Patents by Inventor Kimihiro Masuyama

Kimihiro Masuyama 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).

  • Patent number: 11134187
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control so as to execute a predetermined function in accordance with a predetermined touch operation with respect to a touch operation member in a case where the touch operation member is in an enabled state, and not to execute the predetermined function in a case where the touch operation member is in a restricted state; and a switching unit configured to switch to the enabled state in accordance with a first touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the restricted state, a touch continuation time of the first touch operation reaching a first time, and switch to the restricted state in accordance with a second touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the enabled state, a touch continuation time of the second touch operation reaching a second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Jun Kamiya, Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 11082648
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a controller, and a correction circuit. The first pixel has a first photoelectric conversion portion. The second pixel has a second photoelectric conversion portion. The controller controls to output a first signal based on reset release of the first pixel and a second signal based on reset release of the second pixel in a first period, and to output a third signal based on photoelectric conversion of the first pixel and a fourth signal based on reset release of the second pixel in a second period. The correction circuit corrects a difference between the third signal and the first signal, using a difference between the fourth signal and the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Patent number: 11003276
    Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a first operating member and a protruding portion. The first operating member includes a detecting unit that detects touch operations and slide operations. The protruding portion is disposed adjacent to an operating face of the first operating member in a direction of the slide operations, and protrudes in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the slide operations as to the operating face of the first operating member. A detecting face of the detecting unit is divided into at least two detecting faces of a first detecting face through an N'th detecting face, in order from a side of the protruding portion in the direction of the slide operations. An area of the first detecting face is wider than an area of the N'th detecting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Kamiya, Haruhisa Ueda, Takahiro Akimoto, Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Patent number: 10904428
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a touch detector configured to detect a touch operation with respect to a touch operation surface; a registration unit configured to register, in accordance with a user operation, at least a function to be executed by a first type of a touch operation among types of touch operations with respect to the touch operation surface; and a control unit configured to control so as to execute an assigned function registered by the registration unit in accordance with the first type of a touch operation, and execute a predetermined function that cannot be changed by the registration unit in accordance with a second type of a touch operation that requires the touch operation surface to be touched over a larger touch area than a touch area satisfying a condition for the first type of a touch operation to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Kamiya, Takuma Iwagami, Kimihiro Masuyama, Hirokazu Izuoka, Koji Yoshida, Daiyu Ueno
  • Patent number: 10852881
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a touch detector; and a control unit: (1) to execute a first function in response to movement by a predetermined distance in a first direction and to update the reference position when a detected touch position has moved in the first direction, (2) to execute a second function in response to movement by the predetermined distance in a second direction and to update the reference position when the detected touch position has moved in the second direction and the detected touch position after the movement is in the first region, and (3) not to execute the second function and not to update the reference position even if a movement distance reaches the predetermined distance when the detected touch position has moved in the second direction and the detected touch position after the movement is in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiro Masuyama, Jun Kamiya, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka
  • Patent number: 10764502
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a finder; a grip portion on a side of a first direction relative to the finder; a touch operation member provided on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus on a side of the first direction relative to the finder, on a side of a second direction relative to the grip portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and on a side of a third direction relative to a center of the imaging apparatus, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and being oriented from the center toward the finder; and a control unit configured to control the imaging apparatus so as to execute a first function in accordance with a slide operation in the first direction and to execute a second function in accordance with a slide operation in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Jun Kamiya, Haruhisa Ueda, Takahiro Akimoto, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shotaro Yanai, Kenji Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20200137328
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a controller, and a correction circuit. The first pixel has a first photoelectric conversion portion. The second pixel has a second photoelectric conversion portion. The controller controls to output a first signal based on reset release of the first pixel and a second signal based on reset release of the second pixel in a first period, and to output a third signal based on photoelectric conversion of the first pixel and a fourth signal based on reset release of the second pixel in a second period. The correction circuit corrects a difference between the third signal and the first signal, using a difference between the fourth signal and the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Publication number: 20200007749
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control so as to execute a predetermined function in accordance with a predetermined touch operation with respect to a touch operation member in a case where the touch operation member is in an enabled state, and not to execute the predetermined function in a case where the touch operation member is in a restricted state; and a switching unit configured to switch to the enabled state in accordance with a first touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the restricted state, a touch continuation time of the first touch operation reaching a first time, and switch to the restricted state in accordance with a second touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the enabled state, a touch continuation time of the second touch operation reaching a second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hirokazu Izuoka, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Jun Kamiya, Koji Yoshida, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa
  • Publication number: 20200007753
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a touch detector configured to detect a touch operation with respect to a touch operation surface; a registration unit configured to register, in accordance with a user operation, at least a function to be executed by a first type of a touch operation among types of touch operations with respect to the touch operation surface; and a control unit configured to control so as to execute an assigned function registered by the registration unit in accordance with the first type of a touch operation, and execute a predetermined function that cannot he changed by the registration unit in accordance with a second type of a touch operation that requires the touch operation surface to be touched over a larger touch area than a touch area satisfying a condition for the first type of a touch operation to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jun Kamiya, Takuma Iwagami, Kimihiro Masuyama, Hirokazu Izuoka, Koji Yoshida, Daiyu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20200004373
