Patents by Inventor Kyosuke Osuka
Kyosuke Osuka 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).
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Patent number: 11968442Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imager configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; a controller that records an image file based on the image data on the recording medium; and an operation interface that inputs a user operation for selecting a file system from first and second file systems different from each other, the file system managing the image file in the recording medium, wherein in accordance with the user operation input in the operation interface, the controller switches a folder for storing the image file between a first folder corresponding to the first file system and a second folder corresponding to the second file system in the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyosuke Osuka, Kazuya Abe, Yuichi Suzuki, Kunio Dohno
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Patent number: 11849208Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; a plurality of operation members each operable to input a user operation; a selector configured to select one pattern from among a plurality of patterns each indicating a combination whether or not each operation member is to be set to a lock state for disabling the user operation; and a controller configured to control a lock function based on the pattern selected by the selector, the lock function causing the plurality of operation members to disable the user operation in an operation member which is in the lock state and to enable the user operation in another operation member which is not in the lock state.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyosuke Osuka, Yasuhiro Ogata
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Patent number: 11792503Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; a recorder that records the image data into a recording medium; a controller that controls a moving image shooting operation in which the image data indicating a moving image based on a result of imaging by the image sensor is recorded into the recording medium by the recorder; and a display interface that enables to display a measured value of at least one parameter sequentially for each measurement time, the parameter indicating a factor that hinders the moving image shooting operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Abe, Yuichi Suzuki, Kyosuke Osuka
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Publication number: 20230209176Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor generating original image data; an image processor performing image processing to generate image data; a storage storing a plurality of first parameter sets and at least one second parameter set; and a user interface receiving a user operation combining a first parameter set with a second parameter set. Each of the plurality of first parameter sets defines the effect in the image processing. Each of the at least one second parameter set defines a correspondence before and after color information in an image is converted. Based on the user operation, the image processor: adjusts an image indicated by the original image data, using the first parameter set included in the combination designated by the user operation; and converts color information included in the image adjusted by the first parameter set, using the second parameter set included in the designated combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Takaaki YAMASAKI, Tomoaki TSUTSUMI, Daisuke BABA, Kyosuke OSUKA
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Publication number: 20230156321Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; an output interface that outputs information to a user; and a controller that controls the output interface, based on recording data and the image data generated by the image sensor, the recording data recording information on a first moving image, wherein the controller causes the output interface to output shooting assist information during shooting of a second moving image with the image sensor, the shooting assist information assisting the user to match the second moving image with the first moving image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Takaaki YAMASAKI, Shinichi YAMAMOTO, Kyosuke OSUKA, Yuichi SUZUKI, Akira SETO
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Patent number: 11650714Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a display, an operation receiver, and a controller. The display displays a menu screen including menu items. The operation receiver receives a user operation on the menu screen. The controller controls the display according to the user operation via the operation receiver. The menu screen further includes: first tab information indicating a category for classifying the menu items; second tab information indicating a plurality of sub categories included in the category; and third tab information indicating, for each of the sub categories, a menu item set number in which menu items in one sub category are partitioned to be displayed per a set on the menu screens. The controller changes menu items to be displayed on the menu screen, according to a user operation input via the operation receiver with the first, second, and third tab information displayed on the menu screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Abe, Kyosuke Osuka
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Patent number: 11647278Abstract: An imaging apparatus for capturing an image of a subject, the imaging apparatus includes: a first display; a second display including a display screen configured to change an orientation toward a subject side; a controller configured to control operations of the first and second displays; and a proximity detector configured to detect an object in proximity to the first display, wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller causes the first display to display an image of the subject, and causes the second display to display an image showing the subject simultaneously with the first display.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyosuke Osuka, Masanori Koyama, Satoshi Horie
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Patent number: 11575836Abstract: The imaging device includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens unit detachably attached to the camera body, the imaging device including, an optical system including a focus lens, an infinite rotation type focus ring, a lens drive part moving the focus lens forward and backward in an optical axis direction of the optical system, a setting part allowing a user to set a rotation range of the focus ring, a storage part assigning and storing respective different rotation amounts of the focus ring to multiple positions within a movement stroke of the focus lens in accordance with a rotation range set in the setting part, and a control part driving the lens drive part to move the focus lens depending on a rotation amount of the focus ring to a position corresponding to the rotation amount stored in the storage part.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Shingu, Naotaka Kishida, Kyosuke Osuka, Takaaki Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20220345640Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; a recorder that records the image data into a recording medium; a controller that controls a moving image shooting operation in which the image data indicating a moving image based on a result of imaging by the image sensor is recorded into the recording medium by the recorder; and a display interface that enables to display a measured value of at least one parameter sequentially for each measurement time, the parameter indicating a factor that hinders the moving image shooting operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Kazuya ABE, Yuichi SUZUKI, Kyosuke OSUKA
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Patent number: 11394874Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises: an imager that captures an image of a subject to generate image data; a first detector that detects a face region corresponding to a face of the subject in the image data; a second detector that detects a subject region corresponding to at least a part of the subject in the image data; and a controller that controls exposure based on metering for the image data, wherein the controller performs, when the face region is detected by the first detector, exposure compensation according to metering in the detected face region, and continues the exposure compensation according to the metering in the detected face region, when the detected face region is lost by the first detector and the subject region corresponding to the subject of the detected face region is detected by the second detector.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Hashigami, Koji Shibuno, Takaaki Yamasaki, Kyosuke Osuka
