Patents by Inventor Kenkichi Hayashi
Kenkichi Hayashi 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: 20230283904Abstract: An imaging apparatus facilitating recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided, which includes an image sensor that captures a reference video which is a motion picture, a housing that accommodates the image sensor, a detection portion for detecting a motion of the housing, and a processor configured to execute setting processing of setting an extraction range smaller than an angle of view within the angle of view in a case of capturing the reference video, extraction processing of extracting an extraction video within the extraction range from the reference video, movement processing of moving the extraction range within the angle of view over time in accordance with the motion detected by the detection portion, and recording processing of recording the extraction video during movement of the extraction range in the movement processing on a recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO, Kenkichi HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230131047Abstract: An imaging support device includes a processor, and a memory connected to or built in the processor, in which the processor acquires frequency information indicating a frequency of a feature of a subject included in a captured image obtained by imaging with an imaging apparatus, the feature being classified into a category based on the feature, and performs support processing of supporting the imaging with the imaging apparatus based on the frequency information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hideaki Kokubun, Kenkichi Hayashi, Akihiro Uchida, Hitoshi Sakurabu
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Patent number: 11509826Abstract: An imaging device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an imaging section that captures a video, a static image file generation section that extracts a first frame from a plurality of frames constituting the video and generates a static image file, a video file generation section that divides the video in accordance with the generation of the static image file to generate a plurality of video files, and a storage section that stores the static image file in association with a first video file that includes the first frame among the plurality of video files.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi, Koichi Tanaka, Yukinori Nishiyama, Tetsuya Fujikawa
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Publication number: 20220365360Abstract: A lens interchangeable digital camera includes an image sensor in which a subject image is formed on an imaging surface through an imaging optical system including a zoom lens and a sensor movement type shake correction mechanism that performs a sensor movement operation of moving the image sensor in a direction to cancel a shake. A zoom operation determination unit determines whether or not a zoom operation in which the zoom lens moves is being performed. In a case where the zoom operation determination unit determines that the zoom operation is being performed, an operation deciding unit prohibits a shift operation which is at least a part of a sensor movement operation which is allowed while the zoom operation is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihiro UCHIDA, Koichi TANAKA, Kenkichi HAYASHI, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Seiichi IZAWA
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Patent number: 11467367Abstract: An imaging device stores a focal length and a position of a focus lens in a storage unit in a case in which a focal state is determined to be a focus state in which a subject is in focus and at least one of the imaging device or the subject is determined to be stationary; generates tracking data for changing the position of the focus lens according to a change in focal length, using a plurality of stored focal lengths and a plurality of stored positions of the focus lens; and performs a zoom tracking control using the generated tracking data.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinichiro Fujiki, Akihiro Uchida, Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Seiichi Izawa
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Patent number: 11448894Abstract: A lens interchangeable digital camera includes an image sensor in which a subject image is formed on an imaging surface through an imaging optical system including a zoom lens and a sensor movement type shake correction mechanism that performs a sensor movement operation of moving the image sensor in a direction to cancel a shake. A zoom operation determination unit determines whether or not a zoom operation in which the zoom lens moves is being performed. In a case where the zoom operation determination unit determines that the zoom operation is being performed, an operation deciding unit prohibits a shift operation which is at least a part of a sensor movement operation which is allowed while the zoom operation is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihiro Uchida, Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Hideo Kobayashi, Seiichi Izawa
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Publication number: 20220294990Abstract: A processor measures a first distance to an object in a distance measurement target region on the basis of an irradiation timing when a light irradiator performs surface irradiation on the distance measurement target region with light and a light receiving timing when a light receiver receives reflected light of the light from distance measurement target region. In a case in which a specific pixel included in the light receiver generates a plurality of signals at different timings within a light receiving period corresponding to the surface irradiation by the light irradiator, the processor measures the first distance on the basis of a relationship between the plurality of signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11438521Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing section that captures first video data having a frame cycle of a first frame cycle and an exposure time for one frame shorter than the first frame cycle, an image acquisition section that acquires the first video data captured by the image capturing section, a detection section that detects a flicker of a light source in the first video data, and an image capturing frame cycle control section that controls the frame cycle of the image capturing in the image capturing section. The image capturing frame cycle control section changes the frame cycle of the first video data captured by the image capturing section from the first frame cycle to a second frame cycle, which is a frame cycle shorter than the first frame cycle, in a case where the detection section detects the flicker.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yukinori Nishiyama, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi
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Patent number: 11418711Abstract: The lens interchangeable digital camera includes a sensor movement type shake correction mechanism that performs a sensor movement operation of moving an image sensor in a direction to cancel a shake. A characteristic data acquisition unit acquires optical characteristic data corresponding to optical characteristics of an imaging optical system of a lens unit mounted on a body mount. A determination unit determines whether or not adaptive optical characteristic data that can be handled by an image correction unit that performs image correction based on the optical characteristic data can be acquired. An operation deciding unit prohibits a shift operation which is at least a part of a sensor movement operation in an uncorrectable state where the image correction based on the adaptive optical characteristic data is not possible since the adaptive optical characteristic data cannot be acquired.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Koichi Tanaka, Akihiro Uchida, Kenkichi Hayashi, Seiichi Izawa, Hideo Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220256092Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor, and a memory connected to or built in the processor, in which the processor performs first distance measurement of measuring a distance to an imaging region based on an irradiation timing at which a light irradiator emits light to the imaging region and a light-receiving timing at which a light receiver receives reflected light of the light from the imaging region, performs second distance measurement of measuring the distance to the imaging region based on a first image obtained by imaging the imaging region by an imaging apparatus, and executes a specific process in a case in which a first distance measurement result obtained by performing the first distance measurement and a second distance measurement result obtained by performing the second distance measurement are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11394868Abstract: An imaging device acquires a focal length of an imaging lens; and in performing of zoom tracking control to change a state of the focus lens of the imaging lens according to the acquired focal length, in a case where a change of the acquired focal length is detected, varies a criterion in the zoom tracking control depending on whether autofocus is being executed or not.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihiro Uchida, Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Shinichiro Fujiki, Seiichi Izawa
