Patents by Inventor Koji Sudo

Koji Sudo 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: 11966155
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a shutter button with which to give an image capturing instruction, a specific operation member, a reception unit configured to receive a line-of-sight input that is an input of a position based on a line of sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a case where a predetermined operation on the specific operation member is not performed while a specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, a specified position is not moved based on the line-of-sight input in a case where a line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input moves, and in a case where the predetermined operation on the specific operation member is performed while the specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, the specified position is moved based on the line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Sudo
  • Publication number: 20230194956
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a shutter button with which to give an image capturing instruction, a specific operation member, a reception unit configured to receive a line-of-sight input that is an input of a position based on a line of sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a case where a predetermined operation on the specific operation member is not performed while a specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, a specified position is not moved based on the line-of-sight input in a case where a line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input moves, and in a case where the predetermined operation on the specific operation member is performed while the specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, the specified position is moved based on the line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Koji Sudo
  • Patent number: 11609481
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a shutter button with which to give an image capturing instruction, a specific operation member, a reception unit configured to receive a line-of-sight input that is an input of a position based on a line of sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a case where a predetermined operation on the specific operation member is not performed while a specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, a specified position is not moved based on the line-of-sight input in a case where a line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input moves, and in a case where the predetermined operation on the specific operation member is performed while the specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, the specified position is moved based on the line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Sudo
  • Publication number: 20210124239
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a shutter button with which to give an image capturing instruction, a specific operation member, a reception unit configured to receive a line-of-sight input that is an input of a position based on a line of sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a case where a predetermined operation on the specific operation member is not performed while a specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, a specified position is not moved based on the line-of-sight input in a case where a line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input moves, and in a case where the predetermined operation on the specific operation member is performed while the specific operation on the shutter button is being performed, the specified position is moved based on the line-of-sight position of the line-of-sight input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Koji Sudo
  • Publication number: 20210019770
    Abstract: A store management device is configured to select a registered customer corresponding to a visitor who visits a store from among a plurality of registered customers in communication with a terminal device held by the visitor when carrying out identity verification via face authentication of the visitor and to identify the visitor as a processed-subject person subjected to a predetermined process (e.g. a settlement process of purchased products) by way of authentication using a set of biological information of the registered customer corresponding to the visitor and biological information of the visitor which is newly acquired at a timing of executing the predetermined process in the store. Thus, it is possible to improve the accuracy when determining the identification of the visitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya YAMASAKI, Rie SHIMIZU, Koji SUDO
  • Patent number: 10506173
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises a light emitting unit which provides, by light emission, a notification of an operation status of a self-timer when performing self-timer shooting; a mode setting unit which sets one of a plurality of operation modes; and a control unit which controls the light emitting unit to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self-timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a first operation mode, and controls the light emitting unit not to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Seiji Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20190246029
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises a light emitting unit which provides, by light emission, a notification of an operation status of a self-timer when performing self-timer shooting; a mode setting unit which sets one of a plurality of operation modes; and a control unit which controls the light emitting unit to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self-timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a first operation mode, and controls the light emitting unit not to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a second operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Seiji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10313604
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises a light emitting unit which provides, by light emission, a notification of an operation status of a self-timer when performing self-timer shooting; a mode setting unit which sets one of a plurality of operation modes; and a control unit which controls the light emitting unit to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self-timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a first operation mode, and controls the light emitting unit not to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Seiji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10165189
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch on a display unit, an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the electronic apparatus, a display control unit configured to perform control so that a display position of a display item displayed on the display unit is changed if a predetermined change of the orientation of the electronic apparatus is detected by the orientation detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, if the predetermined change of the orientation of the electronic apparatus occurs, processing based on a touch operation of a touch that has been detected by the touch detection unit since before the predetermined change occurs is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Sudo
  • Patent number: 10075638