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a touch detector; and a control unit: (1) to execute a first function in response to movement by a predetermined distance in a first direction and to update the reference position when a detected touch position has moved in the first direction, (2) to execute a second function in response to movement by the predetermined distance in a second direction and to update the reference position when the detected touch position has moved in the second direction and the detected touch position after the movement is in the first region, and (3) not to execute the second function and not to update the reference position even if a movement distance reaches the predetermined distance when the detected touch position has moved in the second direction and the detected touch position after the movement is in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kimihiro Masuyama, Jun Kamiya, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka
  • Publication number: 20200004379
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a touch detector configured to detect a touch operation with respect to a touch operation surface; and a control unit configured to control so as to: not execute, during a first period in which a touch with respect to the touch operation surface continues after detection of the touch, a first function in accordance with a movement of a touch position with respect to the touch operation surface even when a first condition for executing the first function is satisfied; execute the first function on the basis of the first condition being satisfied after end of the first period; and execute a second function on the basis of a second condition being satisfied during the first period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takuma Iwagami, Jun Kamiya, Hirokazu Izuoka, Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Publication number: 20200004372
    Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a first operating member and a protruding portion. The first operating member includes a detecting unit that detects touch operations and slide operations. The protruding portion is disposed adjacent to an operating face of the first operating member in a direction of the slide operations, and protrudes in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the slide operations as to the operating face of the first operating member. A detecting face of the detecting unit is divided into at least two detecting faces of a first detecting face through an N'th detecting face, in order from a side of the protruding portion in the direction of the slide operations. An area of the first detecting face is wider than an area of the N'th detecting face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jun Kamiya, Haruhisa Ueda, Takahiro Akimoto, Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Patent number: 10296130
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an operation unit equipped with a touch screen disposed on a display device. Coordinate information indicating a detected touch position is output from the touch screen to a CPU. The CPU sequentially stores coordinate information about respective touch positions in a memory. The CPU determines whether there is any change in a moving direction of the touch position, with reference to a history of the touch positions. If it is determined that the moving direction of the touch position has changed, the CPU invalidates the touch position detected after determination of the change until action of a touch-up operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Publication number: 20190141258
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a finder; a grip portion on a side of a first direction relative to the finder; a touch operation member provided on a rear surface of the imaging apparatus on a side of the first direction relative to the finder, on a side of a second direction relative to the grip portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, and on a side of a third direction relative to a center of the imaging apparatus, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and being oriented from the center toward the finder; and a control unit configured to control the imaging apparatus so as to execute a first function in accordance with a slide operation in the first direction and to execute a second function in accordance with a slide operation in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Yoshida, Jun Kamiya, Haruhisa Ueda, Takahiro Akimoto, Kimihiro Masuyama, Takuma Iwagami, Hirokazu Izuoka, Takuro Miyajima, Daiyu Ueno, Ryu Wakui, Eriko Sato, Takeshi Kikkawa, Shotaro Yanai, Kenji Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9635241
    Abstract: In an image capturing apparatus having an image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a microlens, the image sensor can be scanned with a first scan method of adding and reading out signals from a portion of the photoelectric conversion portions by a predetermined number of unit pixels and with a second scan method of adding and reading out signals from the photoelectric conversion portions by the predetermined number of unit pixels. A pixel signal read out with the second scan method is selected if a defocus amount is larger than a threshold value and the larger of the pixel signal read out with the second scan method and a signal obtained by using the pixel signal read out with the first scan method is selected if the defocus amount is equal to the threshold value or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Publication number: 20160342267
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an operation unit equipped with a touch screen disposed on a display device. Coordinate information indicating a detected touch position is output from the touch screen to a CPU. The CPU sequentially stores coordinate information about respective touch positions in a memory. The CPU determines whether there is any change in a moving direction of the touch position, with reference to a history of the touch positions. If it is determined that the moving direction of the touch position has changed, the CPU invalidates the touch position detected after determination of the change until action of a touch-up operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Publication number: 20160073008
    Abstract: In an image capturing apparatus having an image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a microlens, the image sensor can be scanned with a first scan method of adding and reading out signals from a portion of the photoelectric conversion portions by a predetermined number of unit pixels and with a second scan method of adding and reading out signals from the photoelectric conversion portions by the predetermined number of unit pixels. A pixel signal read out with the second scan method is selected if a defocus amount is larger than a threshold value and the larger of the pixel signal read out with the second scan method and a signal obtained by using the pixel signal read out with the first scan method is selected if the defocus amount is equal to the threshold value or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Patent number: 9154685
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor having a pixel that photo-electrically converts an object image, a readout unit that reads out a signal for image forming and a signal for focus detection from the pixel, and a control unit that controls which one of a first readout mode to read out both the signal for focus detection and the signal for image forming from the pixel and a second readout mode to read out only the signal for image forming from the pixel is to be used to operate the readout unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Patent number: 8861950
    Abstract: A determination unit determines a weighting coefficient for a second light metering area corresponding to a focus detection area at which a second defocus amount having an absolute value larger than an absolute value of a first defocus amount is acquired relatively smaller than a weighting coefficient for a first light metering area corresponding to a focus detection area at which a first defocus amount is acquired, and changes a difference between the weighting coefficient for the first light metering area and the weighting coefficient for the second light metering area based on a plurality of defocus amounts including the defocus amount of the focus detection area not corresponding to the first light metering area and the second light metering area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kimihiro Masuyama
  • Publication number: 20140063329
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor having a pixel that photo-electrically converts an object image, a readout unit that reads out a signal for image forming and a signal for focus detection from the pixel, and a control unit that controls which one of a first readout mode to read out both the signal for focus detection and the signal for image forming from the pixel and a second readout mode to read out only the signal for image forming from the pixel is to be used to operate the readout unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kimihiro Masuyama