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).

  • Publication number: 20100110215
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100110265
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100110268
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Akita, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Sho Tanaka
  • Patent number: D532371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Miho Akita
  • Patent number: D566148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Miho Akita
  • Patent number: D585022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Miho Akita
  • Patent number: D601148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Miho Akita
  • Patent number: D653277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junko Katsuraku, Miho Akita
  • Patent number: D669927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Miho Akita