Patents by Inventor Masaaki Noguchi

Masaaki Noguchi 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: 11947305
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomio Noguchi, Masaaki Sato, Kenji Matsuzaka, Koji Fujinaka, Takao Sameshima, Akitoshi Toyota, Yuichiro Inaba, Kenichi Iida
  • Patent number: 10880481
    Abstract: An image stabilization control apparatus acquires information regarding a shutter speed related to image capturing that is to be performed by the image capturing apparatus, and controls to cause a first correction unit and a second correction unit that respectively employ different correction methods, to correct shake of the image capturing apparatus. The image stabilization control apparatus changes the allocation of correction of the shake to the first correction unit and the second correction unit based on information regarding the shutter speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20190199930
    Abstract: An image stabilization control apparatus acquires information regarding a shutter speed related to image capturing that is to be performed by the image capturing apparatus, and controls to cause a first correction unit and a second correction unit that respectively employ different correction methods, to correct shake of the image capturing apparatus. The image stabilization control apparatus changes the allocation of correction of the shake to the first correction unit and the second correction unit based on information regarding the shutter speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10136064
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a focal length of an imaging optical system; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a distance to a subject; a setting unit configured to set a movable range for a correction unit configured to correct camera shake, based on the focal length and the distance to a subject; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting the camera shake within the movable range that was set by the setting unit, based on a camera shake signal from a camera shake detection unit configured to detect camera shake and output the camera shake signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10070061
    Abstract: A range of movement of a correction unit is set based on an object distance value. According to various embodiments, the range of movement of the correction unit is set to be larger as the object distance increases. According to one embodiment, a setting unit sets the range of movement of the correction unit to be larger as the object distance increases in a range where an object distance is larger than a first threshold and is equal to or smaller than a second threshold, and the setting unit fixes the range of movement of the correction unit to be a first range of movement where the object distance is equal to or smaller than the first threshold, and to be a second range of movement where the object distance is larger than the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20170302854
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a focal length of an imaging optical system; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a distance to a subject; a setting unit configured to set a movable range for a correction unit configured to correct camera shake, based on the focal length and the distance to a subject; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting the camera shake within the movable range that was set by the setting unit, based on a camera shake signal from a camera shake detection unit configured to detect camera shake and output the camera shake signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9723210
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a focal length of an imaging optical system; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a distance to a subject; a setting unit configured to set a movable range for a correction unit configured to correct camera shake, based on the focal length and the distance to a subject; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting the camera shake within the movable range that was set by the setting unit, based on a camera shake signal from a camera shake detection unit configured to detect camera shake and output the camera shake signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9635266
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus comprises an image stabilization unit configured to move a correction member based on a shake detected by a shake detection unit and stabilize an image blur based on the shake of the apparatus; a zoom unit configured to change a focal length of the imaging optical system; a calculation unit configured to calculate a movement amount of the correction member to reduce at least one of a variation in a light amount and a variation in a resolution; and a control unit configured to control, when changing the focal length, an actual movement amount to follow a target value of a movement position of the correction member by setting a limitation of a variation amount of the movement position per unit time on the movement amount calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20160269641
    Abstract: A range of movement of a correction unit is set based on an object distance value. According to various embodiments, the range of movement of the correction unit is set to be larger as the object distance increases. According to one embodiment, a setting unit sets the range of movement of the correction unit to be larger as the object distance increases in a range where an object distance is larger than a first threshold and is equal to or smaller than a second threshold, and the setting unit fixes the range of movement of the correction unit to be a first range of movement where the object distance is equal to or smaller than the first threshold, and to be a second range of movement where the object distance is larger than the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9420179
    Abstract: An optical device comprises an image blur compensation unit which compensates a blur in an image formed by an imaging optical system, the image blur compensation unit being movable in directions not parallel to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, a shake detection unit which detects shake of a device, a position detection unit which detects a position of the image blur compensation unit, the position detection unit having a detection accuracy that is variable, a driving control unit which calculates a driving target position of the image blur compensation unit based on an output from the shake detection unit and position information of the image blur compensation unit, and a control unit which controls detection accuracy of the position detection unit to set the detection accuracy of the position detection unit to a greater value in still image capture than a value in video capture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9398220
    Abstract: The shake correction unit includes a shake detection unit that detects shake and a first optical correction unit and a second optical correction unit that optically perform shake correction using a shake signal output from the shake detection unit. This allows a sufficient shake-proof range to be secured and allows a stable shake-proof process to be performed under exposure even when a panning operation or large camera shake occurs under recording of a thru-image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20160073027
