Patents by Inventor Gou Yamashita

Gou Yamashita 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: 11731173
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection element including a detection surface, including a first cleaner configured to perform cleaning, and configured to clean the detection surface by using a first cleaning portion, a second cleaner, and configured to clean the detection surface by using a second cleaning portion, a driver to which the first cleaner and the second cleaner are attached and configured to move to approach or recede from the detection surface in a state where the first cleaner and the second cleaner are attached to the driver, and a control unit configured to control each of the first cleaner, the second cleaner, and the driver, wherein the control unit controls, based on the received setting, a cleaning order and/or a number of cleaning operations of the cleaning performed by the first cleaner and the cleaning performed by the second cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keita Hirayama, Gou Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11556003
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection surface of a detection element includes a first cleaning member, a second cleaning member, a driving device, to which the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member are attached, configured to drive the first and second cleaning members to approach and recede from the detection surface, and a control unit configured to control the first and second cleaning members and the driving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiichi Arakawa, Gou Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210400192
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a composition unit configured to composite a plurality of captured images to generate a composite image, a recording control unit configured to record the captured images or the composite image as a recorded image in a recording unit, and a determination unit configured to determine an imaging mode or a method of composition performed by the composition unit, in which the recording control unit records type data determined on the basis of a result of the determination in association with the recorded image that is captured or composited according to the imaging mode or the method of composition determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Akimitsu Yoshida, Hideki Kadoi, Gou Yamashita, Nobukazu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200030857
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection element including a detection surface, including a first cleaner configured to perform cleaning, and configured to clean the detection surface by using a first cleaning portion, a second cleaner, and configured to clean the detection surface by using a second cleaning portion, a driver to which the first cleaner and the second cleaner are attached and configured to move to approach or recede from the detection surface in a state where the first cleaner and the second cleaner are attached to the driver, and a control unit configured to control each of the first cleaner, the second cleaner, and the driver, wherein the control unit controls, based on the received setting, a cleaning order and/or a number of cleaning operations of the cleaning performed by the first cleaner and the cleaning performed by the second cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Keita Hirayama, Gou Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20200033594
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection surface of a detection element includes a first cleaning member, a second cleaning member, a driving device, to which the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member are attached, configured to drive the first and second cleaning members to approach and recede from the detection surface, and a control unit configured to control the first and second cleaning members and the driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Seiichi Arakawa, Gou Yamashita