capturing apparatus comprises a time measuring unit for measuring, if a distribution instruction for live distribution using the distribution server has been given, an elapsed time since the instruction has been given; and a control unit for starting, if the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit has reached a predetermined set time, distributing an image captured by the image capturing unit to the distribution server via the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20200162677
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a control unit configured to control so that counting of a self-timer is started responding to a shooting instruction of a still image, and shooting of the still image is performed responding to expiration of the self-timer, and to control so that counting of a self-timer is started responding to a shooting instruction of a moving image, and recording of the moving image is started responding to expiration of the self-timer; and a display control unit configured to control so that a first item for countdown is displayed during the counting of the self-timer responding to the shooting instruction of the still image, and to control so that a second item for countdown is displayed during the counting of the self-timer responding to the shooting instruction of the moving image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Daiyu Ueno