Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Takao

Hiroaki Takao 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: 20240056689
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Kentaro TOKIWA, Hirofumi HORII, Yuichi FUJIMURA, Takeshi MISAWA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Patent number: 11838642
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takao, Kentaro Tokiwa, Hirofumi Horii, Yuichi Fujimura, Takeshi Misawa, Atsushi Misawa
  • Publication number: 20220337733
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Kentaro TOKIWA, Hirofumi HORII, Yuichi FUJIMURA, Takeshi MISAWA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Patent number: 11477389
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takao, Kentaro Tokiwa, Hirofumi Horii, Yuichi Fujimura, Takeshi Misawa, Atsushi Misawa
  • Publication number: 20220256067
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Kentaro TOKIWA, Hirofumi HORII, Yuichi FUJIMURA, Takeshi MISAWA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Patent number: 11330188
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takao, Kentaro Tokiwa, Hirofumi Horii, Yuichi Fujimura, Takeshi Misawa, Atsushi Misawa
  • Publication number: 20210014400
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Kentaro TOKIWA, Hirofumi HORII, Yuichi FUJIMURA, Takeshi MISAWA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Patent number: 10873705
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takao, Kentaro Tokiwa, Hirofumi Horii, Yuichi Fujimura, Takeshi Misawa, Atsushi Misawa
  • Publication number: 20200177783
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Kentaro TOKIWA, Hirofumi HORII, Yuichi FUJIMURA, Takeshi MISAWA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Patent number: 10616494
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takao, Kentaro Tokiwa, Hirofumi Horii, Yuichi Fujimura, Takeshi Misawa, Atsushi Misawa
  • Patent number: 10215557
    Abstract: Disclosed are a distance image acquisition apparatus and a distance image acquisition method capable of acquiring a distance image with satisfactory accuracy based on a first pattern projected from a host apparatus even in a case where patterns of structured light having the same shape are projected simultaneously from the host apparatus and another apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takao, Takeshi Misawa, Takeshi Kamiya, Tomonori Masuda, Koudai Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190014248
    Abstract: There is provided a camera of which operability is good regardless of the brightness of the surrounding environment. The brightness of the surrounding environment is detected by a brightness detection unit provided in a camera. The contents of settings of the camera are displayed on a sub-display 18 in a situation in which the surrounding environment is bright. The contents of settings of the camera and an image representing the set state of a shutter speed dial 33 are displayed on the sub-display 18 in a case in which the surrounding environment is dark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Kentaro TOKIWA, Hirofumi HORII, Yuichi FUJIMURA, Takeshi MISAWA, Atsushi MISAWA
  • Patent number: 10041784
    Abstract: A distance image acquisition apparatus includes a projection unit which performs a plurality of times of light emission with a plurality of light emission intensities to project a first pattern of structured light onto a subject within a distance measurement region, an imaging unit which is provided in parallel with and apart from the projection unit by a baseline length, images the subject in synchronization with each of the plurality of times of light emission, and generates a plurality of captured images corresponding to the plurality of light emission intensities, a normalization unit which normalizes a plurality of captured images with coefficients corresponding to the plurality of light emission intensities to acquire a plurality of normalized images, a discrimination unit which compares a plurality of normalized images and discriminates the first pattern projected from the projection unit, and a distance image acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takao, Takeshi Misawa, Takeshi Kamiya, Tomonori Masuda, Koudai Fujita
  • Patent number: 9953433
    Abstract: A distance image acquisition apparatus includes a projection unit which projects a first pattern of structured light in a plurality of wavelength bandwidths, an imaging unit which is provided in parallel with and apart from the projection unit by a baseline length, performs imaging with sensitivities to a plurality of wavelength bandwidths, and generates a plurality of captured images corresponding to a plurality of wavelength bandwidths, a determination unit which determines whether or not a second pattern of structured light projected from another distance image acquisition apparatus is included in the captured images, and a pattern extraction unit which extracts the first pattern from a captured image determined as the second pattern being not included by the determination unit, and a distance image acquisition unit which acquires a distance image indicating a distance of a subject within a distance measurement region based on the first pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takao, Takeshi Misawa, Takeshi Kamiya, Tomonori Masuda, Koudai Fujita
  • Patent number: 9927223
