Patents by Inventor Kaoru Yoshino
Kaoru Yoshino 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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Publication number: 20230158952Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SHIGA, Toru Miyakoshi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Akira Kinoshita, Kaoru Yoshino, Hitomi Naganuma, Takashi Kuriyama, Koichi Fukuda, Yuki Kita, Koji Nagaoka, Tomoya Nakagawa, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Takashi Shionoya
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Patent number: 11572016Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko Shiga, Toru Miyakoshi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Akira Kinoshita, Kaoru Yoshino, Hitomi Naganuma, Takashi Kuriyama, Koichi Fukuda, Yuki Kita, Koji Nagaoka, Tomoya Nakagawa, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Takashi Shionoya
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Publication number: 20220097605Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SHIGA, Toru MIYAKOSHI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Akira KINOSHITA, Kaoru YOSHINO, Hitomi NAGANUMA, Takashi KURIYAMA, Koichi FUKUDA, Yuki KITA, Koji NAGAOKA, Tomoya NAKAGAWA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Takashi SHIONOYA
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Patent number: 11220215Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko Shiga, Toru Miyakoshi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Akira Kinoshita, Kaoru Yoshino, Hitomi Naganuma, Takashi Kuriyama, Koichi Fukuda, Yuki Kita, Koji Nagaoka, Tomoya Nakagawa, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Takashi Shionoya
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Publication number: 20210086693Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SHIGA, Toru MIYAKOSHI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Akira KINOSHITA, Kaoru YOSHINO, Hitomi NAGANUMA, Takashi KURIYAMA, Koichi FUKUDA, Yuki KITA, Koji NAGAOKA, Tomoya NAKAGAWA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Takashi SHIONOYA
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Patent number: 10868949Abstract: An electronic device includes: an operation unit; a detection unit that detects a position or an orientation; a communication unit that communicates with an external device including an image capture unit; and a storing unit that stores image data, wherein the communication unit receives image data generated by the image capture unit from the external device after transmitting information instructing the image capture unit included in the external device to capture an image in response to an operation of the operation unit, and the storing unit stores the image data received and information on the position detected by the detection unit or information on the orientation detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru Yoshino, Hiroshi Kasai, Tomoyuki Sashima, Mayuko Ito, Kaori Tsuruta, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Kamehara, Yu Murakoshi
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Publication number: 20200361377Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SHIGA, Toru MIYAKOSHI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Akira KINOSHITA, Kaoru YOSHINO, Hitomi NAGANUMA, Takashi KURIYAMA, Koichi FUKUDA, Yuki KITA, Koji NAGAOKA, Tomoya NAKAGAWA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Takashi SHIONOYA
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Patent number: 10807532Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko Shiga, Toru Miyakoshi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Akira Kinoshita, Kaoru Yoshino, Hitomi Naganuma, Takashi Kuriyama, Koichi Fukuda, Yuki Kita, Koji Nagaoka, Tomoya Nakagawa, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Takashi Shionoya
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Publication number: 20190202354Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SHIGA, Toru MIYAKOSHI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Akira KINOSHITA, Kaoru YOSHINO, Hitomi NAGANUMA, Takashi KURIYAMA, Koichi FUKUDA, Yuki KITA, Koji NAGAOKA, Tomoya NAKAGAWA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Takashi SHIONOYA
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Publication number: 20190174031Abstract: To provide a user-friendly electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first unit including a first operation unit; a second unit attachable to/detachable from the first unit; and a control unit configured to make presentation of the first operation unit in a state where the first unit and the second unit are attached to each other different from presentation of the first operation unit in a state where the first unit and the second unit are detached from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru YOSHINO, Hiroshi KASAI, Tomoyuki SASHIMA, Mayuko ITO, Kaori TSURUTA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Hiroshi KAMEHARA, Yu MURAKOSHI
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Patent number: 10279742Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko Shiga, Toru Miyakoshi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Akira Kinoshita, Kaoru Yoshino, Hitomi Naganuma, Takashi Kuriyama, Koichi Fukuda, Yuki Kita, Koji Nagaoka, Tomoya Nakagawa, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Takashi Shionoya