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which enhances usability in shooting in a case where a user sets an initial lens position. A system control unit starts shifting a zoom position of a taking lens in response to start of a zooming operation in which the zoom position is changed, and stops shifting the zoom position in response to termination of the zooming operation. When the zoom position reaches a predetermined zoom position, which is inside an optical zoom range and is neither an optical wide-angle end nor an optical telephoto end, while the zoom position is being shifted in a first direction in response to a first zooming operation for shifting the zoom position in the first direction, the system control unit provides control to fix the zoom position at the predetermined zoom position even when the first zooming operation has not been terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Shin Murakami
  • Publication number: 20180234608
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises a light emitting unit which provides, by light emission, a notification of an operation status of a self-timer when performing self-timer shooting; a mode setting unit which sets one of a plurality of operation modes; and a control unit which controls the light emitting unit to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self-timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a first operation mode, and controls the light emitting unit not to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a second operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Seiji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10003753
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises a light emitting unit which provides, by light emission, a notification of an operation status of a self-timer when performing self-timer shooting; a mode setting unit which sets one of a plurality of operation modes; and a control unit which controls the light emitting unit to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self-timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a first operation mode, and controls the light emitting unit not to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Seiji Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20170257550
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises a light emitting unit which provides, by light emission, a notification of an operation status of a self-timer when performing self-timer shooting; a mode setting unit which sets one of a plurality of operation modes; and a control unit which controls the light emitting unit to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self-timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a first operation mode, and controls the light emitting unit not to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a second operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Seiji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9712756
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises a light emitting unit which provides, by light emission, a notification of an operation status of a self-timer when performing self-timer shooting; a mode setting unit which sets one of a plurality of operation modes; and a control unit which controls the light emitting unit to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self-timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a first operation mode, and controls the light emitting unit not to provide the notification of the operation status of the self-timer in self timer shooting if the mode setting unit has set a second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Seiji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9692971
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a mode switching unit which, in response to an instruction from a user, switches an operation mode of the apparatus, a display control unit which controls such that a reproduced image is displayed in a reproduction mode, and a control unit controls such that, when a reproduced image is displayed in the reproduction mode, in response to accepting a specific instruction, based on attribute information of the reproduced image being displayed, at least a part of settings from shooting settings for when the reproduced image was shot are set in the apparatus, switching from a reproduction mode to a shooting mode is performed, and a live view image in which the part of settings are reflected is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Sudo
  • Patent number: 9681048
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a control unit, and a notification unit. The control unit controls the image capturing unit so that a first shooting operation and a second shooting operation are sequentially performed at an interval not smaller than a predetermined time period. The notification unit issues a notification constantly during the predetermined time period of the interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Sudo
  • Patent number: 9477062
    Abstract: A lens control apparatus having a zoom lens includes first and second operation members that give a zoom instruction for moving the zoom lens, and a controller that changes a zoom stop position to a first pattern according to the operation of the first operation member, and changes the zoom stop position to a second pattern, which has an interval wider than that in the first pattern, according to the operation of the second operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junichi Maniwa, Eiji Yoshino, Koji Sudo, Yohei Fujitani
  • Publication number: 20160255279
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch on a display unit, an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the electronic apparatus, a display control unit configured to perform control so that a display position of a display item displayed on the display unit is changed if a predetermined change of the orientation of the electronic apparatus is detected by the orientation detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, if the predetermined change of the orientation of the electronic apparatus occurs, processing based on a touch operation of a touch that has been detected by the touch detection unit since before the predetermined change occurs is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Koji Sudo
  • Patent number: 9360962
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch on a display unit, an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the electronic apparatus, a display control unit configured to perform control so that a display position of a display item displayed on the display unit is changed if a predetermined change of the orientation of the electronic apparatus is detected by the orientation detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, if the predetermined change of the orientation of the electronic apparatus occurs, processing based on a touch operation of a touch that has been detected by the touch detection unit since before the predetermined change occurs is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Sudo
  • Patent number: RE50210
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which enhances usability in shooting in a case where a user sets an initial lens position. A system control unit starts shifting a zoom position of a taking lens in response to start of a zooming operation in which the zoom position is changed, and stops shifting the zoom position in response to termination of the zooming operation. When the zoom position reaches a predetermined zoom position, which is inside an optical zoom range and is neither an optical wide-angle end nor an optical telephoto end, while the zoom position is being shifted in a first direction in response to a first zooming operation for shifting the zoom position in the first direction, the system control unit provides control to fix the zoom position at the predetermined zoom position even when the first zooming operation has not been terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Sudo, Shin Murakami