Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Shimura

Kazuhiko Shimura 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: 20180077332
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first image processor, and a record processor. The imaging unit sequentially acquires image data groups comprising pieces of image data different in exposure conditions to generate HDR moving image frames. The first image processor subjects the pieces of the image data belonging to each of the image data groups to first composition processing, to generate HDR moving image data comprising HDR moving image frames. The record processor is configured to record image data for still images so that the pieces of the image data belonging to each of the image data groups are subjected to second composition processing different from the first composition processing, to generate HDR still image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Shinya TAKASUMI
  • Publication number: 20180067309
    Abstract: A display system, that is capable of displaying substantially the same content on a wearable terminal that is attached to the head of a user and has a first display section, and on a unit other than the wearable terminal that has a second display, comprises a controller that determines an object the user is gazing at, and a display controller that controls update of display states based on the object that has been determined, when an image, that has been displayed on the second display, is displayed on the first display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20170366733
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes, an imaging element configured to generate image data by picking up a target object image based on a plurality of control items, a communication circuit configured to communicate with a first operation apparatus and a second operation apparatus, and a CPU configured to discriminate, among the plurality of control items, between a control item which accepts a change by a control signal transmitted from the first operation apparatus and a control item which accepts a change by a control signal transmitted from the second operation apparatus, and control the control item in accordance with the control signal transmitted from the operation apparatus corresponding to the control item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 9818132
    Abstract: An advertisement delivery management apparatus according to an embodiment includes an allocation unit and an advertisement delivery unit. The allocation unit selects delivery target users who have the user attribute designated by each of order requests and whose number corresponds to the number of deliveries designated by each of order requests, from a plurality of delivery target users predicted as future advertisement delivery destinations, and allocates the selected delivery target users to the order requests. The advertisement delivery unit selects the advertising information of the order request corresponding to a user attribute of a user of a user terminal on the basis of the allocation result of the allocation unit and transmits the selected advertising information to the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimura, Akira Tajima, Koji Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Kato, Takenobu Dei
  • Publication number: 20170195558
    Abstract: A display apparatus (which may be included in an imaging apparatus) includes: a display unit; a guide display generation circuit which acquires an image file including image data and photographing posture data including information of an inclination and a height of an imaging apparatus performing an imaging operation when the image data was created by the imaging operation to generate a photographing posture guide display based on the photographing posture data; and a display control circuit which causes the display unit to display an image based on the image data and the photographing posture guide display. A data processing apparatus may include a signal processing circuit which creates an image file including image data and photographing posture data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Atsushi MARUYAMA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Takashi KOBIKI, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20170187954
    Abstract: An information terminal apparatus includes a communication section configured to perform communication with an image pickup apparatus capable of performing time-lapse photographing, a signal processing section configured to generate, halfway in a photographing period by the image pickup apparatus, a check image based on a plurality of picked-up images transmitted from the image pickup apparatus and acquired via the communication section, and a display control section configured to display the check image generated by the signal processing section. Halfway in photographing of the time-lapse photographing, a time-lapse moving image is generated using a photographing result of the time-lapse photographing performed to that point and displayed, whereby quality of the time-lapse moving image is made predictable. A change of setting of the time-lapse photographing is received and reflected on subsequent time-lapse photographing, whereby a user easily obtains a desired picked-up image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Nobuyuki SHIMA, Kazuo KANDA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 9639940
    Abstract: A display apparatus (which may be included in an imaging apparatus) includes: a display unit; a guide display generation circuit which acquires an image file including image data and photographing posture data including information of an inclination and a height of an imaging apparatus performing an imaging operation when the image data was created by the imaging operation to generate a photographing posture guide display based on the photographing posture data; and a display control circuit which causes the display unit to display an image based on the image data and the photographing posture guide display. A data processing apparatus may include a signal processing circuit which creates an image file including image data and photographing posture data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Maruyama, Kazuhiko Shimura, Takashi Kobiki, Osamu Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20170078515
    Abstract: An information recording device includes a data acquisition unit and a service information recording unit. The data acquisition unit acquires data. The service information recording unit records in a recording unit service information including information regarding each of a plurality of services which may be performed utilizing the data acquired by the data acquisition unit in association with the data acquired by the data acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuo KANDA
  • Publication number: 20170070658
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit which images a subject to acquire a subject image; a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with devices; an output unit configured to output the subject image to the device previously set as an output destination among the devices; a recognition unit which recognizes that one of the devices has been operated by a user; and an output control unit which changes the output destination of the subject image by the output unit when the recognition unit recognizes that one of the devices has been operated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuo KANDA, Keito FUKUSHIMA, Yoshihisa OGATA, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 9524512
    Abstract: An advertisement delivery management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a prediction information storage unit, an acquisition unit and an allocation unit. The prediction information storage unit stores information including user attributes of a plurality of delivery target users predicted as future advertisement delivery destinations. The acquisition unit acquires a plurality of order requests designating user attributes and the numbers of deliveries. The allocation unit allocates the delivery target users to the plurality of order requests, on the basis of the user attributes and the numbers of deliveries designated by the plurality of order requests, such that the number of predetermined user attributes of the delivery target users who have not been allocated to the order requests is the maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimura, Akira Tajima, Koji Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Kato, Takenobu Dei
