Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Uwabu

Hitoshi Uwabu 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).

  • Digital camera for taking a stereoscopic pair of images
    Patent number: 7181061
    Abstract: The digital camera being capable of recording stereoscopic first and second still images includes an imaging device that captures the first and second still images in this order, a display unit that displays a moving image captured by the imaging device to allow framing an image to be taken. The display unit superimpose a framing assisting pattern on the moving image to facilitate the framing of the image to be taken. A grid pattern may be utilized as the framing assisting pattern. After the first still image is captured, the display unit displays the first still image, with the framing assisting pattern superimposed thereon, besides the moving image after said first still image is captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: PENTAX Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kawano, Tadayuki Kirigaya, Hitoshi Uwabu, Toshio Masuda
  • Digital camera for taking a stereoscopic pair of images
    Publication number: 20030152263
    Abstract: The digital camera being capable of recording stereoscopic first and second still images includes an imaging device that captures the first and second still images in this order, a display unit that displays a moving image captured by the imaging device to allow framing an image to be taken. The display unit superimpose a framing assisting pattern on the moving image to facilitate the framing of the image to be taken. A grid pattern may be utilized as the framing assisting pattern. After the first still image is captured, the display unit displays the first still image, with the framing assisting pattern superimposed thereon, besides the moving image after said first still image is captured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: PENTAX Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kawano, Tadayuki Kirigaya, Hitoshi Uwabu, Toshio Masuda