Patents by Inventor Kanta Sunami

Kanta Sunami 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).

  • Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and storage medium for calculating image capturing condition which enables privacy of object to be protected
    Patent number: 11871116
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to set an exposure condition for each of areas on an image capturing plane, a setting unit configured to set a privacy area in an image captured by the image capturing unit, a decision unit configured to decide an exposure condition of the privacy area set by the setting unit as an exposure condition that enables privacy of an object in the privacy area to be protected, and a control unit configured to execute control for causing the image capturing unit to capture an image of the object based on the exposure condition decided by the decision unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kentaro Fukunaga, Kanta Sunami, Toshiyuki Fukui
  • IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20220247910
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to set an exposure condition for each of areas on an image capturing plane, a setting unit configured to set a privacy area in an image captured by the image capturing unit, a decision unit configured to decide an exposure condition of the privacy area set by the setting unit as an exposure condition that enables privacy of an object in the privacy area to be protected, and a control unit configured to execute control for causing the image capturing unit to capture an image of the object based on the exposure condition decided by the decision unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kentaro Fukunaga, Kanta Sunami, Toshiyuki Fukui