Patents by Inventor Junichi Imamiya

Junichi Imamiya 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: 20260205691
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Patent number: 12634580
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device configured to photoelectrically convert a first optical image formed by a first imaging optical system, and configured to also photoelectrically convert a second optical image formed by a second imaging optical system arranged in parallel with the first optical system, a calculating unit configured to calculate a three-dimensional range, which is a range of a subject distance of the image capturing device in which a three-dimensional image looks three-dimensional, and a control unit configured to control the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system to limit a range of a subject distance in which automatic focusing of the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system is performed to within the three-dimensional range and perform automatic focusing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Imamiya, Tsukasa Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 12621567
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Publication number: 20260039955
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of visually indicates to a user whether or not execution of autofocusing at a set position is possible is provided. The apparatus includes a pickup device, and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit configured to function as a setting unit that sets a focus adjustment region, a detecting unit that detects a defocusing amount of an optical system, a determining unit that determines whether or not focus adjustment in the focus adjustment region is possible based on the defocusing amount, and a control unit that switches a display of a live view image between an unmagnification display and an enlargement display. The control unit varies a display method of the focus adjustment region between the unmagnification display and the enlargement display in accordance with to a determination result obtained by the determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventor: JUNICHI IMAMIYA
  • Patent number: 12470819
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of visually indicates to a user whether or not execution of autofocusing at a set position is possible is provided. The apparatus includes a pickup device, and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit configured to function as a setting unit that sets a focus adjustment region, a detecting unit that detects a defocusing amount of an optical system, a determining unit that determines whether or not focus adjustment in the focus adjustment region is possible based on the defocusing amount, and a control unit that switches a display of a live view image between an unmagnification display and an enlargement display. The control unit varies a display method of the focus adjustment region between the unmagnification display and the enlargement display in accordance with to a determination result obtained by the determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junichi Imamiya
  • Publication number: 20250126357
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device configured to photoelectrically convert a first optical image formed by a first imaging optical system, and configured to also photoelectrically convert a second optical image formed by a second imaging optical system arranged in parallel with the first optical system, a calculating unit configured to calculate a three-dimensional range, which is a range of a subject distance of the image capturing device in which a three-dimensional image looks three-dimensional, and a control unit configured to control the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system to limit a range of a subject distance in which automatic focusing of the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system is performed to within the three-dimensional range and perform automatic focusing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: JUNICHI IMAMIYA, TSUKASA HIRABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12279041
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Publication number: 20240397202
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Patent number: 12088915
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Publication number: 20240259681
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of visually indicates to a user whether or not execution of autofocusing at a set position is possible is provided. The apparatus includes a pickup device, and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit configured to function as a setting unit that sets a focus adjustment region, a detecting unit that detects a defocusing amount of an optical system, a determining unit that determines whether or not focus adjustment in the focus adjustment region is possible based on the defocusing amount, and a control unit that switches a display of a live view image between an unmagnification display and an enlargement display. The control unit varies a display method of the focus adjustment region between the unmagnification display and the enlargement display in accordance with to a determination result obtained by the determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: JUNICHI IMAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20240179406
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Patent number: 11968446
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Patent number: 11924548
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Publication number: 20230300461
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Publication number: 20230300462
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Patent number: 11689805
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to be able to output an image capturing signal and a focus detection image signal, a focus detection unit configured to set, on a screen of the image sensor, a focus detection range, and to perform focus detection, in each of a plurality of focus detection frames in the focus detection range, and a focus adjustment unit configured to perform a focus adjustment, during a shooting preparation operation and a shooting operation, based on an output of the focus detection unit, for tracking a subject, wherein the focus detection unit makes the focus detection range during the shooting operation broader than the focus detection range during shooting preparation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junichi Imamiya
  • Publication number: 20220400208
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a sensor capable of generating a signal pair used in focus detection. The apparatus obtains, based on a defocus amount obtained using the signal pair, a focus distance of a lens unit that is mounted to the apparatus and adjusts a focus distance of the lens unit based on the obtained focus distance. When the lens unit is a multi-scopic lens unit having a plurality of optical systems having different axes, the apparatus obtains the focus distance using an adjustment value obtained based on an axis position that is a position on the sensor through which an axis of the multi-scopic lens unit passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yumi Takao, Nobutaka Mizuno, Junichi Imamiya
  • Patent number: 11010030
    Abstract: A display controller including: a display control unit configured to, in response to a first case, perform control so that an image is displayed in a display mode among a plurality of display modes wherein the first case is a case where a receiving unit has received a manual focus operation in a first state in which a display item indicating information on focus is not superimposed or displayed on a live-view image captured by an imaging unit and the live-view image is displayed with a first magnification wherein the plurality of display modes include: a first display mode in which the display item is superimposed and displayed on the live-view image without enlarging the live-view image from the first magnification; and a second display mode in which the live-view image is displayed with a second magnification larger than the first magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junichi Imamiya
  • Publication number: 20210120170
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to be able to output an image capturing signal and a focus detection image signal, a focus detection unit configured to set, on a screen of the image sensor, a focus detection range, and to perform focus detection, in each of a plurality of focus detection frames in the focus detection range, and a focus adjustment unit configured to perform a focus adjustment, during a shooting preparation operation and a shooting operation, based on an output of the focus detection unit, for tracking a subject, wherein the focus detection unit makes the focus detection range during the shooting operation broader than the focus detection range during shooting preparation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Junichi Imamiya
  • Patent number: 10616469
    Abstract: In an image capturing apparatus, an image sensor outputs an image converted from light entering through a diaphragm, an acquisition unit acquires an aperture state of the diaphragm, a generator generates a first indicator indicating a focus state of the image, a controller superimposes the image and an indicator indicating a focus state of the image, and displays a resultant image on a display device, a memory stores the indicator displayed on the display device as a second indicator, and a selector selects the first indicator in a case where the aperture state at least at a time of exposure of the image or of generating the first indicator by the generator is changing, and selects the second indicator in a case where the aperture state at these times is not changing. The controller displays the selected indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryotaro Takahashi, Junichi Imamiya