Patents by Inventor Kanako Nakano
Kanako Nakano 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: 10027922Abstract: A control section of an imaging apparatus sets a specific scene in advance, sequentially stores images continuously captured by an imaging section in a storage section, specifies images corresponding to the set specific scene from among the plurality of images stored in the storage section when a predetermined motion of the user is detected during the storing operation, and displays the specified images corresponding to the specific scene on a display section while continuing the storing operation. The control section controls when to start playback of an image of a segment corresponding to the specific scene based on whether or not the image of the segment corresponding to the specific scene is completely stored before a timing of detection of the predetermined motion of the user during the storing operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki Matsuda, Jun Muraki, Kanako Nakano, Shohei Sakamoto
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Patent number: 10027878Abstract: A detection apparatus for detecting a subject in a digital image, including: an input and output interface to which a word for identifying the subject is input; and a processor configured to: receive the word for identifying the subject from the input and output interface; determine an attribute that is specified by the word for identifying the subject, the attribute being at least one of name, color, shape, size, and position; select a method of detection in accordance with the determined attribute; apply the selected method of detection to the digital image to detect the subject in the digital image; and output a result of the detection of the subject so as to cause a prescribed action to be performed with respect to the detected subject in the digital image.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanako Nakano, Jun Muraki, Shohei Sakamoto, Hideaki Matsuda
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Patent number: 9965686Abstract: A location obtaining unit obtains information on a location of the image capture apparatus during image; a direction obtaining unit obtains direction of an object in an image captured; a device information obtaining unit obtains information on a location of a wireless device that is included by an object during image capture; a distance obtaining unit obtains a distance of the object in the image captured from the image capture apparatus; an object location calculating unit calculates a location of the object based on the information on the location of the image capture apparatus, a direction of the object in the image, and the distance of the object from the image capture apparatus; and an object identifying unit identifies that the object is the object including the wireless device if the location of the object and the location of the wireless device are within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Masahiro Oda, Kanako Nakano
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Publication number: 20170243613Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display and a CPU that is configured to: select, as a group, a plurality of moving images as a group of target moving images to be played back simultaneously or in sequence; specify a plurality of spatial or temporal playback relationships for playing back the group of target moving images simultaneously or in sequence; generate a plurality of groups of thumbnails representing the plurality of specified spatial or temporal playback relationships, such that each group of thumbnails includes one thumbnail corresponding to each of the target moving images to be played back, and such that each group of thumbnails visually represents a respective one of the specified the spatial or temporal playback relationships; and display the plurality of groups of thumbnails representing the plurality of specified spatial or temporal playback relationships.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuto YAMAMOTO, Shohei SAKAMOTO, Kanako NAKANO, Jun MURAKI
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Publication number: 20160358019Abstract: A location obtaining unit obtains information on a location of the image capture apparatus during image; a direction obtaining unit obtains direction of an image captured; a device information obtaining unit obtains information on a location of a wireless device that is included by an object during image capture; a distance obtaining unit obtains a distance of the object in the image captured from the image capture apparatus; an object location calculating unit calculates a location of the object based on the information on the location of the image capture apparatus, a direction of the image, and the distance of the object from the image capture apparatus; and a object identifying unit identifies that the object is an object including the wireless device if the location of the object and the location of the wireless device are within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Hiroyuki KATO, Masahiro Oda, Kanako Nakano
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Publication number: 20160277703Abstract: A control section of an imaging apparatus sets a specific scene in advance, sequentially stores images continuously captured by an imaging section in a storage section, specifies images corresponding to the set specific scene from among the plurality of images stored in the storage section when a predetermined motion of the user is detected during the storing operation, and displays the specified images on a display section while continuing the storing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki MATSUDA, Jun MURAKI, Kanako NAKANO, Shohei SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 9344641Abstract: A master camera sets temporary conditions at the time of executing photographing by a plurality of cameras, determines whether photographing by the plurality of cameras can be executed under the temporary conditions, sets actual conditions at the time of executing photographing by the plurality of cameras in accordance with this determination result, and executes control such that photographing by the plurality of cameras is executed under the actual conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanako Nakano, Kazuto Yamamoto, Shohei Sakamoto, Jun Muraki, Hideaki Matsuda, Koki Nakamura, Kazuma Kawahara, Hiroyoshi Ogawa, Toshihiko Yoshida
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Patent number: 9344633Abstract: FIG. 2C depicts a live view screen when a movement is made in a direction of approaching the camera position at the time of pre-photographing (frontward direction) and also in the right direction in the drawing. When the camera position is changed, the display state of a provisional subject image in the live view screen is changed according to the change. In this case, the display size of the provisional subject image is changed according to the movement distance of the camera position in the frontward direction and the display position of the provisional subject image is changed in the left direction according to the movement distance in the right direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuma Kawahara, Toshihiko Yoshida, Koki Nakamura, Kanako Nakano, Jun Muraki
