Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Izuoka

Hirokazu Izuoka 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: 12047675
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus attachable to an accessory includes a power supply unit, and a control unit for controlling the power supply unit. The electronic apparatus can transition from a normal operating state to a power-saving state that includes a first power-saving state in which a power supply switch of the electronic apparatus is turned off, and a second power-saving state in which a non-operating state continues for a predetermined time. The control unit receives first information indicating whether or not the power supply from the electronic apparatus to the accessory is requested in the first power-saving state, and second information indicating whether or not the power supply from the electronic apparatus to the accessory is requested in the second power-saving state. The control unit causes the power supply unit to supply the power in the power-saving state where the power supply is requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Yuki Tsujimoto, Tsuyoshi Fujisaki, Takayuki Hoshina
  • Patent number: 11990775
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first authentication unit that performs an authentication process for determining whether an external apparatus is a predetermined external apparatus, a second authentication unit that performs an authentication process for determining whether a battery connected to the external apparatus is a predetermined battery, and a control unit that permits the battery to be discharged but restricts the battery from being charged regardless of whether the battery is the predetermined battery, in a case where the external apparatus is not authenticated as the predetermined external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kento Inai, Hiroshi Moritomo, Sho Ichikawa, Kenichirou Hayashi, Shigeo Aoyagi, Sayaka Kumon, Hirokazu Izuoka, Akira Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11622074
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus connectable to an external electronic apparatus and storing at least one power supply for operating the external electronic apparatus includes a connection interface that is connected to the external electronic apparatus, and at least one processor configured to control the electronic apparatus. Power of the at least one power supply is supplied to the external electronic apparatus via the connection interface. The at least one processor controls the external electronic apparatus by using power received from the external electronic apparatus via the connection interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichirou Hayashi, Kento Inai, Hiroshi Moritomo, Hirokazu Izuoka, Sayaka Kumon, Akira Matsuo, Sho Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11592885
    Abstract: A device includes a load test unit that determines whether to permit startup of the device using power of a battery supplying power to the device, and a control unit that starts up the device in a case where it is determined to permit startup of the device using the battery and a first voltage is requested of a power supply apparatus to restrict power received from the power supply apparatus. The control unit cancels the restriction of the received power in a case where a notification of completion of connection is received from the power supply apparatus, after the device is started up and a second voltage is requested of the power supply apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Moritomo, Kento Inai, Sayaka Kumon, Hirokazu Izuoka, Akira Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11569672
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a connection unit and a control unit. The control unit enables a power supply path for supplying power from a first battery connected to an external device to the electronic device and enables a power supply path for supplying power from a second battery connected to the external device to a predetermined functional unit of the external device, in a case where the first battery or the second battery connected to the external device is not charged. The control unit disables a power supply path for supplying power from the second battery connected to the external device to the predetermined functional unit and enables a power supply path for supplying power from the electronic device to the first battery or the second battery, in a case where the first battery or the second battery connected to the external device is charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Ichikawa, Kento Inai, Hiroshi Moritomo, Kenichirou Hayashi, Shigeo Aoyagi, Sayaka Kumon, Hirokazu Izuoka, Akira Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20220345637
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus attachable to an accessory includes a power supply unit, and a control unit for controlling the power supply unit. The electronic apparatus can transition from a normal operating state to a power-saving state that includes a first power-saving state in which a power supply switch of the electronic apparatus is turned off, and a second power-saving state in which a non-operating state continues for a predetermined time. The control unit receives first information indicating whether or not the power supply from the electronic apparatus to the accessory is requested in the first power-saving state, and second information indicating whether or not the power supply from the electronic apparatus to the accessory is requested in the second power-saving state. The control unit causes the power supply unit to supply the power in the power-saving state where the power supply is requested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Yuki Tsujimoto, Tsuyoshi Fujisaki, Takayuki Hoshina
  • Patent number: 11252322
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a detecting unit configured to detect a movement operation involving a movement of an operating body; and a control unit configured to perform control such that in a first case where a number of candidates as a selected position for a predetermined function is a first number, the selected position for the predetermined function is moved in accordance with an operation amount of the movement operation exceeding a first threshold, and in a second case where the number of candidates as the selected position for the predetermined function is a second number, the selected position for the predetermined function is moved in accordance with the movement operation even when the operation amount of the movement operation does not exceed the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Tatsuya Ehira
  • Patent number: 11179803
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a light source, a laser head configured to emit a laser beam, a robot configured to move the laser head, and a control apparatus configured to control start and stop of generation of the laser beam and control operation of the robot. The control apparatus controls the light source to generate the laser beam when a first time has elapsed after causing the robot to start an operation of accelerating the laser head such that a movement speed of the laser head with respect to a processing target object reaches a constant target speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Mizuno, Hirokazu Izuoka, Teppei Agawa
  • Publication number: 20210344210
