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).

  • Publication number: 20210029301
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsuo ABE, Manabu WATANABE, Kyosuke OSUKA
  • Patent number: 10880491
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging part to capture a subject so as to generate image data, an image processor to generate first image data having a first dynamic range relating to brightness based on the image data, a display being not compatible with reproduction of the image having the first dynamic range but being compatible with reproduction of an image having a second dynamic range narrower than the first dynamic range, and a controller to control a display of an image indicated by the first image data. The controller has a first mode in which when the first image data is displayed on the display, the controller converts a color gamut of the first image data to a color gamut with which the display is compatible without converting a gamma characteristic of the first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Osuka, Tomoaki Tsutsumi, Takeshi Hamasaki
  • Patent number: 10868960
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus allows a user to register a setting of a predetermined function. The imaging apparatus includes a storage part configured to store setting information including a base setting which is a content of the setting registered by the user regarding the setting of the predetermined function; and a controller configured to change the setting information in accordance with an instruction by the user, and thereafter, to return a content of the changed setting information to the base setting at a predetermined timing. The controller sets a predetermined timing based on an instruction by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyosuke Osuka
  • Publication number: 20200288062
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOJIMA, Kyosuke OSUKA
  • Patent number: 10728464
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imager, an operator, and a controller. The operator sets an exposure correction value and a continuous shooting mode including a first continuous shooting mode and a second continuous shooting mode in which continuous shooting is performed at a higher speed than in the first continuous shooting mode. The controller is configured to determine whether the exposure correction value is within a predetermined range when the second continuous shooting mode is set in the operator. The controller is configured to perform the auto exposure control during continuous shooting operation in the second continuous shooting mode when determined that the exposure correction value is within the predetermined range. The controller is configured not to perform the auto exposure control during the continuous shooting operation in the second continuous shooting mode when determined that the exposure correction value is not within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hashigami, Kyosuke Osuka
  • Patent number: 10659625
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit, a recording medium, a communication unit, and a controller. In a case where an unsent piece of image data is present in the recording medium when the communication unit automatically establishes a new connection with a first external apparatus, when the first external apparatus is identical to an external apparatus having been connected with the communication unit at a time of generation of the unsent piece of the image data, of a plurality of external apparatuses, the controller allows the communication unit to automatically transfer the unsent piece of the image data to the first external apparatus. When the first external apparatus is different from the external apparatus having been connected with the communication unit at the time of generation of the unsent piece of the image data, the controller forbids the communication unit to automatically transfer the unsent piece of the image data to the first external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyosuke Osuka
  • Publication number: 20200092456
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging part to capture a subject so as to generate image data, an image processor to generate first image data having a first dynamic range relating to brightness based on the image data, a display being not compatible with reproduction of the image having the first dynamic range but being compatible with reproduction of an image having a second dynamic range narrower than the first dynamic range, and a controller to control a display of an image indicated by the first image data. The controller has a first mode in which when the first image data is displayed on the display, the controller converts a color gamut of the first image data to a color gamut with which the display is compatible without converting a gamma characteristic of the first image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Kyosuke OSUKA, Tomoaki TSUTSUMI, Takeshi HAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200007785
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus allows a user to register a setting of a predetermined function. The imaging apparatus includes a storage part configured to store setting information including a base setting which is a content of the setting registered by the user regarding the setting of the predetermined function; and a controller configured to change the setting information in accordance with an instruction by the user, and thereafter, to return a content of the changed setting information to the base setting at a predetermined timing. The controller sets a predetermined timing based on an instruction by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Kyosuke OSUKA
  • Publication number: 20190109971
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imager, an operator, and a controller. The operator sets an exposure correction value and a continuous shooting mode including a first continuous shooting mode and a second continuous shooting mode in which continuous shooting is performed at a higher speed than in the first continuous shooting mode. The controller is configured to determine whether the exposure correction value is within a predetermined range when the second continuous shooting mode is set in the operator. The controller is configured to perform the auto exposure control during continuous shooting operation in the second continuous shooting mode when determined that the exposure correction value is within the predetermined range. The controller is configured not to perform the auto exposure control during the continuous shooting operation in the second continuous shooting mode when determined that the exposure correction value is not within the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Koji HASHIGAMI, Kyosuke OSUKA
  • Publication number: 20190014226
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit, a recording medium, a communication unit, and a controller. In a case where an unsent piece of image data is present in the recording medium when the communication unit automatically establishes a new connection with a first external apparatus, when the first external apparatus is identical to an external apparatus having been connected with the communication unit at a time of generation of the unsent piece of the image data, of a plurality of external apparatuses, the controller allows the communication unit to automatically transfer the unsent piece of the image data to the first external apparatus. When the first external apparatus is different from the external apparatus having been connected with the communication unit at the time of generation of the unsent piece of the image data, the controller forbids the communication unit to automatically transfer the unsent piece of the image data to the first external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: KYOSUKE OSUKA
  • Patent number: 9571433
    Abstract: A communication device for transmitting data via a first server to a second server includes an acquiring unit operable to acquire, from the first server, server information as information indicating a style of data acceptable to the second server, a converting unit operable to convert a style of data to be transmitted into the style acceptable to the second server, based on the server information, and a transmitting unit operable to transmit data converted by the converting unit to the first server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Osuka, Yasushi Yoneda, Takehito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9544494
