Patents by Inventor Ippei Uchida
Ippei Uchida 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).
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Patent number: 12363426Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a remaining time representing a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to set any of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode having power consumption of the electronic apparatus that is lower than power consumption of the electronic apparatus in the first mode, wherein the control unit performs processing to provide notification to prompt a user to switch from the first mode to the second mode in a case where the remaining time corresponding to the information acquired by the acquisition unit is less than a threshold and a predetermined condition for switching from the first mode to the second mode is satisfied in the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshimichi Ise, Satsuki Tomizawa, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
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Publication number: 20240080548Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a remaining time representing a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to set any of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode having power consumption of the electronic apparatus that is lower than power consumption of the electronic apparatus in the first mode, wherein the control unit performs processing to provide notification to prompt a user to switch from the first mode to the second mode in a case where the remaining time corresponding to the information acquired by the acquisition unit is less than a threshold and a predetermined condition for switching from the first mode to the second mode is satisfied in the first mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Toshimichi Ise, Satsuki Tomizawa, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
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Patent number: 11910084Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention sets a power mode of the electronic apparatus from among a plurality of power modes including a first power mode and a second power mode having maximum power consumption lower than maximum power consumption of the first power mode; determines, on a basis of a present power mode, a calculation method for calculating a remaining time which is a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; acquires the remaining time from information on a remaining amount of a battery supplying power to the electronic apparatus; switches from the second power mode to the first power mode according to an instruction from a user if a switching condition for switching to the first power mode is satisfied; and does not switch from the second power mode to the first power mode according to the instruction if the switching condition is not satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Miho Konta, Takashi Hasegawa, Ippei Uchida, Satsuki Tomizawa, Toshimichi Ise
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Patent number: 11843855Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a remaining time representing a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to set any of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode having power consumption of the electronic apparatus that is lower than power consumption of the electronic apparatus in the first mode, wherein the control unit performs processing to provide notification to prompt a user to switch from the first mode to the second mode in a case where the remaining time corresponding to the information acquired by the acquisition unit is less than a threshold and a predetermined condition for switching from the first mode to the second mode is satisfied in the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshimichi Ise, Satsuki Tomizawa, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
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Patent number: 11825193Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an instruction from a user; a control unit configured to perform control to set an operating mode of the electronic apparatus to any of a plurality of operating modes including a first mode and a second mode having maximum power consumption lower than maximum power consumption of the first mode according to the instruction from the user, wherein part of a plurality of functions of the electronic apparatus that are available in the first mode are unavailable in the second mode; and a notification unit configured to notify the user of functions unavailable in the second mode among the plurality of functions available in the first mode according to a reception of the instruction to set the operating mode of the electronic apparatus from the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satsuki Tomizawa, Toshimichi Ise, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
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Publication number: 20230037190Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a remaining time representing a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform control to set any of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode having power consumption of the electronic apparatus that is lower than power consumption of the electronic apparatus in the first mode, wherein the control unit performs processing to provide notification to prompt a user to switch from the first mode to the second mode in a case where the remaining time corresponding to the information acquired by the acquisition unit is less than a threshold and a predetermined condition for switching from the first mode to the second mode is satisfied in the first mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Toshimichi Ise, Satsuki Tomizawa, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
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Publication number: 20230032567Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention sets a power mode of the electronic apparatus from among a plurality of power modes including a first power mode and a second power mode having maximum power consumption lower than maximum power consumption of the first power mode; determines, on a basis of a present power mode, a calculation method for calculating a remaining time which is a remaining usable time of the electronic apparatus; acquires the remaining time from information on a remaining amount of a battery supplying power to the electronic apparatus; switches from the second power mode to the first power mode according to an instruction from a user if a switching condition for switching to the first power mode is satisfied; and does not switch from the second power mode to the first power mode according to the instruction if the switching condition is not satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Miho Konta, Takashi Hasegawa, Ippei Uchida, Satsuki Tomizawa, Toshimichi Ise
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Publication number: 20230036096Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an instruction from a user; a control unit configured to perform control to set an operating mode of the electronic apparatus to any of a plurality of operating modes including a first mode and a second mode having maximum power consumption lower than maximum power consumption of the first mode according to the instruction from the user, wherein part of a plurality of functions of the electronic apparatus that are available in the first mode are unavailable in the second mode; and a notification unit configured to notify the user of functions unavailable in the second mode among the plurality of functions available in the first mode according to a reception of the instruction to set the operating mode of the electronic apparatus from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Satsuki Tomizawa, Toshimichi Ise, Ippei Uchida, Takashi Hasegawa, Miho Konta
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Patent number: 10638021Abstract: A measurement device for measuring a position of an object, includes an illuminator configured to illuminate the object, an image capturing device configured to capture the object illuminated by the illuminator, a calculator configured to obtain the position of the object based on an image obtained by the image capturing device, and a controller configured to control the illuminator and the image capturing unit. The controller outputs timing information indicating a timing determined in accordance with a measurement period that is an overlapping period of an illumination period for causing the illuminator to illuminate the object and an image capturing period for causing the image capturing device to capture the object.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ippei Uchida, Michio Yanagisawa
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Publication number: 20180262656Abstract: A measurement device for measuring a position of an object, includes an illuminator configured to illuminate the object, an image capturing device configured to capture the object illuminated by the illuminator, a calculator configured to obtain the position of the object based on an image obtained by the image capturing device, and a controller configured to control the illuminator and the image capturing unit. The controller outputs timing information indicating a timing determined in accordance with a measurement period that is an overlapping period of an illumination period for causing the illuminator to illuminate the object and an image capturing period for causing the image capturing device to capture the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Ippei Uchida, Michio Yanagisawa
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Publication number: 20140244196Abstract: Provided is a measuring apparatus that measures a position or a displacement of a target object by calculating a phase difference between a reference signal and a measuring signal. The measuring apparatus includes a demodulation unit configured to demodulate the measuring signal by the first frequency to thereby generate a demodulated signal including the component of the second frequency, a cyclic error component, and a harmonic component occurred due to demodulation; a decimation filter configured to remove the harmonic component from the demodulated signal to thereby output a signal including the component of the second frequency and the cyclic error component; and a measuring signal correcting unit configured to detect and remove the cyclic error component included in the output signal from the decimation filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ippei Uchida, Yoshiyuki Okada