Patents by Inventor Kazue MINAGAWA

Kazue MINAGAWA 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: 20160327922
    Abstract: There has been a desire for proactively adding more detailed embodiments relating to the acquisition and use of biometric information. Therefore, according to a first aspect of the present invention, for example, provided is an electronic device including an input section that inputs biometric information, which is information relating to a living body of a user; and an output section that outputs a limit signal limiting contact with the user to a bidirectional communication device, based on the biometric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Motoyuki KUBOI, Toshiaki MAEDA, Kazue MINAGAWA, Hiromi TOMII
  • Publication number: 20130234826
    Abstract: There has been a desire for proactively adding more detailed embodiments relating to the acquisition and use of biometric information. Therefore, according to a first aspect of the present invention, for example, provided is an electronic device including an input section that inputs biometric information, which is information relating to a living body of a user; and an output section that outputs a limit signal limiting contact with the user to a bidirectional communication device, based on the biometric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Sekiguchi, Motoyuki Kuboi, Toshiaki Maeda, Kazue Minagawa, Hiromi Tomii
  • Patent number: 8441544
    Abstract: An electronic camera is characterized by including an imaging part shooting a figure image; an area detection part detecting a flesh-colored area including a face portion and a portion other than a face; a color judgment part judging color information of the flesh-colored area; a color difference calculation part determining a color difference between first color information of the face portion and second color information of the flesh-colored area of the portion other than the face; a correction coefficient calculation part determining color correction coefficients based on the color difference; an area appointment part appointing an area on which a color conversion is performed; and a color conversion part performing, when the color difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the color conversion on the area appointed by the area appointment part by using the color correction coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazue Minagawa, Keiichi Nitta, Takeshi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20100253864
    Abstract: A digital photo frame enabling video to be viewed not only in a stationary state but also when carried in the hand of the viewer, that is, a digital photo frame having a display for displaying an image, a detector detecting if the frame is carried on a cradle or is detached from the cradle, and an output controller setting different output modes of the video in accordance with the results of detection of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Fujinawa, Seiji Takano, Kazue Minagawa
  • Publication number: 20100188521
    Abstract: An electronic camera is characterized by including an imaging part shooting a figure image; an area detection part detecting a flesh-colored area including a face portion and a portion other than a face; a color judgment part judging color information of the flesh-colored area; a color difference calculation part determining a color difference between first color information of the face portion and second color information of the flesh-colored area of the portion other than the face; a correction coefficient calculation part determining color correction coefficients based on the color difference; an area appointment part appointing an area on which a color conversion is performed; and a color conversion part performing, when the color difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the color conversion on the area appointed by the area appointment part by using the color correction coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazue MINAGAWA, Keiichi NITTA, Takeshi NISHI