Patents by Inventor Kento Inai

Kento Inai 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: 20160353011
    Abstract: The image pickup apparatus includes: a first imaging sensor in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are arranged two-dimensionally; a second imaging sensor in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are arranged two-dimensionally, each pixel including one micro lens, and a first and a second photoelectric conversion units; a light beam splitting unit for splitting a flux of light entering an optical system into fluxes of light entering the first and the second imaging sensors separately; a first image processing unit for processing signals from the first imaging sensor, the first image processing unit generating a still image based on signals from the first imaging sensor; and a second image processing unit for processing signals from the second imaging sensor, the second image processing unit generating signals usable for focal point detection of a phase difference method and generating a moving image based on signals from the second imaging sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hideaki Sambonsugi, Kento Inai
  • Patent number: 9473688
    Abstract: The image pickup apparatus includes: a first imaging sensor in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are arranged two-dimensionally; a second imaging sensor in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are arranged two-dimensionally, each pixel including one micro lens, and a first and a second photoelectric conversion units; a light beam splitting unit for splitting a flux of light entering an optical system into fluxes of light entering the first and the second imaging sensors separately; a first image processing unit for processing signals from the first imaging sensor, the first image processing unit generating a still image based on signals from the first imaging sensor; and a second image processing unit for processing signals from the second imaging sensor, the second image processing unit generating signals usable for focal point detection of a phase difference method and generating a moving image based on signals from the second imaging sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Sambonsugi, Kento Inai
  • Patent number: 9417719
    Abstract: When the first electrical conductor overlaps one of the three or more detection electrodes, the one detection electrode and the first electrical conductor are capacitively coupled. When the position of the first electrical conductor has changed in accordance with movement of the operation member, it is determined, based on the capacitance of each of the three or more detection electrodes after the change, that the first electrical conductor has moved in a direction from a first detection electrode judged to have decreased the capacitance to a second detection electrode judged to have increased the capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kento Inai
  • Publication number: 20160077630
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first detection electrode group, a second detection electrode group, a third detection electrode group, a rotating member for moving among positions in which the rotating member faces the first to third detection electrode groups, a detection unit for detecting electrostatic capacitances of the first to third detection electrode groups, a determination unit for determining a rotation direction, a rotation amount, or a rotation angle of the rotating member in accordance with the electrostatic capacitances of the first to third detection electrode groups and threshold values for the first to third detection electrode groups, and an updating unit for updating a reference value of one of the first to third detection electrode groups corresponding to a selected smallest electrostatic capacitance using the selected smallest electrostatic capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Kento Inai
  • Patent number: 8823679
    Abstract: An input apparatus capable of improving detection sensitivity in detecting operations using a capacitive sensing method. An operation member is operated to change the positional relationship between a substrate and a conducive member. In the conductive member, a first part whose facing area facing an earth electrode of the substrate does not change even when the positional relationship between the substrate and the conducive member changes, and second parts whore facing area facing detecting electrodes of the substrate changes in response to a change in the positional relationship between the substrate and the conducive member are formed. The substrate or the conducive member is formed so that when the facing area of the second parts facing the detecting electrodes reaches the maximum, the facing area of the second parts facing the detecting electrodes can be equal to the facing area of the first part facing the earth electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kento Inai
  • Publication number: 20140176785
    Abstract: The image pickup apparatus includes: a first imaging sensor in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are arranged two-dimensionally; a second imaging sensor in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are arranged two-dimensionally, each pixel including one micro lens, and a first and a second photoelectric conversion units; a light beam splitting unit for splitting a flux of light entering an optical system into fluxes of light entering the first and the second imaging sensors separately; a first image processing unit for processing signals from the first imaging sensor, the first image processing unit generating a still image based on signals from the first imaging sensor; and a second image processing unit for processing signals from the second imaging sensor, the second image processing unit generating signals usable for focal point detection of a phase difference method and generating a moving image based on signals from the second imaging sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Sambonsugi, Kento Inai
  • Publication number: 20130027062
    Abstract: When the first electrical conductor overlaps one of the three or more detection electrodes, the one detection electrode and the first electrical conductor are capacitively coupled. When the position of the first electrical conductor has changed in accordance with movement of the operation member, it is determined, based on the capacitance of each of the three or more detection electrodes after the change, that the first electrical conductor has moved in a direction from a first detection electrode judged to have decreased the capacitance to a second detection electrode judged to have increased the capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kento Inai
  • Publication number: 20130021274
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises an operation unit; a plurality of touch detection units each configured to detect a touch input to the operation unit; a sensitivity adjustment unit configured to perform adjustment so that a sensitivity of a touch detection unit of the plurality of touch detection units, which is arranged on a far side with respect to a specific end portion of the electronic apparatus, becomes higher than a sensitivity of a touch detection unit of the plurality of touch detection units, which is arranged on a near side with respect to the specific end portion; and a determination unit configured to determine an operated portion of the operation unit based on output values from the plurality of touch detection units, which have been adjusted by the sensitivity adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Fukushima, Kento Inai
  • Publication number: 20120229150
    Abstract: An input apparatus capable of improving detection sensitivity in detecting operations using a capacitive sensing method. An operation member is operated to change the positional relationship between a substrate and a conducive member. In the conductive member, a first part whose facing area facing an earth electrode of the substrate does not change even when the positional relationship between the substrate and the conducive member changes, and second parts whore facing area facing detecting electrodes of the substrate changes in response to a change in the positional relationship between the substrate and the conducive member are formed. The substrate or the conducive member is formed so that when the facing area of the second parts facing the detecting electrodes reaches the maximum, the facing area of the second parts facing the detecting electrodes can be equal to the facing area of the first part facing the earth electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kento Inai
  • Patent number: 7805624
    Abstract: The present invention realizes lower power consumption of an entire system in a case in which a battery operated electronic device such as an image pickup apparatus is used as a USB host machine. When a battery powered electronic device is connected via a cable to an external device that receives a supply of power from a host machine, which is the electronic device, the present invention provides a function to switch the external device to a low power consumption state under a predetermined condition, and a function to allow the external device to recover to an ordinary state. Also, a function is provided to check whether or not the low power consumption state of the external device satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kento Inai
  • Publication number: 20070242300
    Abstract: The present invention realizes lower power consumption of an entire system in a case in which a battery operated electronic device such as an image pickup apparatus is used as a USB host machine. When a battery powered electronic device is connected via a cable to an external device that receives a supply of power from a host machine, which is the electronic device, the present invention provides a function to switch the external device to a low power consumption state under a predetermined condition, and a function to allow the external device to recover to an ordinary state. Also, a function is provided to check whether or not the low power consumption state of the external device satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Kento Inai