Patents by Inventor Kazuhira Jinnouchi

Kazuhira Jinnouchi 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 inputting apparatus, image inputting program product, camera, and image processing system
    Publication number: 20110193975
    Abstract: An image inputting apparatus includes: an input unit that inputs an original image file including at least an image data region in which image data is stored and an appended information region; a decision unit that decides whether or not falsification of the original image file is prohibited, based upon the appended information; a file modification unit that modifies the original image file to create a new image file in which the appended information region is expanded; and a store control unit that disallows the file modification unit to create the new image file and stores the original image file just as it is if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is prohibited, and that makes the file modification unit create the new image file and stores the new image file if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is not prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Hiromi Kuwata, Hiroyuki Akiya, Shutaro Teramoto, Kazuhira Jinnouchi
  • Image inputting apparatus, image inputting program product, camera, and image processing system
    Publication number: 20090066809
    Abstract: An image inputting apparatus includes: an input unit that inputs an original image file including at least an image data region in which image data is stored and an appended information region; a decision unit that decides whether or not falsification of the original image file is prohibited, based upon the appended information; a file modification unit that modifies the original image file to create a new image file in which the appended information region is expanded; and a store control unit that disallows the file modification unit to create the new image file and stores the original image file just as it is if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is prohibited, and that makes the file modification unit create the new image file and stores the new image file if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is not prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Hayashi, Hiromi Kuwata, Hiroyuki Akiya, Shutaro Teramoto, Kazuhira Jinnouchi