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Publication number: 20220206159Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs a control of performing an imaging operation by an imaging unit that images an imaging region, and a distance measurement operation in which a distance measurement unit performs distance measurement by emitting light to the imaging region and receiving reflected light of the light from the imaging region, an acquisition unit that acquires reflectivity information for specifying a reflectivity in the imaging region, and a change unit that changes irradiation energy of the light according to the reflectivity information acquired by the acquisition unit in a state in which the imaging operation and the distance measurement operation are performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kenkichi HAYASHI, Tomonori MASUDA
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Publication number: 20220210311Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a control unit that performs a control of performing, a plurality of times in parallel, a recognition operation in which a recognition unit recognizes a specific subject included in an imaging region based on a captured image obtained by imaging the imaging region by an imaging unit, and a distance measurement operation in which a distance measurement unit performs distance measurement by emitting light to the imaging region and receiving reflected light of the light from the imaging region, and a change unit that changes irradiation energy of the light to the imaging region for each distance measurement operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kenkichi HAYASHI, Tomonori MASUDA
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Patent number: 11375118Abstract: An imaging device includes: a suppression unit that moves an anti-vibration element to a position, which is determined according to a detection result of a detection unit detecting vibration applied to the device, to suppress an influence of the vibration on a subject image; and a control unit that performs control on a display unit to display the subject image as a video image and performs control on the suppression unit to center the anti-vibration element while a visibility-obstruction phenomenon, which is predetermined as a phenomenon where the visual recognition of a shift in an angle of view caused by the centering of the anti-vibration element can be obstructed, occurs in a state where an operation for displaying the video image by the display unit is being performed and an operation for suppressing the influence by the suppression unit is being performed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihiro Uchida, Kenkichi Hayashi, Hideo Kobayashi, Seiichi Izawa, Koichi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20220191400Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an imaging method that further facilitate recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided. An imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image sensor that captures a reference video which is a motion picture, a housing that accommodates the image sensor, a detection portion for detecting a motion of the housing, and a processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO, Kenkichi HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11336815Abstract: A focusing control device that moves a position of a focus lens included in an imaging lens along an optical axis direction. The device comprises a processor configured to execute a process.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Akihiro Uchida, Seiichi Izawa, Shinichiro Fujiki
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Imaging device, imaging method, and program capable of suppressing decrease in autofocusing accuracy
Patent number: 11294145Abstract: An imaging device derives a change amount of image magnification corresponding to each of a plurality of F-numbers in an autofocus area on the basis of a reference value of the change amount of the image magnification in accordance with a change in position of a focus lens for each of the plurality of F-numbers, in a case where autofocus is executed; determines, as a limit F-number, an F-number corresponding to any change amount equal to or less than a threshold value of the allowed change amount of the image magnification among the derived change amounts; and sets an F-number as the limit F-number in a case where the F-number obtained from a subject luminance in a case where autofocus is executed exceeds the determined limit F-number.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihiro Uchida, Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Shinichiro Fujiki, Seiichi Izawa -
Publication number: 20220094935Abstract: Provided are an image processing device capable of performing compression processing on a video captured in each video capturing mode according to a first video capturing mode and a second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. A possible range of a quantization parameter applied in a case where the video is compressed is made different in the first video capturing mode and the second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. The quantization parameter is determined within a first range in a case of the first video capturing mode, and the quantization parameter is determined within a second range narrower than the first range in a case of the second video capturing mode. In particular, a second upper limit value of the second range is smaller than a first upper limit value of the first range, and a second lower limit value of the second range is larger than a first lower limit value of the first range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11269249Abstract: The optical system having an imaging lens that images a first-plane and a second-plane which are discontinuous includes: a first-optical-system that images the first-plane; a second-optical-system that images the second-plane; and a common-optical-system that forms a subject image, which is incident through the first-optical-system, on the first-light-receiving-region of the image sensor and forms a subject image, which is incident through the second-optical-system, on the second-light-receiving-region of the image sensor. In the optical system, an angle of view, at which imaging is performed by the first-optical-system and the common-optical-system, overlaps with an angle of view, at which imaging is performed by the second-optical-system and the common-optical-system.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazuyoshi Okada, Kenkichi Hayashi, Yasunobu Kishine
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Patent number: 11223826Abstract: Provided are an image processing device capable of performing compression processing on a video captured in each video capturing mode according to a first video capturing mode and a second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. A possible range of a quantization parameter applied in a case where the video is compressed is made different in the first video capturing mode and the second video capturing mode with different capturing conditions. The quantization parameter is determined within a first range in a case of the first video capturing mode, and the quantization parameter is determined within a second range narrower than the first range in a case of the second video capturing mode. In particular, a second upper limit value of the second range is smaller than a first upper limit value of the first range, and a second lower limit value of the second range is larger than a first lower limit value of the first range.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yukinori Nishiyama, Tetsu Wada, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsuya Fujikawa, Kenkichi Hayashi