Patents by Inventor Koichi Tanaka

Koichi Tanaka 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: 11438521
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fujikawa, Yukinori Nishiyama, Koichi Tanaka, Tetsu Wada, Kenkichi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220279136
    Abstract: Provided is a video creation method in which, in a configuration in which a part of a captured video is extracted and displayed, the adjustment of an exposure amount and the video display in a case in which an extracted region is changed are appropriately executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Publication number: 20220279106
    Abstract: Provided is a video creation method capable of obtaining a good image quality of a video obtained by extracting a part of a captured video even in a case in which a position of the extracted region is changed. The video creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a setting step of setting, in an imaging region of a first video having a first angle of view, a plurality of regions having a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view, a designation step of designating, out of a first region and a second region included in the plurality of regions, the second region having a smaller appropriate exposure amount than the first region as a reference region, and a condition determination step of determining at least one condition of an exposure time in a case in which the first video is captured or a stop amount for an incidence ray on the imaging lens based on the appropriate exposure amount of the reference region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tetsu WADA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO
  • Patent number: 11431905
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes an imaging lens, an image capturing device main body, a first detection unit that detects a shake amount of the imaging lens, a second detection unit that detects a shake amount of the image capturing device main body, a first driving unit that performs image shake correction by a correction lens based on a detection result of the first detection unit, a second driving unit that performs image shake correction by the image capturing device main body based on a detection result of the second detection unit, a finder that is used for observing an optical image transmitting through the imaging lens, a reception device that receives an image capturing instruction of the optical image, and a CPU and a CPU that perform, in an optical view mode in which the optical image is observed by the finder, a control of causing each of the first detection unit and the second detection unit to detect the shake amount and causing only the first driving unit to perform image shake correction ex
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20220270388
    Abstract: There is provided a data creation method for efficiently performing volume adjustment of a sound of each subject according to a state of each of a plurality of subjects. A data creation method includes: an association step (step S10 and step S11) of associating the microphone with each subject possessing each of the microphones; a recording step (step S12, step S20, and step S21) of recording moving image data using the imaging apparatus; a sound recording step (step S13) of recording sound data of each subject using each of the microphones in synchronization with a start of the recording step; a detection step (step S14 and step S15) of automatically detecting a state of the subject during the recording step; and an addition step (step S16 to step S19) of adding, to the moving image data, an identification code for volume adjustment of the sound data of each subject based on a result of the detection step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11418712
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes: an imaging lens; an image capturing device main body including an imaging element that captures an optical image transmitting through the imaging lens; a first correction unit that performs correction of an image shake by a correction lens; and a second correction unit that performs correction of the image shake by the image capturing device main body. The image capturing device performs a control of causing the first correction unit and the second correction unit to share and correct the image shake and calculates a correction amount of each of the first correction unit and the second correction unit according to at least one of a temperature of the imaging lens or a temperature of the image capturing device main body in a case where correction of the image shake is performed by the first correction unit and the second correction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Junya Kitagawa, Koichi Tanaka, Fuminori Irie
  • Patent number: 11418711
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Akihiro Uchida, Kenkichi Hayashi, Seiichi Izawa, Hideo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11394868
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Uchida, Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Shinichiro Fujiki, Seiichi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20220217280
    Abstract: Provided are a display method and a video recording method for a user to perceive a position of an extraction range moving within an angle of view. A display method according to an aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition step of acquiring a reference video that is a motion picture, an extraction step of extracting an extraction video set to be smaller than an angle of view of the reference video within the angle of view from the reference video, a movement step of moving an extraction range of the extraction video over time, a first display step of displaying the extraction video on a display device, and a second display step of displaying a support video based on a positional relationship between the angle of view and the extraction range on the display device, in which the second display step is executed during execution of the first display step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya NISHIO, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11375118