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, comprises a setting unit that sets an image stabilization gain of a first image stabilization unit and an image stabilization gain of a second image stabilization unit, the first and second image stabilization units correcting an image blur of a subject image generated by a shake of the apparatus, wherein when the first and second image stabilization units are driven such that the first and second image stabilization units are a different phase with each other by 180 degrees, the setting unit sets the image stabilization gain of the second image stabilization unit such that an amount of a remaining blur in an image is a local minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20160057351
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a focal length of an imaging optical system; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a distance to a subject; a setting unit configured to set a movable range for a correction unit configured to correct camera shake, based on the focal length and the distance to a subject; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting the camera shake within the movable range that was set by the setting unit, based on a camera shake signal from a camera shake detection unit configured to detect camera shake and output the camera shake signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9253403
    Abstract: An image stabilization (IS) apparatus that is capable of preventing change of a field angle due to unnecessary mode transition. A selection unit transfers from a first IS mode to a second IS mode with a larger IS effect when a detected shake amount is maintained below a first threshold beyond first determination time and the shake amount is not maintained below a second threshold that is lower than the first threshold beyond a third determination time that is shorter than a second determination time, and transfers from the first IS mode to a third IS mode with the smallest IS effect when the shake amount is maintained below the second threshold beyond the second determination time that is shorter than the first determination time. A control unit controls an IS unit that corrects an image blur using the shake amount in the selected IS mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20150304564
    Abstract: An image stabilization apparatus comprises an image stabilization unit configured to move a correction member based on a shake detected by a shake detection unit and stabilize an image blur based on the shake of the apparatus; a zoom unit configured to change a focal length of the imaging optical system; a calculation unit configured to calculate a movement amount of the correction member to reduce at least one of a variation in a light amount and a variation in a resolution; and a control unit configured to control, when changing the focal length, an actual movement amount to follow a target value of a movement position of the correction member by setting a limitation of a variation amount of the movement position per unit time on the movement amount calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9143688
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus having a plurality of executable image blurring correction modes selects an image blurring correction mode to be executed from among the executable image blurring correction modes in accordance with an image capturing situation, and executes the selected image blurring correction mode. The image capturing apparatus has a plurality of display items respectively associated with the image blurring correction modes, and displays the display item corresponding to the image blurring correction mode under execution on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9071758
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capture apparatus and a control method for the same, with which a moving picture captured for a specific length of time before or after the capture of a still picture can be recorded during still picture capture. The image capture apparatus has a first image stabilization mode and a second image stabilization mode in which a shake component not corrected in the first image stabilization mode can be corrected, and has an image stabilization function that performs image stabilization on the basis of shake of the image capture apparatus. The image stabilization function performs image stabilization without using the second image stabilization mode when the moving picture is buffered, which allows stable image stabilization to be utilized during the capture of a recorded moving picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20150181125
    Abstract: The shake correction unit includes a shake detection unit that detects shake and a first optical correction unit and a second optical correction unit that optically perform shake correction using a shake signal output from the shake detection unit. This allows a sufficient shake-proof range to be secured and allows a stable shake-proof process to be performed under exposure even when a panning operation or large camera shake occurs under recording of a thru-image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20150042827
    Abstract: An image stabilization (IS) apparatus that is capable of preventing change of a field angle due to unnecessary mode transition. A selection unit transfers from a first IS mode to a second IS mode with a larger IS effect when a detected shake amount is maintained below a first threshold beyond first determination time and the shake amount is not maintained below a second threshold that is lower than the first threshold beyond a third determination time that is shorter than a second determination time, and transfers from the first IS mode to a third IS mode with the smallest IS effect when the shake amount is maintained below the second threshold beyond the second determination time that is shorter than the first determination time. A control unit controls an IS unit that corrects an image blur using the shake amount in the selected IS mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8866917
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a compensation unit compensating for a blur in an image formed by an imaging optical system, a shake detection unit detecting a shake of the apparatus, a position detection unit detecting a position of the compensation unit, wherein the position detection unit comprising variable detection accuracy, a driving control unit calculating a drive target position of the compensation unit based on a shake amount and the position of the compensation unit, a driving unit driving the compensation unit to the drive target position, a switching determination unit determining whether or not to perform switching of the detection accuracy of the position detection unit, and a control unit controlling the detection accuracy such that the detection accuracy is increased during moving image capture in a case where it is determined to perform switching of the detection accuracy of the position detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masaaki Noguchi