Patents by Inventor Mikio Kiura

Mikio Kiura 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: 10623629
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an imaging condition setting method includes an object discriminating step S1-1 of discriminating the object by using images, a discriminable range generating step S1-2 of generating a discriminable range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the object is discriminable, an identification determination result range generating step S1-2 of generating an identification determination result range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the objects are determined as identical, an imaging condition setting rule generating step S1-4 of generating an imaging condition setting rule that is a rule for changing an imaging condition by using the discriminable range and the identification determination result range, and an imaging condition setting step S2-4 of setting an imaging condition under which the object is discriminable by using the imaging condition setting rule generated by the imaging condition setting rule generating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mikio Kiura
  • Patent number: 10459968
    Abstract: An image processing system comprises: an image recognizing unit which performs image recognition to an image; a rule setting unit which sets a sorting rule to be used in case of transmitting the image recognized by the image recognizing unit to an external web service; and a transmitting unit which transmits, according to the sorting rule having a condition conforming to the image among the sorting rules set by the rule setting unit, information concerning the image to the corresponding external web service, thereby enabling to cooperate a still image/moving image sharing service and various web services with others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kuroki, Mikio Kiura, Masakazu Matsugu
  • Publication number: 20180191951
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an imaging condition setting method includes an object discriminating step S1-1 of discriminating the object by using images, a discriminable range generating step S1-2 of generating a discriminable range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the object is discriminable, an identification determination result range generating step S1-2 of generating an identification determination result range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the objects are determined as identical, an imaging condition setting rule generating step S1-4 of generating an imaging condition setting rule that is a rule for changing an imaging condition by using the discriminable range and the identification determination result range, and an imaging condition setting step S2-4 of setting an imaging condition under which the object is discriminable by using the imaging condition setting rule generated by the imaging condition setting rule generating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Mikio Kiura
  • Patent number: 9942465
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an imaging condition setting method includes an object discriminating step S1-1 of discriminating the object by using images, a discriminable range generating step S1-2 of generating a discriminable range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the object is discriminable, an identification determination result range generating step S1-2 of generating an identification determination result range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the objects are determined as identical, an imaging condition setting rule generating step S1-4 of generating an imaging condition setting rule that is a rule for changing an imaging condition by using the discriminable range and the identification determination result range, and an imaging condition setting step S2-4 of setting an imaging condition under which the object is discriminable by using the imaging condition setting rule generated by the imaging condition setting rule generating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mikio Kiura
  • Patent number: 9813612
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus acquires, from an external apparatus, other image data obtained by other imaging apparatuses and other image data information containing information about the other image data, superimposes the other image data information on an imaging confirmation screen, and displays the other image data information on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mikio Kiura
  • Publication number: 20170199899
    Abstract: An image processing system comprises: an image recognizing unit which performs image recognition to an image; a rule setting unit which sets a sorting rule to be used in case of transmitting the image recognized by the image recognizing unit to an external web service; and a transmitting unit which transmits, according to the sorting rule having a condition conforming to the image among the sorting rules set by the rule setting unit, information concerning the image to the corresponding external web service, thereby enabling to cooperate a still image/moving image sharing service and various web services with others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kuroki, Mikio Kiura, Masakazu Matsugu
  • Publication number: 20160295106
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an imaging condition setting method includes an object discriminating step S1-1 of discriminating the object by using images, a discriminable range generating step S1-2 of generating a discriminable range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the object is discriminable, an identification determination result range generating step S1-2 of generating an identification determination result range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the objects are determined as identical, an imaging condition setting rule generating step S1-4 of generating an imaging condition setting rule that is a rule for changing an imaging condition by using the discriminable range and the identification determination result range, and an imaging condition setting step S2-4 of setting an imaging condition under which the object is discriminable by using the imaging condition setting rule generated by the imaging condition setting rule generating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Mikio Kiura
  • Patent number: 9398208
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an imaging condition setting method includes an object discriminating step S1-1 of discriminating the object by using images, a discriminable range generating step S1-2 of generating a discriminable range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the object is discriminable, an identification determination result range generating step S1-2 of generating an identification determination result range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the objects are determined as identical, an imaging condition setting rule generating step S1-4 of generating an imaging condition setting rule that is a rule for changing an imaging condition by using the discriminable range and the identification determination result range, and an imaging condition setting step S2-4 of setting an imaging condition under which the object is discriminable by using the imaging condition setting rule generated by the imaging condition setting rule generating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mikio Kiura
  • Publication number: 20150181113
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus acquires, from an external apparatus, other image data obtained by other imaging apparatuses, and other image data information containing information about the other image data, and superimpose the other image data information on an imaging confirmation screen and display the other image data information on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Mikio Kiura
  • Publication number: 20130307976
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an imaging condition setting method includes an object discriminating step S1-1 of discriminating the object by using images, a discriminable range generating step S1-2 of generating a discriminable range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the object is discriminable, an identification determination result range generating step S1-2 of generating an identification determination result range that is a range of the imaging conditions under which the objects are determined as identical, an imaging condition setting rule generating step S1-4 of generating an imaging condition setting rule that is a rule for changing an imaging condition by using the discriminable range and the identification determination result range, and an imaging condition setting step S2-4 of setting an imaging condition under which the object is discriminable by using the imaging condition setting rule generated by the imaging condition setting rule generating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mikio Kiura
  • Publication number: 20130051687
    Abstract: An image processing system comprises: an image recognizing unit which performs image recognition to an image; a rule setting unit which sets a sorting rule to be used in case of transmitting the image recognized by the image recognizing unit to an external web service; and a transmitting unit which transmits, according to the sorting rule having a condition conforming to the image among the sorting rules set by the rule setting unit, information concerning the image to the corresponding external web service, thereby enabling to cooperate a still image/moving image sharing service and various web services with others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kuroki, Mikio Kiura, Masakazu Matsugu