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Uchida, Kenkichi Hayashi, Hideo Kobayashi, Seiichi Izawa, Koichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11363940
    Abstract: An endoscope of the invention has a first surface constituting a distal end surface of the insertion part, a second surface formed on a projecting part projecting from the first surface to a front side, and an observation window provided on the second surface. The first surface has a fluid jetting nozzle, a first protective projection, and a second protective projection. The projecting part has an extending part extending from the observation window toward a side opposite to the fluid jetting nozzle. In all combinations of imaginary planes capable of coming into contact with, from the front side, at least two of the fluid jetting nozzle, the first protective projection, the second protective projection, and the extending part, the imaginary planes are disposed forward of the observation window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Takeshi Yukiiri
  • Publication number: 20220191400
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Yuya NISHIO, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220178941
    Abstract: An analysis method incudes: preparing a sample containing microorganisms; placing the microorganisms under a first condition and then performing a first mass spectrometry on a substance produced by the microorganisms; and obtaining information on characteristics or classifications of the microorganisms contained in the sample on a basis of a difference between a first data obtained in the first mass spectrometry and a second data obtained when a second mass spectrometry is performed on a substance produced by the microorganisms after having been placed under a second condition as well as a reference data in which classifications or characteristics of the microorganisms are associated with the data obtained in the mass spectrometry of the microorganisms, in which the first condition and the second condition differ in a sugar concentration or an oxygen concentration in an environment in which the microorganisms are placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi KOJIMA, Koichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11333443
    Abstract: A loop heat pipe includes an evaporator that vaporizes working fluid, a condenser that liquefies the working fluid vaporized by the evaporator, a liquid pipe connecting the condenser to the evaporator, and a vapor pipe connecting the evaporator to the condenser. The liquid pipe includes two wall portions located at opposite sides of the liquid pipe, two porous bodies, each of which is continuous with and formed integrally with one of the two wall portions, and a flow passage located between the two porous bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Nobuyuki Kurashima, Yoshihiro Machida, Takahiko Kiso
  • Patent number: 11336815
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Akihiro Uchida, Seiichi Izawa, Shinichiro Fujiki
  • Publication number: 20220137329
    Abstract: A focusing control device includes: a sensor that has a plurality of pairs of signal detection units each including a first signal detection unit that receives one of a pair of beams passed through different parts of an imaging optical system including a focus lens and detects a signal depending on an intensity of received light and a second signal detection unit that receives other one of the pair of beams and detects a signal depending on an intensity of received light, in which a plurality of lines each including a portion of the plurality of pairs that are arranged in one direction are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the one direction; a first correlation operation unit as defined herein; a second correlation operation unit as defined herein; a selection unit as defined herein; and a lens driving section as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11294145
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Uchida, Koichi Tanaka, Kenkichi Hayashi, Shinichiro Fujiki, Seiichi Izawa
  • Patent number: 11290635
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an image processing method capable of increasing correction accuracy of a phase difference detection pixel even in a case where the phase difference detection pixel is densely arranged in an imaging element in order to secure AF performance are provided. An imaging element includes normal pixels of RGB and first and second phase difference pixels of which opening portions are adjacently arranged to face each other in a horizontal direction and in which a G filter is arranged. A pixel value addition unit (64) generates an addition pixel corresponding to a virtual G pixel at a pixel position between the first and second phase difference pixels by adding pixel values of the pair of the first and second phase difference pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Tanaka, Seiji Tanaka, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20220094935
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yukinori NISHIYAMA, Tetsu WADA, Koichi TANAKA, Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Kenkichi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220078361
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element, a moving mechanism that corrects a shake, a curtain that blocks an incidence ray on the imaging element by traveling in a column direction, and a processor configured to, in a state where the moving mechanism moves the imaging element, in a case where an instruction to start imaging with an exposure time period less than or equal to a predetermined time period is received, perform a moving amount reduction control for reducing a moving amount for moving the imaging element from an elapse of a timing of reception of the instruction until a start of exposure of the imaging element, compared to a moving amount of the imaging element at the timing of reception of the instruction, in a state where the moving amount reduction control is performed, start a reset control for sequentially resetting a plurality of pixels included in the imaging element along the column direction for each line in a row direction, and after an elapse of a time period corresponding to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi TANAKA, Tatsuo ONODERA