Patents by Inventor Miho Akita
Miho Akita 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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Publication number: 20230291997Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11696016Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Publication number: 20220030170Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11223770Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190149737Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 10225477Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Publication number: 20170237906Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 9674446Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 9088721Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit configured to execute display toward a user side, disposed on an apparatus casing; a second display panel unit configured to execute display toward a subject side, disposed on the apparatus casing; an imaging processing unit configured to subject incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; and a control unit configured to execute imaging processing control according to the imaging mode setting, and execute display based on the captured image signal obtained by the imaging processing unit with the first display panel unit, while controlling the display operations based on the captured image signal obtained with the imaging processing unit of the second display panel unit, at least according to the imaging mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Publication number: 20150125128Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 8977101Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Publication number: 20140028888Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit configured to execute display toward a user side, disposed on an apparatus casing; a second display panel unit configured to execute display toward a subject side, disposed on the apparatus casing; an imaging processing unit configured to subject incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; and a control unit configured to execute imaging processing control according to the imaging mode setting, and execute display based on the captured image signal obtained by the imaging processing unit with the first display panel unit, while controlling the display operations based on the captured image signal obtained with the imaging processing unit of the second display panel unit, at least according to the imaging mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 8582012Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel mounted on an apparatus casing so as to display images or data in a direction towards a user; a second display panel mounted on the apparatus casing so as to display images or data in a direction towards a subject; an imaging processor that performs a photoelectric conversion on incident light from the subject direction to obtain image signals; a person detector that detects whether or not a person is present in the subject direction; and a controller that allows images or data based on the image signals obtained by the imaging processor to be displayed on the first display panel and controls an operation of displaying the images or data based on the image signals obtained by the imaging processor on the second display panel in accordance with at least the detection results of the person detector.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 8520120Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit configured to execute display toward a user side, disposed on an apparatus casing; a second display panel unit configured to execute display toward a subject side, disposed on the apparatus casing; an imaging processing unit configured to subject incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; and a control unit configured to execute imaging processing control according to the imaging mode setting, and execute display based on the captured image signal obtained by the imaging processing unit with the first display panel unit, while controlling the display operations based on the captured image signal obtained with the imaging processing unit of the second display panel unit, at least according to the imaging mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 8400547Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel mounted on an apparatus casing so as to display images or data in a direction towards a user; a second display panel mounted on the apparatus casing so as to display images or data in a direction towards a subject; an imaging processor that performs a photoelectric conversion on incident light from the subject direction to obtain image signals; a person detector that detects whether or not a person is present in the subject direction; and a controller that allows images or data based on the image signals obtained by the imaging processor to be displayed on the first display panel and controls an operation of displaying the images or data based on the image signals obtained by the imaging processor on the second display panel in accordance with at least the detection results of the person detector.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 8325264Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a first display panel unit for executing display toward a user side; a second display panel unit for executing display toward a subject side; an imaging processing unit for subjecting incident light from the subject side to photoelectric conversion to obtain a captured image signal; a recording processing unit for executing a recording process to a recording medium regarding the captured image signal obtained at the imaging processing unit; and a control unit for controlling the display states of the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit for each of a plurality of various types of operation periods changing along with the operation of the imaging processing unit or the recording processing unit, and executing display control wherein the first display panel unit and the second display panel unit can have different display content during at least a single operation period.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: D671976Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Katsuhisa Hakoda
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Patent number: D676076Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Kaoru Sumita
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Patent number: D688722Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Miho Akita, Katsuhisa Hakoda
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Patent number: D697120Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Miho Akita