Patents by Inventor Koichiro Minamino

Koichiro Minamino 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).

  • Still camera capable of efficiently selecting compression ratio
    Patent number: 6018362
    Abstract: The still camera includes an imaging section which forms an image of an object to be photographed and outputs analog image data; an A/D conversion section which performs A/D conversion upon this analog image data; an aperture device which controls the amount of light incident upon the imaging device; a compression processing section which compresses the digital image data from the A/D conversion section; a memory card upon which the digital image data thus compressed by the compression processing section is stored; a photometric section which measures the brightness of the object to be photographed; and a compression ratio setting section which derives and controls the compression ratio for the compression processing section, based at least upon the distance to an object to be photographed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Koichiro Minamino
  • Camera capable of selecting compression ratio efficiency
    Patent number: 5619265
    Abstract: The still camera includes: an imaging section which forms an image of an object to be photographed and outputs analog image data; an A/D conversion section which performs A/D conversion upon this analog image data; an aperture device which controls the amount of light incident upon the imaging device; a compression processing section which compresses the digital image data from the A/D conversion section; a memory card upon which the digital image data thus compressed by the compression processing section is stored; a photometric section which measures the brightness of the object to be photographed; and a compression ratio setting section which derives and controls the compression ratio for the compression processing section, based at least upon the brightness measured by the photometric section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Koichiro Minamino