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Patent number: 9324158Abstract: An image processing device executes: a determination process of determining similarity of a motion of a subject in each of a plurality of pieces of moving image data stored in the storing unit; a selection process of selecting a specific piece of moving image data from among the pieces of moving image data on the basis of the similarity determined by the determination step; and an output process of outputting information of a selection result by the selection step.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanako Nakano, Koki Nakamura, Toshihiko Yoshida, Kazuma Kawahara, Jun Muraki
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Publication number: 20160073004Abstract: A detection apparatus for detecting a subject in a digital image, including: an input section to which a word for identifying the subject is input; and a processor configured to: receive the word for identifying the subject from the input section; determine an attribute that is specified by the word for identifying the subject; select a method of detection in accordance with the determined attribute; and apply the selected method of detection to the digital image to detect the subject in the digital image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanako NAKANO, Jun MURAKI, Shohei SAKAMOTO, Hideaki MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20140362246Abstract: A master camera sets temporary conditions at the time of executing photographing by a plurality of cameras, determines whether photographing by the plurality of cameras can be executed under the temporary conditions, sets actual conditions at the time of executing photographing by the plurality of cameras in accordance with this determination result, and executes control such that photographing by the plurality of cameras is executed under the actual conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanako NAKANO, Kazuto YAMAMOTO, Shohei SAKAMOTO, Jun MURAKI, Hideaki MATSUDA, Koki NAKAMURA, Kazuma KAWAHARA, Hiroyoshi OGAWA, Toshihiko YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20140347276Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a display section with a touch panel displays a pointer for position designation on a screen of the display section while an operation mode is switched to a predetermined operation mode, and causes an entire region of the touch panel to function as a virtually transparent touchpad, and executes operation process including controlling a display position of the pointer in the display section in accordance with an input operation to the touch panel. For this reason, it is not necessary to display anything on the screen of the display section in order to indicate the virtual touchpad, and there is no possibility that the screen region that is operable is decreased or a part of a plurality of icons and the like disposed on the screen are hidden.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Shohei SAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki KATO, Katsunori TSUTSUMI, Kanako NAKANO
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Publication number: 20140289680Abstract: An image processing apparatus 1 includes: an image selection unit, a thumbnail generation unit, an association unit, and an execution unit. The image selection unit selects a group consisting of a plurality of images as targets for predetermined processing. The thumbnail generation unit generates a thumbnail that can identify the group consisting of a plurality of images that is selected by the image selection unit. The association unit associates predetermined information indicating the group consisting of a plurality of images selected by the image selection unit with the thumbnail generated by the thumbnail generation unit. The execution unit, in response to an operation on the thumbnail associated by the association unit, executes predetermined processing by automatically selecting a group consisting of a plurality of images indicated with predetermined information that is associated with the thumbnail.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuto YAMAMOTO, Shohei SAKAMOTO, Kanako NAKANO, Jun MURAKI
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Publication number: 20140079290Abstract: An image processing device executes: a determination process of determining similarity of a motion of a subject in each of a plurality of pieces of moving image data stored in the storing unit; a selection process of selecting a specific piece of moving image data from among the pieces of moving image data on the basis of the similarity determined by the determination step; and an output process of outputting information of a selection result by the selection step.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanako NAKANO, Koki NAKAMURA, Toshihiko YOSHIDA, Kazuma KAWAHARA, Jun MURAKI
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Publication number: 20140071325Abstract: FIG. 2C depicts a live view screen when a movement is made in a direction of approaching the camera position at the time of pre-photographing (frontward direction) and also in the right direction in the drawing. When the camera position is changed, the display state of a provisional subject image in the live view screen is changed according to the change. In this case, the display size of the provisional subject image is changed according to the movement distance of the camera position in the frontward direction and the display position of the provisional subject image is changed in the left direction according to the movement distance in the right direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuma KAWAHARA, Toshihiko YOSHIDA, Koki NAKAMURA, Kanako NAKANO, Jun MURAKI
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Patent number: 8451366Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a detection unit, an area setting unit, and a focusing unit. The image capturing unit captures an image. The detection unit detects a shape of an image area of an observed subject to be focused in the captured image. The area setting unit sets one or more contrast evaluation areas according to the shape of the detected image area. The focusing unit causes the image capturing unit to focus based on image data in the set contrast evaluation areas.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Casio Computer Co., LtdInventors: Kanako Nakano, Ken Fujita, Daisuke Uematsu, Tasuku Muto
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Publication number: 20100315526Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a detection unit, an area setting unit, and a focusing unit. The image capturing unit captures an image. The detection unit detects a shape of an image area of an observed subject to be focused in the captured image. The area setting unit sets one or more contrast evaluation areas according to the shape of the detected image area. The focusing unit causes the image capturing unit to focus based on image data in the set contrast evaluation areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kanako Nakano, Ken Fujita, Daisuke Uematsu, Tasuku Muto