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a connection unit and a control unit. The control unit enables a power supply path for supplying power from a first battery connected to an external device to the electronic device and enables a power supply path for supplying power from a second battery connected to the external device to a predetermined functional unit of the external device, in a case where the first battery or the second battery connected to the external device is not charged. The control unit disables a power supply path for supplying power from the second battery connected to the external device to the predetermined functional unit and enables a power supply path for supplying power from the electronic device to the first battery or the second battery, in a case where the first battery or the second battery connected to the external device is charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Sho Ichikawa, Kento Inai, Hiroshi Moritomo, Kenichirou Hayashi, Shigeo Aoyagi, Sayaka Kumon, Hirokazu Izuoka, Akira Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20210333856
    Abstract: A device includes a load test unit that determines whether to permit startup of the device using power of a battery supplying power to the device, and a control unit that starts up the device in a case where it is determined to permit startup of the device using the battery and a first voltage is requested of a power supply apparatus to restrict power received from the power supply apparatus. The control unit cancels the restriction of the received power in a case where a notification of completion of connection is received from the power supply apparatus, after the device is started up and a second voltage is requested of the power supply apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi Moritomo, Kento Inai, Sayaka Kumon, Hirokazu Izuoka, Akira Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20210336459
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first authentication unit that performs an authentication process for determining whether an external apparatus is a predetermined external apparatus, a second authentication unit that performs an authentication process for determining whether a battery connected to the external apparatus is a predetermined battery, and a control unit that permits the battery to be discharged but restricts the battery from being charged regardless of whether the battery is the predetermined battery, in a case where the external apparatus is not authenticated as the predetermined external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Kento Inai, Hiroshi Moritomo, Sho Ichikawa, Kenichirou Hayashi, Shigeo Aoyagi, Sayaka Kumon, Hirokazu Izuoka, Akira Matsuo
  • 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: 20210195104
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus connectable to an external electronic apparatus and storing at least one power supply for operating the external electronic apparatus includes a connection interface that is connected to the external electronic apparatus, and at least one processor configured to control the electronic apparatus. Power of the at least one power supply is supplied to the external electronic apparatus via the connection interface. The at least one processor controls the external electronic apparatus by using power received from the external electronic apparatus via the connection interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichirou Hayashi, Kento Inai, Hiroshi Moritomo, Hirokazu Izuoka, Sayaka Kumon, Akira Matsuo, Sho Ichikawa
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200379624
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a touch detector configured to detect a touch; and a control unit configured to, in a case where a touch is not released and an increase in a touch area from a first time point to a second time point is greater than a predetermined increase, after the second time point, not control so that a function corresponding to a movement of a touch position is executed when a difference between the touch position at the first time point and a corrected position obtained by correcting a current touch position toward the touch position at the first time point is less than a threshold value, and control so that the function corresponding to the movement of the touch position is executed when the difference is greater than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Hirokazu Izuoka
  • Patent number: 10852881
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a touch detector; and a control unit: (1) to execute a first function in response to movement by a predetermined distance in a first direction and to update the reference position when a detected touch position has moved in the first direction, (2) to execute a second function in response to movement by the predetermined distance in a second direction and to update the reference position when the detected touch position has moved in the second direction and the detected touch position after the movement is in the first region, and (3) not to execute the second function and not to update the reference position even if a movement distance reaches the predetermined distance when the detected touch position has moved in the second direction and the detected touch position after the movement is in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiro Masuyama, Jun Kamiya, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka
  • Publication number: 20200341627
    Abstract: An electronic device includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a detecting unit configured to detect a movement operation involving a movement of an operating body; and a control unit configured to perform control so as to move a selected position in a case where an operation amount of the movement operation exceeds a threshold, the control unit performing control so that if the movement operation is performed in a first direction, the selected position is moved in a direction corresponding to the first direction in a case where the operation amount exceeds a first threshold, and if the movement operation is performed in a second direction, the selected position is moved in a direction corresponding to the second direction in a case where the operation amount exceeds a second threshold, the second threshold being smaller than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ehira, Hirokazu Izuoka
  • Publication number: 20200344408
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a detecting unit configured to detect a movement operation involving a movement of an operating body; and a control unit configured to perform control such that in a first case where a number of candidates as a selected position for a predetermined function is a first number, the selected position for the predetermined function is moved in accordance with an operation amount of the movement operation exceeding a first threshold, and in a second case where the number of candidates as the selected position for the predetermined function is a second number, the selected position for the predetermined function is moved in accordance with the movement operation even when the operation amount of the movement operation does not exceed the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Tatsuya Ehira
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200004373
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a touch detector; and a control unit: (1) to execute a first function in response to movement by a predetermined distance in a first direction and to update the reference position when a detected touch position has moved in the first direction, (2) to execute a second function in response to movement by the predetermined distance in a second direction and to update the reference position when the detected touch position has moved in the second direction and the detected touch position after the movement is in the first region, and (3) not to execute the second function and not to update the reference position even if a movement distance reaches the predetermined distance when the detected touch position has moved in the second direction and the detected touch position after the movement is in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kimihiro Masuyama, Jun Kamiya, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka