Patents by Inventor Hirotake Nozaki

Hirotake Nozaki 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: 20090066815
    Abstract: A digital camera system capable of operating by detecting a feature point, which has not been accomplished, in addition to ordinary functions of a conventional camera is provided. According to an aspect of the present invention, a digital camera system includes a detecting means that detects a given feature point from an image data, a receiving means that receives an order from a user, a selecting means that selects each feature point in accordance with a given order instructed by the receiving means when a plurality of feature points are detected, and a display that displays feature point information identifying the feature point selected by the selecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Hideo Hibino, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Norikazu Yokonuma, Satoshi Ejima, Tadashi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20090051515
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus mounted on a vehicle and imaging a vicinity of the vehicle, includes a photographic lens, an image pickup device, an image processing section, an accident detection sensor, a controlling section, and a recording section. The image pickup device generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion of an object image based on a light flux from the photographic lens. The image processing section generates moving image data during vehicle driving based on an image signal. The accident detection sensor detects an accident occurrence based on a shock to the vehicle. The controlling section makes the image processing section generate accident image data representing an accident situation based on an output of the accident detection sensor in a manner different from that in a normal situation. Then, the accident image data is recorded in the recording section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Hirotake Nozaki, Setsu Mitsuhashi
  • Publication number: 20090036158
    Abstract: A projector-attached electronic equipment includes: a projection device that projects an optical image; a judging device that judges whether to perform projection by the projection device according to a state of the electronic equipment; and a projection control device. The projection control device, (1) when it is judged by the judging device that projection is possible, controls the projection device to start projection in response to an instruction for projection from a projection instruction member while controls the projection device to terminate projection in response to an instruction for terminating projection, and (2) when it is judged by the judging device that projection is impossible, if projection is being performed, controls the projection device to terminate the projection being performed while, if no projection is being performed, controls the projection device to prohibit start of the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Hirotake Nozaki, Setsu Mitsuhashi, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20090033888
    Abstract: A projecting apparatus includes: a projection unit that projects an image formed by an optical image formation element; an attitude detection device that detects an attitude of the projection unit, and outputs a detection signal; and a rotation device that rotates a projected image that is projected from the projection unit, according to a detection signal from the attitude detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20090033785
    Abstract: A projection device with a display monitor includes: a projection section that projects an optical image for display; a display monitor that displays a reproduced image; and a display controlling unit that individually controls both the projection section and the display monitor in response to an instruction to perform both a display by the display monitor and a projection display by the projection section so as to differentiate a display mode of the projection display and a display mode of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Hirotake Nozaki, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20090021946
    Abstract: A projection device includes: a plate shaped member that is thermally conductive; a light emitting element that is disposed upon the plate shaped member and emits light; a bending member that bends light from the light emitting element into an orientation parallel to the plate shaped member; a modulation element that modulates light bent by the bending member; and a polarized light separation element that bends light modulated by the modulation element into an orientation going away from the plate shaped member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Nobuhiro Fujinawa
  • Publication number: 20090021593
    Abstract: When at least a portion of an aperture of a lens part is covered with some object, both adjusting of the sensitivity of an image pickup part and display of “though image” are inhibited. Also, it is able to shorten a length of time for which the camera enters into a power saving mode, and to prevent capture of improper images. Provided herein is a determining unit for determining whether at least a portion of the aperture of the lens part is covered. When the determining unit determines that it is covered, the camera inhibits the sensitivity adjustment of the image pickup part and the display of “though image”, shortens the length of time after which the camera enters into the power saving mode, interrupts shooting or continuous shooting, or a movie imaging, and inhibits a flash emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirotake Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20090016710
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a projection unit that projects an optical image; a photometric unit that measures brightness of an environment in which the projection unit projects the optical image; and a projection control unit that stops projection by the projection unit, if the brightness measured by the photometric unit exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Nobuhiro Fujinawa
  • Publication number: 20090009629
    Abstract: An electronic camera of the present invention includes: an imaging unit capturing a subject to generate an original image; a derivative image generating unit reducing resolution or color of the original image to generate a derivative image for transfer; a recording unit recording the original image and the derivative image thereon such that the original image and the derivative image get associated with each other; and a transfer unit transferring the derivative image recorded on the recording unit to an external transfer destination. In this configuration, the recording unit finds the derivative image (original image) by referring to the association with the original image (or derivative image), thereby collectively managing the original image and the derivative image. This makes it possible to prevent a user from being confused at image management due to the original image and the derivative image being the same image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ejima, Kazuya Umeyama, Takumi Kawahara, Toshihisa Kuroiwa, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Hirotake Nozaki, Tomoaki Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20080309795
    Abstract: An image reproducing apparatus includes: an image storage device that stores image data having been read into the image reproducing apparatus; an image output device that outputs the image data stored in the image storage device to a display device; an image selection device that selects an image from the image data; and an image extraction device that extracts from the image data a plurality of images satisfying a condition equivalent to a condition of the image having been selected by the image selection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Setsu Mitsuhashi, Hirotake Nozaki, Kenji Hori, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20080297729
    Abstract: A projector includes: an image creation unit that projects image information upon a screen, comprising a plurality of picture elements that create an image pattern corresponding to the image information; and an illumination unit in which light emitting members are disposed upon a vertical plane with respect to an optical axis which passes through a center of the image creation unit, at equal distances from the optical axis and moreover in different locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Hirotake Nozaki, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tadashi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20080278586
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera capable of outputting image information suitable for using by peripherals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kazami, Hirotake Nozaki, Masahide Tanaka, Nobuyuki Kato, Akira Ohmura, Tadashi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20080259289
    Abstract: A projector device that generates a projection image, photographs this projection image and performs various adjustments to the projection image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Tadashi Ohta, Setsu Mitsuhashi, Keiichi Nitta, Akira Ohmura, Nobuhiro Fujinawa
  • Publication number: 20080252772
    Abstract: When at least a portion of an aperture of a lens part is covered with some object, both adjusting of the sensitivity of an image pickup part and display of “though image” are inhibited. Also, it is able to shorten a length of time for which the camera enters into a power saving mode, and to prevent capture of improper images. Provided herein is a determining unit for determining whether at least a portion of the aperture of the lens part is covered. When the determining unit determines that it is covered, the camera inhibits the sensitivity adjustment of the image pickup part and the display of “though image”, shortens the length of time after which the camera enters into the power saving mode, interrupts shooting or continuous shooting, or a movie imaging, and inhibits a flash emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirotake Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20080211927
    Abstract: A digital camera comprises an imaging device; an internal memory; an attachment device that attaches a storage medium; a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting overwrite; and a record control device that controls so as to store image data taken by the imaging device in the storage medium attached to the attachment device. When the medium detector detects that the storage medium attached to the attachment device is the storage medium limiting overwrite, the record control device controls so as to store data management information of the image data recorded in the storage medium limiting overwrite in the internal memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20080094579
    Abstract: A projector device includes: an image generation unit that generates an image; an irradiation unit that irradiates light for projecting the image generated by the image generation unit upon a projection surface; and a change unit that changes luminance of the light irradiated from the irradiation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Setsu Mitsuhashi, Hirotake Nozaki, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20080049192
    Abstract: A portable telephone device with incorporated projector 10 displays the contents of a received email upon a main liquid crystal display device 204. When a projection switch of a projector module 6 (FIG. 1) is ON, instead of providing this display upon the main liquid crystal display device 204, it is projected by a projector module 6. During this projection with the projector module 6, the display of the main liquid crystal display device 204 is turned OFF. In the projector module 6, there is included a liquid crystal panel 62 (FIG. 2) which projects a greater number of characters, as compared to the display screen of the main liquid crystal display device 204 upon which the number of characters displayed vertically and horizontally is 10×10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Akira Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20080049200
    Abstract: An cradle 100 equipped with a projector commands the power supply to an electronic camera 200 that is mounted on the cradle 100 to be turned on and the display of a main liquid crystal display 201 to be turned off in response to an on signal from a projection switch 101. A CPU 131 (FIG. 2) is provided in the cradle 100, and the CPU 131 (FIG. 2) performs expansion processing on the image data transmitted to the cradle 100 from the electronic camera 200 if the image data is compressed. The CPU 131 (FIG. 2) of the cradle 100 performs resizing processing on the image data having been expanded according to a projection resolution of the projector unit and records the resized data in a memory card. The CPU 131 reads out the resized image data from the memory card and performs replay processing to project the image data via the projector unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Nobuhiro Fujinawa
  • Publication number: 20080024738
    Abstract: A projector device, includes: a projector unit, including a light source and a projection lens whose focal position is variable, that projects an image upon a projection surface with a light flux outputted from the light source that passes through the projection lens; an image-capturing unit, including a photographic lens whose focal position is variable, that captures an image of a subject with a light flux from the exterior that passes through the photographic lens; and a single drive source that generates drive force for changing both the focal position of the projection lens and the focal position of the photographic lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Nobuhiro Fujinawa
  • Publication number: 20080007486
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first display unit that provides a light emitting display by individually controlling a light emitting quantity for each pixel; and a second display unit that allows either a transmitting state for transmitting ambient light or a reflecting state for reflecting the ambient light to be selected in correspondence to each pixel and brings up a display by assuming a specific combination of a transmitting area and a reflecting area, and the second display unit is layered over the first display unit so that the first display unit can be viewed through the transmitting area at the second display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Hirotake Nozaki