  • Patent number: 9514480
    Abstract: An advertisement delivery management apparatus according to an embodiment includes a predicted information storage unit, an allocating unit, and a reallocating unit. The predicted information storage unit stores information including user attributes of a plurality of delivery target users predicted as future advertisement delivery destinations. The allocating unit allocates the delivery target user to an advertisement delivery order request based on the information stored in the predicted information storage unit. The reallocating unit performs a reallocating process of exchanging the delivery target user allocated to the order request with a non-allocated user who is the delivery target user that has not been allocated to the order request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimura, Koji Tsukamoto, Akira Tajima, Hiroyuki Kato, Takenobu Dei
  • Patent number: 9508088
    Abstract: An advertisement delivery management apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and an accepting unit. The acquisition unit acquires information on two or more types of delivery target user groups, each including a plurality of delivery target users predicted as future advertisement delivery destinations. The determination unit determines whether each of the delivery target user groups satisfies delivery conditions designated by an advertisement delivery order request. The accepting unit accepts the advertisement delivery order request based on the determination result of the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Shimura, Koji Tsukamoto, Akira Tajima, Hiroyuki Kato, Takenobu Dei
  • Publication number: 20160248965
    Abstract: An information terminal apparatus includes: a first image pickup section that obtains a first picked-up image; a first communication section that receives a second picked-up image obtained by a second image pickup section according to a first communication standard; a second communication section that performs communication according to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard; and a display control section that displays the first picked-up image during the communication of the second communication section when communication of the first communication section is not established. Cooperative display control with respect to a plurality of picked-up images from a plurality of image pickup sections reduces a waiting time period before the picked-up images are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Kazuo KANDA, Takeshi KINDAICHI, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20160217342
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a request information acquiring section, an information analyzing section, and a distinction tip deciding section. The request information acquiring section acquires request information including information to distinguish a target. The information analyzing section analyzes the request information acquired by the request information acquiring section, and extracts information required to distinguish the target. The distinction tip deciding section decides a distinction tip when a user distinguishes the target based on the information extracted by the information analyzing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuo KANDA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9389768
    Abstract: A reproducer is provided with members shown below. Namely, the reproducer is provided with a storage part for storing images, a vibration detection part for detecting a vibration operation by a user, a switching instruction part for instructing switching of reproduction content in slide show reproduction based on a detection result from the vibration detection part, a synthesis processing part for performing creation processing of slide show images, which are images for the slide show reproduction, based on instructions of the switching instruction part, and a slide show control part for performing the slide show reproduction of the images stored in the storage part and the slide show images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Nonaka, Kazuhiko Shimura, Tatsuyuki Uemura
  • Publication number: 20160198084
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup portion that obtains an image pickup image based on an object optical image obtained by an optical system that can vary a focus position; an object distance determination portion that determines an object distance of each portion in the image pickup image; a continuity determination portion that determines the continuity of the object distance and the image pickup image; and a display control portion that, in a depth synthesis mode that subjects a plurality of image pickup images that are obtained while varying a focus position of the optical system to depth synthesis, based on a determination result with respect to the continuity, causes a guide display for supporting the depth synthesis operation to be displayed on a display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuo KANDA, Nobuyuki SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160171326
    Abstract: An image retrieving device includes display unit, a selecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first image and a second image. The selecting unit selects a first region of a part of the first image displayed on the display unit by a user operation. The control unit searches for a second region of the second image corresponding to the first region when the first region of a part of the first image is selected by the selecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Yoshiyuki FUKUYA, Kazuo KANDA
  • Publication number: 20160098829
    Abstract: A display apparatus (which may be included in an imaging apparatus) includes: a display unit; a guide display generation circuit which acquires an image file including image data and photographing posture data including information of an inclination and a height of an imaging apparatus performing an imaging operation when the image data was created by the imaging operation to generate a photographing posture guide display based on the photographing posture data; and a display control circuit which causes the display unit to display an image based on the image data and the photographing posture guide display. A data processing apparatus may include a signal processing circuit which creates an image file including image data and photographing posture data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Atsushi MARUYAMA, Kazuhiko SHIMURA, Takashi KOBIKI, Osamu NONAKA
  • Patent number: 9237273
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a sample acquisition unit, a photographing state determination unit, a guide display generation unit and a display unit. The imaging unit acquires a subject image which is an image of a subject. The sample acquisition unit acquires a sample image. The photographing state determination unit calculates position and posture information indicative of an inclination relative to a horizontal plane and a height of the imaging unit. The guide display generation unit creates a guide display showing a method for photographing for approximating a composition of the subject image to a composition of the sample image based on the position and posture information. The display unit displays the guide display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Maruyama, Kazuhiko Shimura, Takashi Kobiki, Osamu Nonaka
  • Patent number: 9158780
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information storage device includes a first storage unit stores an arbitrary information file transmitted via a wide area information network, a second storage unit stores an information file in a predetermined form, which is derived from the first storage unit, an information file determination unit determines whether or not the information file in the first storage unit is the information file in the predetermined form, a file conversion unit converts an information file into the predetermined form, and a storage management unit manages the information file, and stores in the second storage unit. In the information storage device, if a copy of the information file in the first storage unit is not in the predetermined form when the copy is stored in the second storage unit, the copy converted into the information file in the predetermined form, and stored in the second storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikazu Hayashi, Kazuhiko Shimura, Kazunobu Tasaka