Patents by Inventor Emi KONDO

Emi KONDO 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: 20220294937
    Abstract: A wearable image pickup apparatus that eliminates manual change of an image pickup direction during picking up an image and can easily obtain an image that records experience while focusing attention on the experience. An image pickup apparatus includes an observation direction detection unit that is worn on a body other than a head of a user, an image pickup unit that is worn on the body of the user, a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: detect an observation direction of the user by the observation direction detection unit, pick up an image by the image pickup unit, and output an output image corresponding to the observation direction based on the image picked up by the image pickup unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Furukawa, Takuya Imaizumi, Koichi Ito, Akari Hayashi, Tohru Ishibashi, Emi Kondo, Takumi Ishikawa, Takashi Kawakami, Mineo Uchida, Takuma Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11269499
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs control such that an item to be displayed in a display unit is displayed so as to move according to a touch operation, and performs control to not move the position of the item displayed in the display unit even if a touch operation has been started, and, in response to a movement of a touch position having been detected, move the item from the position at which the item was displayed in accordance with a movement amount of the touch position, and after the touch position has been moved, when a position of the touch panel that is in a first direction from a set reference position of the touch panel is tapped, move the item in the first direction by an amount corresponding to a predetermined amount, every time a tap is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Patent number: 11252334
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention controls so that in a case where a first screen is displayed, a first function is executed in response to a first type of operation in which touch is performed again at one location within a first time from touch at one location, and in a case where a second screen is displayed, a second function is executed in response to a second type of operation in which touch is performed at one location, without waiting for the first time to elapse, and a third function is executed in response to a third type of operation in which touch is performed again at two locations within a predetermined time from touch at two locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Patent number: 11050943
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connecting unit (connector) that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit sets a connection mode to any of a plurality of connection modes, including a first connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is not higher than a first gradation resolution is outputted, and a second connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is higher than the first gradation resolution is outputted; and a control unit controls so that in a case where the connection is in the second connection mode and an instruction to switch a first screen including a captured image to a second screen not including a captured image is received, the set connection mode is switched from the second connection mode to the first connection mode, and the second screen is outputted from the connecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Emi Kondo, Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
  • Publication number: 20210173536
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs control such that an item to be displayed in a display unit is displayed so as to move according to a touch operation, and performs control to not move the position of the item displayed in the display unit even if a touch operation has been started, and, in response to a movement of a touch position having been detected, move the item from the position at which the item was displayed in accordance with a movement amount of the touch position, and after the touch position has been moved, when a position of the touch panel that is in a first direction from a set reference position of the touch panel is tapped, move the item in the first direction by an amount corresponding to a predetermined amount, every time a tap is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10986280
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connecting unit (connector) that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit sets a connection mode to any of a plurality of connection modes, including a first connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is not higher than a first gradation resolution is outputted, and a second connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is higher than the first gradation resolution is outputted; and a control unit controls so that in a case where the connection is in the second connection mode and an instruction to switch a first screen including a captured image to a second screen not including a captured image is received, the set connection mode is switched from the second connection mode to the first connection mode, and the second screen is outputted from the connecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Emi Kondo, Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
  • Patent number: 10972674
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a converting unit that converts a first type of image into a converted image; a connecting unit that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit that sets a connection mode; and a control unit that controls so that in a case where the connection is in a first connection mode, the first type of image is outputted from the connecting unit without converting the first type of image by the converting unit, and in a case where the connection is in a second connection mode, the first type of image is converted by the converting unit, and is outputted from the connecting unit, wherein source of the image to be outputted from the connecting unit can be switched from a second type of image to the first type of image, while maintaining the connection in the second connection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Emi Kondo, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
  • Publication number: 20210029299
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention controls so that in a case where a first screen is displayed, a first function is executed in response to a first type of operation in which touch is performed again at one location within a first time from touch at one location, and in a case where a second screen is displayed, a second function is executed in response to a second type of operation in which touch is performed at one location, without waiting for the first time to elapse, and a third function is executed in response to a third type of operation in which touch is performed again at two locations within a predetermined time from touch at two locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10739950
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a registration unit which registers a menu item in a menu having a hierarchical structure, and a display control unit which (i) displays a first-type item and a second-type item as options in a specific layer of the menu, (ii) performs control to display a first menu item in a menu in a lower layer below a layer of the first-type item, the first menu item being used to register a menu item in the same menu and to delete a registered menu item, and (iii) displays a second menu item in a menu in a lower layer below a layer of the second-type item, the second menu item being for deleting a registered menu item that is in the menu in the lower layer below the layer of the first-type item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Emi Kondo, Tomoaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200244860
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connecting unit (connector) that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit sets a connection mode to any of a plurality of connection modes, including a first connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is not higher than a first gradation resolution is outputted, and a second connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is higher than the first gradation resolution is outputted; and a control unit controls so that in a case where the connection is in the second connection mode and an instruction to switch a first screen including a captured image to a second screen not including a captured image is received, the set connection mode is switched from the second connection mode to the first connection mode, and the second screen is outputted from the connecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Emi Kondo, Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
  • Patent number: 10623648
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus capable of restricting the possibility that, in imaging after the orientation of a camera is adjusted, imaging is performed with the camera orientation deviated from the adjusted orientation, includes a display control unit configured to perform control to perform 2-area enlargement display for displaying live view images captured in two different areas horizontally or vertically separated from each other by an imaging unit, side by side on a display unit, and a control unit configured to perform control, in a live view display in a state where the 2-area enlargement display is not performed, not to display a display item for receiving an imaging instruction through a touch operation, and in a case where the 2-area enlargement display is performed, to display the display item for receiving an imaging instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10574896
    Abstract: In order to allow a user to easily confirm whether an image was captured with a camera orientation adjusted as intended, an imaging control apparatus includes a display control unit configured to perform control to present a 2-area enlargement display of displaying live view images captured by two imaging regions in an imaging unit that are separated in a width direction or a height direction while juxtaposing them on a display unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to, after an image is captured according to an imaging instruction issued while the live view images in the 2-area enlargement display are displayed, present a review display of a 2-area enlargement of displaying two regions of the captured image that are separated in the width direction or the height direction while juxtaposing them on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10362206
    Abstract: There is provided an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit. A setting unit sets one of a plurality of focus modes including a manual focus mode (MF mode). A switching unit switches a panning shot assist function between active and inactive. A display control unit carries out control such that first position information indicating a predetermined position in a live view image captured by the image capturing unit is displayed over the live view image in the case where the MF mode is set and the assist function is active, and carries out control such that the first position information is not displayed in the case where the MF mode is set and the assist function is inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20190199901
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connecting unit (connector) that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit sets a connection mode to any of a plurality of connection modes, including a first connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is not higher than a first gradation resolution is outputted, and a second connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is higher than the first gradation resolution is outputted; and a control unit controls so that in a case where the connection is in the second connection mode and an instruction to switch a first screen including a captured image to a second screen not including a captured image is received, the set connection mode is switched from the second connection mode to the first connection mode, and the second screen is outputted from the connecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Emi Kondo, Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
  • Publication number: 20190199904
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a converting unit that converts a first type of image into a converted image; a connecting unit that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit that sets a connection mode; and a control unit that controls so that in a case where the connection is in a first connection mode, the first type of image is outputted from the connecting unit without converting the first type of image by the converting unit, and in a case where the connection is in a second connection mode, the first type of image is converted by the converting unit, and is outputted from the connecting unit, wherein source of the image to be outputted from the connecting unit can be switched from a second type of image to the first type of image, while maintaining the connection in the second connection mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nishiguchi, Emi Kondo, Tomoaki Takahashi, Yosuke Takagi
  • Publication number: 20190179498
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a registration unit which registers a menu item in a menu having a hierarchical structure, and a display control unit which (i) displays a first-type item and a second-type item as options in a specific layer of the menu, (ii) performs control to display a first menu item in a menu in a lower layer below a layer of the first-type item, the first menu item being used to register a menu item in the same menu and to delete a registered menu item, and (iii) displays a second menu item in a menu in a lower layer below a layer of the second-type item, the second menu item being for deleting a registered menu item that is in the menu in the lower layer below the layer of the first-type item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Emi Kondo, Tomoaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10254922
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a registration unit which registers a menu item in a menu having a hierarchical structure, and a display control unit which (i) displays a first-type item and a second-type item as options in a specific layer of the menu, (ii) performs control to display a first menu item in a menu in a lower layer below a layer of the first-type item, the first menu item being used to register a menu item in the same menu and to delete a registered menu item, and (iii) displays a second menu item in a menu in a lower layer below a layer of the second-type item, the second menu item being for deleting a registered menu item that is in the menu in the lower layer below the layer of the first-type item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Emi Kondo, Tomoaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180376055
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a control unit and an acceptance unit to accept an operation to move a selected location on a screen in which items are positioned. When moving a particular item not located in a first direction at an end of selectable locations, the particular item is moved in the first direction. Where the particular item is located in the first direction at the end of the selectable locations, the particular item is not moved. In response to selecting a selectable locations without moving any item, a selected location is moved to a location in the first direction from the location being currently selected. Where the location in the first direction being currently selected is at the end of the selectable locations, the selected location is moved, in a direction opposite the first direction, from the location being currently selected to a location at a selectable locations end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10165175
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a control unit and an acceptance unit to accept an operation to move a selected location on a screen in which items are positioned. When moving a particular item not located in a first direction at an end of selectable locations, the particular item is moved in the first direction. Where the particular item is located in the first direction at the end of the selectable locations, the particular item is not moved. In response to selecting a selectable locations without moving any item, a selected location is moved to a location in the first direction from the location being currently selected. Where the location in the first direction being currently selected is at the end of the selectable locations, the selected location is moved, in a direction opposite the first direction, from the location being currently selected to a location at a selectable locations end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Emi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20180234630
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus capable of restricting the possibility that, in imaging after the orientation of a camera is adjusted, imaging is performed with the camera orientation deviated from the adjusted orientation, includes a display control unit configured to perform control to perform 2-area enlargement display for displaying live view images captured in two different areas horizontally or vertically separated from each other by an imaging unit, side by side on a display unit, and a control unit configured to perform control, in a live view display in a state where the 2-area enlargement display is not performed, not to display a display item for receiving an imaging instruction through a touch operation, and in a case where the 2-area enlargement display is performed, to display the display item for receiving an imaging instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Emi Kondo