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Publication number: 20180349024Abstract: A display device includes: a display; and a controller that executes control so as to employ a first or second display mode. The first display mode includes first areas and first images; the second display mode includes second areas and second images; at least one of the second areas has a size different from sizes of the first areas or the number of the second areas is different from the number of the first areas; content of at least one image among the second images is different from content of the first images; and upon detecting at least one of an instruction for image selection issued to select at least one image among the first images and an instruction for area selection issued to select at least one area among the first areas, the controller switches from the first to the second display mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru YOSHINO, Yuki KATSUMATA, Yoshiaki MIYAKAWA, Takashi KURIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180309937Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit at which an image is displayed; and a control unit that displays an image in a specific area at the display unit and adjusts the specific area based upon information pertaining to the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru YOSHINO, Yuki KATSUMATA, Takashi KURIYAMA, Yoshiaki MIYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20180160053Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image processing unit that alters an image by executing first image processing and second image processing on the image; and a processing change unit that changes an extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing and an extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing. The processing change unit raises the extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing when the extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing is lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi TSUCHIYA, Koichi ABE, Kaoru YOSHINO, Yukio KUBOTA
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Patent number: 9918021Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image processing unit that alters an image by executing first image processing and second image processing on the image; and a processing change unit that changes an extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing and an extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing. The processing change unit raises the extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing when the extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing is lowered.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Tsuchiya, Koichi Abe, Kaoru Yoshino, Yukio Kubota
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Publication number: 20170267178Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko SHIGA, Toru MIYAKOSHI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Akira KINOSHITA, Kaoru YOSHINO, Hitomi NAGANUMA, Takashi KURIYAMA, Kouichi FUKUDA, Yuki KITA, Koji NAGAOKA, Tomoya NAKAGAWA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Takashi SHIONOYA
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Publication number: 20170230564Abstract: An electronic device includes: an operation unit; a detection unit that detects a position or an orientation; a communication unit that communicates with an external device including an image capture unit; and a storing unit that stores image data, wherein the communication unit receives image data generated by the image capture unit from the external device after transmitting information instructing the image capture unit included in the external device to capture an image in response to an operation of the operation unit, and the storing unit stores the image data received and information on the position detected by the detection unit or information on the orientation detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru YOSHINO, Hiroshi KASAI, Tomoyuki SASHIMA, Mayuko ITO, Kaori TSURUTA, Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Hiroshi KAMEHARA, Yu MURAKOSHI
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Patent number: 9667851Abstract: An electronic device includes: an operation unit; a detection unit that detects a position or an orientation; a communication unit that communicates with an external device including an image capture unit; and a storing unit that stores image data, wherein the communication unit receives image data generated by the image capture unit from the external device after transmitting information instructing the image capture unit included in the external device to capture an image in response to an operation of the operation unit, and the storing unit stores the image data received and information on the position detected by the detection unit or information on the orientation detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru Yoshino, Hiroshi Kasai, Tomoyuki Sashima, Mayuko Ito, Kaori Tsuruta, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Kamehara, Yu Murakoshi
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Publication number: 20160286139Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image processing unit that alters an image by executing first image processing and second image processing on the image; and a processing change unit that changes an extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing and an extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing. The processing change unit raises the extent to which the image is altered through the second image processing when the extent to which the image is altered through the first image processing is lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi TSUCHIYA, Koichi ABE, Kaoru YOSHINO, Yukio KUBOTA
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Patent number: 9389561Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of latent image bearers, a latent image writer, a plurality of developing units, a primary transfer unit, a secondary transfer unit, an adjuster, a pattern image formation controller, a color deviation detector, a color deviation correction controller, and an image-formation-mode setting unit. The color deviation correction controller executes color deviation correction control in the separated state. The image-formation-mode setting unit sets a normal linear-velocity image formation mode in which an image is formed at a normal linear velocity and at least one non-normal linear-velocity image formation mode including a low linear-velocity image formation mode in which an image is formed at a low linear velocity slower than the normal linear velocity.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Uchida, Kaoru Yoshino, Toshihiro Shimada