Patents by Inventor Ken Nadamoto

Ken Nadamoto 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: 20230146629
    Abstract: A control apparatus configured to perform image stabilization using a first image stabilization unit and a second image stabilization unit includes a determining unit configured to determine a correction ratio between the first image stabilization unit and the second image stabilization unit. The determining unit determines the correction ratio between the first image stabilization unit and the second image stabilization unit such that a proportion of the second image stabilization unit in the correction ratio increases as a distance to a movable end of the first image stabilization unit decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Ken Nadamoto
  • Patent number: 11146729
    Abstract: The camera is used in a camera system including the camera that includes an image sensor movable for image blur correction, and a lens apparatus that is detachably attachable to the camera and includes an optical element movable for the image blur correction. The camera includes a setting unit configured to set a ratio of image blur correction amounts provided respectively by movements of the optical element and the image sensor in each of their moving directions, using information on an image circle formed by the lens apparatus, information on a mechanical movable amount of the image sensor, and information on a size of a signal readout area of the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Nadamoto
  • Publication number: 20200084358
    Abstract: The camera is used in a camera system including the camera that includes an image sensor movable for image blur correction, and a lens apparatus that is detachably attachable to the camera and includes an optical element movable for the image blur correction. The camera includes a setting unit configured to set a ratio of image blur correction amounts provided respectively by movements of the optical element and the image sensor in each of their moving directions, using information on an image circle formed by the lens apparatus, information on a mechanical movable amount of the image sensor, and information on a size of a signal readout area of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Ken Nadamoto
  • Patent number: 10554891
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus comprising: an image stabilization unit that performs image stabilization by changing a crop position at which part of image is cropped from an image obtained by photoelectric conversion of an optical image formed through a detachable lens unit by an image sensor based on a vibration amount detected by a vibration detection unit; a control unit that controls the image stabilization unit so as to shift the crop position by a predetermined swing back amount toward a center of the image; and a determination unit that determines whether or not zooming is performed based on focal lengths obtained from the lens unit at a predetermined time interval, wherein the control unit increases the swing back amount in a case where zooming is performed than in a case where zooming is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken Nadamoto, Wataru Takayanagi
  • Publication number: 20180309932
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus comprising: an image stabilization unit that performs image stabilization by changing a crop position at which part of image is cropped from an image obtained by photoelectric conversion of an optical image formed through a detachable lens unit by an image sensor based on a vibration amount detected by a vibration detection unit; a control unit that controls the image stabilization unit so as to shift the crop position by a predetermined swing back amount toward a center of the image; and a determination unit that determines whether or not zooming is performed based on focal lengths obtained from the lens unit at a predetermined time interval, wherein the control unit increases the swing back amount in a case where zooming is performed than in a case where zooming is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ken Nadamoto, Wataru Takayanagi