Patents by Inventor Koutarou Koike

Koutarou Koike 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).

  • Communication apparatus, control method therefor, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 9189059
    Abstract: A communication apparatus sets one authentication ID for connecting to a network based on user input, changes the set authentication ID to authentication IDs different from each other with respect to each of a plurality of states for communicating with at least any one of an imaging device and a light emission device in a network to execute a predetermined photographing processing, and communicates with at least any one of the imaging device and the light emission device using the changed authentication IDs with respect to each of a plurality of states to execute the predetermined photographing processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koutarou Koike
  • Image pickup apparatus and control method and program of the same
    Patent number: 8462261
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus for wireless-communicating with a camera accessory which periodically transits to a sleep state, transmits a change signal for changing the setting of a power saving state in an accessory apparatus, to the accessory apparatus in accordance with a first operation for instructing an image pickup preparation to decide an setting for image pickup or a second operation for instructing the image pickup based on the image pickup preparation operation being accepted by an operation unit of the image pickup apparatus, thereby efficiently suppressing stand-by electricity consumption and preventing a delay from occurring in timing when a predetermined process is executed between apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koutarou Koike
  • IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM OF THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110063462
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus for wireless-communicating with a camera accessory which periodically transits to a sleep state, transmits a change signal for changing the setting of a power saving state in an accessory apparatus, to the accessory apparatus in accordance with a first operation for instructing an image pickup preparation to decide an setting for image pickup or a second operation for instructing the image pickup based on the image pickup preparation operation being accepted by an operation unit of the image pickup apparatus, thereby efficiently suppressing stand-by electricity consumption and preventing a delay from occurring in timing when a predetermined process is executed between apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koutarou Koike