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Publication number: 20220210320Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; a plurality of operation members each operable to input a user operation; a selector configured to select one pattern from among a plurality of patterns each indicating a combination whether or not each operation member is to be set to a lock state for disabling the user operation; and a controller configured to control a lock function based on the pattern selected by the selector, the lock function causing the plurality of operation members to disable the user operation in an operation member which is in the lock state and to enable the user operation in another operation member which is not in the lock state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Kyosuke OSUKA, Yasuhiro OGATA
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Patent number: 11336802Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imager to capture a subject image to generate an image signal; an image processor to perform predetermined processing on the image signal to generate image data; a display to display luminance level information showing a luminance level in the image; an operation receiver to input a user operation; and a controller to control the display and the operation receiver. The image processor generates the image data using a predetermined gamma curve in which a light amount in the image signal is associated with a luminance level to compress as the light amount increases. When the operation receiver receives a user operation for setting a luminance level in the luminance level information, the controller controls the display to represent the luminance level by a stop number indicating a scaling rate of a corresponding light amount in the gamma curve.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyosuke Osuka
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Publication number: 20220141391Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imager configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; a controller that records an image file based on the image data on the recording medium; and an operation interface that inputs a user operation for selecting a file system from first and second file systems different from each other, the file system managing the image file in the recording medium, wherein in accordance with the user operation input in the operation interface, the controller switches a folder for storing the image file between a first folder corresponding to the first file system and a second folder corresponding to the second file system in the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Kyosuke OSUKA, Kazuya ABE, Yuichi SUZUKI, Kunio DOHNO
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Publication number: 20220103759Abstract: An imaging apparatus for capturing an image of a subject, the imaging apparatus includes: a first display; a second display including a display screen configured to change an orientation toward a subject side; a controller configured to control operations of the first and second displays; and a proximity detector configured to detect an object in proximity to the first display, wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller causes the first display to display an image of the subject, and causes the second display to display an image showing the subject simultaneously with the first display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Kyosuke OSUKA, Masanori KOYAMA, Satoshi HORIE
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Publication number: 20220030160Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises: an imager that captures an image of a subject to generate image data; a first detector that detects a face region corresponding to a face of the subject in the image data; a second detector that detects a subject region corresponding to at least a part of the subject in the image data; and a controller that controls exposure based on metering for the image data, wherein the controller performs, when the face region is detected by the first detector, exposure compensation according to metering in the detected face region, and continues the exposure compensation according to the metering in the detected face region, when the detected face region is lost by the first detector and the subject region corresponding to the subject of the detected face region is detected by the second detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Koji HASHIGAMI, Koji SHIBUNO, Takaaki YAMASAKI, Kyosuke OSUKA
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Publication number: 20210356842Abstract: The imaging device includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens unit detachably attached to the camera body, the imaging device including, an optical system including a focus lens, an infinite rotation type focus ring, a lens drive part moving the focus lens forward and backward in an optical axis direction of the optical system, a setting part allowing a user to set a rotation range of the focus ring, a storage part assigning and storing respective different rotation amounts of the focus ring to multiple positions within a movement stroke of the focus lens in accordance with a rotation range set in the setting part, and a control part driving the lens drive part to move the focus lens depending on a rotation amount of the focus ring to a position corresponding to the rotation amount stored in the storage part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Yasuhiro SHINGU, Naotaka KISHIDA, Kyosuke OSUKA, Takaaki YAMASAKI
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Patent number: 11134198Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an imaging sensor that captures an object image formed through an interchangeable lens, to generate image data, a driver that performs image blur correction by moving the imaging sensor in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, an operation unit that accepts a user operation for changing a movable amount of the imaging sensor during image blur correction, and a controller that causes the driver to move the imaging sensor within a range of a changed movable amount.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kojima, Kyosuke Osuka
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Patent number: 11089224Abstract: An imaging apparatus having a plurality of video modes for capturing videos with respective video quality, the imaging apparatus comprising: a display that displays information indicating the plurality of video modes; an operation receiver that receives a user operation for designating a video mode in the plurality of video modes based on the displayed information; and a controller that sets the video mode designated via the operation receiver for the imaging apparatus. Each of the video modes has elements corresponding to items associated with the video quality. Combinations of the elements of different items are limited in the plurality of video modes. The controller receives, via the operation receiver, a user operation for setting a refining condition associated with at least one of the items, and refines, from the plurality of video modes, a video mode to be displayed on the display in accordance with the set refining condition.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Abe, Manabu Watanabe, Kyosuke Osuka
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Publication number: 20210200392Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a display, an operation receiver, and a controller. The display displays a menu screen including menu items. The operation receiver receives a user operation on the menu screen. The controller controls the display according to the user operation via the operation receiver. The menu screen further includes: first tab information indicating a category for classifying the menu items; second tab information indicating a plurality of sub categories included in the category; and third tab information indicating, for each of the sub categories, a menu item set number in which menu items in one sub category are partitioned to be displayed per a set on the menu screens. The controller changes menu items to be displayed on the menu screen, according to a user operation input via the operation receiver with the first, second, and third tab information displayed on the menu screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Mitsuo ABE, Kyosuke OSUKA
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Publication number: 20210168265Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imager to capture a subject image to generate an image signal; an image processor to perform predetermined processing on the image signal to generate image data; a display to display luminance level information showing a luminance level in the image; an operation receiver to input a user operation; and a controller to control the display and the operation receiver. The image processor generates the image data using a predetermined gamma curve in which a light amount in the image signal is associated with a luminance level to compress as the light amount increases. When the operation receiver receives a user operation for setting a luminance level in the luminance level information, the controller controls the display to represent the luminance level by a stop number indicating a scaling rate of a corresponding light amount in the gamma curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventor: Kyosuke OSUKA