Patents by Inventor Kotaro Oguma

Kotaro Oguma 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: 11683464
    Abstract: In an electronic device according to the present invention, on a first screen, a range of a part of a VR content having a first video range is displayed as a display range and the display range is changed in accordance with an orientation change of the electronic device or a display range change operation, and on a second screen, a first image with a second video range that is narrower than the first video range and a second image with a range outside of the second video range in the first video range are displayed side by side; an edited VR content including the second video range is generated; and the second video range is changed in accordance with a video range change operation in a state where the first image and the second image are being displayed on the second screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Genjiro Shibagami, Kiyoto Ueda, Takashi Yoshimi, Shin Murakami, Seiji Ogawa, Kotaro Oguma, Koki Kitaya
  • Publication number: 20230130745
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of preventing faces of persons from being partially cut off in an image at the time of image pickup in a case where a subject includes a plurality of persons. The image pickup apparatus has a plurality of lenses with different angles of view including at least a first lens and a second lens. A first image is generated by shooting the subject through the first lens. It is determined whether or not in the subject included in the first image, a person is partially cut off. When it is determined that the person is partially cut off, the lens is switched from the first lens to the second lens with a wider angle of view than that of the first lens to shoot the subject and generate a second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Kotaro Oguma
  • Patent number: 11556173
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus that enables a line-of-sight detection function at an appropriate timing, thereby achieving power saving, for example. The line-of-sight detection function can be enabled with less power consumption. The electronic apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a line-of-sight detection unit configured to detect a line-of-sight position based on a line-of-sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a state where a first content is displayed on a display unit, the line-of-sight detection unit detects the line-of-sight position of the user in response to a second content being displayed on the display unit, wherein the second content is to be displayed together with the first content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kotaro Oguma
  • Patent number: 11553170
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: perform control to change a display region of an image in accordance with an orientation change of the electronic device or in accordance with accepting a user operation and display the display region of the image on a screen; and determine a clipping region of the image to be clipped from the image based on a position of the display region of the image, wherein the image includes the display region and the clipping region and the clipping region is wider than the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Ogawa, Shin Murakami, Takashi Yoshimi, Kiyoto Ueda, Genjiro Shibagami, Kotaro Oguma, Koki Kitaya
  • Publication number: 20210333873
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus that enables a line-of-sight detection function at an appropriate timing, thereby achieving power saving, for example. The line-of-sight detection function can be enabled with less power consumption. The electronic apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a line-of-sight detection unit configured to detect a line-of-sight position based on a line-of-sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a state where a first content is displayed on a display unit, the line-of-sight detection unit detects the line-of-sight position of the user in response to a second content being displayed on the display unit, wherein the second content is to be displayed together with the first content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Kotaro Oguma
  • Publication number: 20210321048
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: perform control to change a display region of an image in accordance with an orientation change of the electronic device or in accordance with accepting a user operation and display the display region of the image on a screen; and determine a clipping region of the image to be clipped from the image based on a position of the display region of the image, wherein the image includes the display region and the clipping region and the clipping region is wider than the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Seiji Ogawa, Shin Murakami, Takashi Yoshimi, Kiyoto Ueda, Genjiro Shibagami, Kotaro Oguma, Koki Kitaya
  • Publication number: 20200213575
    Abstract: In an electronic device according to the present invention, on a first screen, a range of a part of a VR content having a first video range is displayed as a display range and the display range is changed in accordance with an orientation change of the electronic device or a display range change operation, and on a second screen, a first image with a second video range that is narrower than the first video range and a second image with a range outside of the second video range in the first video range are displayed side by side; an edited VR content including the second video range is generated; and the second video range is changed in accordance with a video range change operation in a state where the first image and the second image are being displayed on the second screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Genjiro Shibagami, Kiyoto Ueda, Takashi Yoshimi, Shin Murakami, Seiji Ogawa, Kotaro Oguma, Koki Kitaya