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an imaging unit configured to generate image data by imaging an object image; a displaying unit configured to display the image data and a focus area superimposed on the image data, the focus area being a set of a plurality of focus frames; a determination unit configured to determine a number and positions of arbitrary focus frames selected from the focus area; and a control unit configured to control the imaging unit and the determination unit, and to perform focus processing on an image. The control unit performs the focus processing according to a plurality of selected focus frames when the determination unit determines that the plurality of selected focus frames are located at positions not adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Osuka, Koji Shibuno
  • Publication number: 20150222809
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an imaging unit configured to generate image data by imaging an object image; a displaying unit configured to display the image data and a focus area superimposed on the image data, the focus area being a set of a plurality of focus frames; a determination unit configured to determine a number and positions of arbitrary focus frames selected from the focus area; and a control unit configured to control the imaging unit and the determination unit, and to perform focus processing on an image. The control unit performs the focus processing according to a plurality of selected focus frames when the determination unit determines that the plurality of selected focus frames are located at positions not adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Kyosuke OSUKA, Koji SHIBUNO
  • Patent number: 8866933
    Abstract: An imaging device is provided that is configured to perform continuous shooting and includes an imaging unit, a memory, an imaging control unit and a grouping determination unit. The imaging unit is configured to capture an image of a subject. The memory is configured to store continuous shooting control information indicating a value of a control parameter related to continuous shooting. The imaging control unit is configured to cause the imaging unit to perform continuous shooting in accordance with the stored continuous shooting control information. The grouping determination unit is configured to determine, based on the stored continuous shooting control information, whether a series of image information are to be grouped together. The series of image information is obtained in one continuous shooting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kyosuke Osuka, Taizo Aoki, Masayuki Ozaki, Wataru Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20130067029
    Abstract: A communication device for transmitting data via a first server to a second server includes an acquiring unit operable to acquire, from the first server, server information as information indicating a style of data acceptable to the second server, a converting unit operable to convert a style of data to be transmitted into the style acceptable to the second server, based on the server information, and a transmitting unit operable to transmit data converted by the converting unit to the first server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyosuke OSUKA, Yasushi YONEDA, Takehito YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8356049
    Abstract: A landmark search apparatus includes a position obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position of the object, a first storage unit configured to store landmark information including a name of a landmark and position information of the landmark related to the name, an retrieving unit configured to retrieve the landmark information from the first storage unit based on the obtained current position, a second storage unit configured to store the retrieved landmark information as retrieved landmark information, and a determining unit configured to determine whether the retrieved landmark information is valid, based on the current position of the object, and a distance between a position of the subject at the time of storing the retrieved landmark information in the second storage unit and the landmark indicated by the retrieved landmark information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kyosuke Osuka, Takehiro Hattori
  • Publication number: 20120137236
    Abstract: An electronic device disclosed herein includes a display unit and an operation unit. The display unit is configured to display a customized screen. The customized screen is configured to display a settings item area and a customized item area. The setting item area is configured to include a plurality of objects that corresponds to a plurality of settings items. The customized item area is configured to include one or more objects that correspond to one or more customized items selected by a user from among the plurality of settings items. The operation unit is configured to receive a customization operation from the user in which an object is selected from among the plurality of objects disposed in the settings item area and moved to the customized item area while the customized screen is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Abe, Masanori Kouyama, Aya Yoshizaki, Eiichiro Naito, Yoko Akiba, Kyosuke Osuka, Eigo Tokioka
  • Publication number: 20120069217
    Abstract: An imaging device is provided that is configured to perform continuous shooting and includes an imaging unit, a memory, an imaging control unit and a grouping determination unit. The imaging unit is configured to capture an image of a subject. The memory is configured to store continuous shooting control information indicating a value of a control parameter related to continuous shooting. The imaging control unit is configured to cause the imaging unit to perform continuous shooting in accordance with the stored continuous shooting control information. The grouping determination unit is configured to determine, based on the stored continuous shooting control information, whether a series of image information are to be grouped together. The series of image information is obtained in one continuous shooting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kyosuke OSUKA, Taizo AOKI, Masayuki OZAKI, Wataru OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20110213798
    Abstract: A landmark search apparatus includes a position obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position of the object, a first storage unit configured to store landmark information including a name of a landmark and position information of the landmark related to the name, an retrieving unit configured to retrieve the landmark information from the first storage unit based on the obtained current position, a second storage unit configured to store the retrieved landmark information as retrieved landmark information, and a determining unit configured to determine whether the retrieved landmark information is valid, based on the current position of the object, and a distance between a position of the subject at the time of storing the retrieved landmark information in the second storage unit and the landmark indicated by the retrieved landmark information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: KYOSUKE OSUKA, TAKEHIRO HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20110019555
    Abstract: To provide a communication apparatus for achieving further improvements in communication quality and power saving effect, without depending on network environments. A portable terminal (211) as a communication apparatus includes: a communication I/F unit (108) performing data transmission/reception with a transmitter apparatus (203) on a communication protocol having flow control such as TCP; a power control unit (106) switching power on and off to the communication I/F unit (108); and a suppression/resumption control unit (104) determining cycle interval Tc and cycle data size Dc according to communication quality required by a communication application program and, per cycle interval Tc, causing data of cycle data size Dc to be transmitted in a burst state, suppressing data transmission from the transmitter apparatus (203), and causing the power control unit (106) to power off the communication I/F unit (108) while the data transmission is suppressed (T2 to T3), using the flow control mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Yukie Gotoh, Hiroshi Yokota, Atsuhiro Tsuji, Keiichi Takagaki, Yosuke Matsushita, Kyosuke Osuka