    Abstract: The distance image acquisition apparatus (10) includes a projection unit (12) which projects a first pattern of structured light distributed in a two-dimensional manner with respect to a subject within a distance measurement region, a light modulation unit (22) which spatially modulates the first pattern projected from the projection unit (12), an imaging unit (14) which is provided in parallel with and apart from the projection unit (12) by a baseline length, and captures an image including the first pattern reflected from the subject within the distance measurement region, a pattern extraction unit (20A) which extracts the first pattern spatially modulated by the light modulation unit (22) from the image captured by the imaging unit (14), and a distance image acquisition unit (20B) which acquires a distance image indicating a distance of the subject within the distance measurement region based on the first pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takao, Takeshi Misawa, Takeshi Kamiya, Tomonori Masuda, Koudai Fujita
  • Publication number: 20180080761
    Abstract: Disclosed are a distance image acquisition apparatus and a distance image acquisition method capable of acquiring a distance image with satisfactory accuracy based on a first pattern projected from a host apparatus even in a case where patterns of structured light having the same shape are projected simultaneously from the host apparatus and another apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Takeshi MISAWA, Takeshi KAMIYA, Tomonori MASUDA, Koudai FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20180073873
    Abstract: A distance image acquisition apparatus includes a projection unit which performs a plurality of times of light emission with a plurality of light emission intensities to project a first pattern of structured light onto a subject within a distance measurement region, an imaging unit which is provided in parallel with and apart from the projection unit by a baseline length, images the subject in synchronization with each of the plurality of times of light emission, and generates a plurality of captured images corresponding to the plurality of light emission intensities, a normalization unit which normalizes a plurality of captured images with coefficients corresponding to the plurality of light emission intensities to acquire a plurality of normalized images, a discrimination unit which compares a plurality of normalized images and discriminates the first pattern projected from the projection unit, and a distance image acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Takeshi MISAWA, Takeshi KAMIYA, Tomonori MASUDA, Koudai FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20180012372
    Abstract: A distance image acquisition apparatus includes a projection unit which projects a first pattern of structured light in a plurality of wavelength bandwidths, an imaging unit which is provided in parallel with and apart from the projection unit by a baseline length, performs imaging with sensitivities to a plurality of wavelength bandwidths, and generates a plurality of captured images corresponding to a plurality of wavelength bandwidths, a determination unit which determines whether or not a second pattern of structured light projected from another distance image acquisition apparatus is included in the captured images, and a pattern extraction unit which extracts the first pattern from a captured image determined as the second pattern being not included by the determination unit, and a distance image acquisition unit which acquires a distance image indicating a distance of a subject within a distance measurement region based on the first pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Takeshi MISAWA, Takeshi KAMIYA, Tomonori MASUDA, Koudai FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20180010903
    Abstract: The distance image acquisition apparatus (10) includes a projection unit (12) which projects a first pattern of structured light distributed in a two-dimensional manner with respect to a subject within a distance measurement region, a light modulation unit (22) which spatially modulates the first pattern projected from the projection unit (12), an imaging unit (14) which is provided in parallel with and apart from the projection unit (12) by a baseline length, and captures an image including the first pattern reflected from the subject within the distance measurement region, a pattern extraction unit (20A) which extracts the first pattern spatially modulated by the light modulation unit (22) from the image captured by the imaging unit (14), and a distance image acquisition unit (20B) which acquires a distance image indicating a distance of the subject within the distance measurement region based on the first pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAO, Takeshi MISAWA, Takeshi KAMIYA, Tomonori MASUDA, Koudai FUJITA
  • Patent number: 7692260
    Abstract: A light shielding film, an insulating layer, a planarizing layer, and a color filter are formed consecutively on a semiconductor substrate having plural photodiodes in a matrix arrangement. A transparent conductive film is formed on the color filter, and micro-lenses are formed directly on the conductive film such that they reside above each photodiode. Static charges on a surface of each micro-lens are discharged to the conductive film, and static charge buildup on the micro-lenses is therefore prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takao