Patents by Inventor Miyako Minobe

Miyako Minobe 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: 9035963
    Abstract: A display control apparatus including a first image data input unit to which first image data is input, a second image data input unit to which second image data is input, a user operation reception unit that receives a user operation, an image quality correction unit that performs image quality correction processing of input first image data in response to the user operation and generates and outputs image data for display of the first image data or of corrected first image data, an image quality adjustment unit that performs image quality adjustment processing of the image data output from the image quality correction unit and the second image data using preset parameters, and a control unit that controls the image quality adjustment unit to disable/enable the image quality adjustment processing with the image quality correction unit in on/off state, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe
  • Patent number: 8878951
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which records Raw moving image data constituted by a plurality of Raw image frames, the apparatus including a designation unit configured to designate a specific Raw image frame from the plurality of Raw image frames in accordance with an instruction from a user, and a control unit configured to control operation of the image processing apparatus, wherein the control unit controls the image processing apparatus to record, on a recording medium, development parameters corresponding to Raw image frames extracted from the plurality of Raw image frames at predetermined frame intervals, together with the Raw moving image data, and controls the image processing apparatus to record, on the recording medium, a development parameter corresponding to the specific Raw image frame designated by the designation unit, together with the Raw moving image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe
  • Patent number: 8787734
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a storage unit configured to record program content data transmitted in a broadcast signal and store the transmitted program content data in a storage unit, a selection unit configured to select multi-view content data broadcast by a plurality of channels and including content data associated with each other from among the program content data stored in the storage unit, and a deletion unit configured to delete, from the storage unit, content data of at least one but not all of the plurality of channels included in the multi-view content data selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe
  • Patent number: 8620101
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a synthesizing unit for synthesizing multiple pieces of image data to generate synthesized image data; an image quality adjustment unit for carrying out image quality adjustment for the synthesized image data output from the synthesizing unit; a format discrimination unit for discriminating a format of each of the multiple pieces of image data; a determination unit for determining referenced image data for the image quality adjustment from the multiple pieces of image data based on discrimination results from the format discrimination unit; and a control unit for controlling the image quality adjustment unit so as to carry out the image quality adjustment for the synthesized image data using a parameter suitable for image quality adjustment of the referenced image data for the image quality adjustment determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe
  • Publication number: 20110261215
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which records Raw moving image data constituted by a plurality of Raw image frames, the apparatus including a designation unit configured to designate a specific Raw image frame from the plurality of Raw image frames in accordance with an instruction from a user, and a control unit configured to control operation of the image processing apparatus, wherein the control unit controls the image processing apparatus to record, on a recording medium, development parameters corresponding to Raw image frames extracted from the plurality of Raw image frames at predetermined frame intervals, together with the Raw moving image data, and controls the image processing apparatus to record, on the recording medium, a development parameter corresponding to the specific Raw image frame designated by the designation unit, together with the Raw moving image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe
  • Publication number: 20100124402
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a storage unit configured to record program content data transmitted in a broadcast signal and store the transmitted program content data in a storage unit, a selection unit configured to select multi-view content data broadcast by a plurality of channels and including content data associated with each other from among the program content data stored in the storage unit, and a deletion unit configured to delete, from the storage unit, content data of at least one but not all of the plurality of channels included in the multi-view content data selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe
  • Publication number: 20090304300
    Abstract: A display control apparatus including a first image data input unit to which first image data is input, a second image data input unit to which second image data is input, a user operation reception unit that receives a user operation, an image quality correction unit that performs image quality correction processing of input first image data in response to the user operation and generates and outputs image data for display of the first image data or of corrected first image data, an image quality adjustment unit that performs image quality adjustment processing of the image data output from the image quality correction unit and the second image data using preset parameters, and a control unit that controls the image quality adjustment unit to disable/enable the image quality adjustment processing with the image quality correction unit in on/off state, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe
  • Publication number: 20090303263
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a synthesizing unit for synthesizing multiple pieces of image data to generate synthesized image data; an image quality adjustment unit for carrying out image quality adjustment for the synthesized image data output from the synthesizing unit; a format discrimination unit for discriminating a format of each of the multiple pieces of image data; a determination unit for determining referenced image data for the image quality adjustment from the multiple pieces of image data based on discrimination results from the format discrimination unit; and a control unit for controlling the image quality adjustment unit so as to carry out the image quality adjustment for the synthesized image data using a parameter suitable for image quality adjustment of the referenced image data for the image quality adjustment determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe
  • Publication number: 20070252913
    Abstract: A digital broadcast receiving apparatus receives a broadcast signal, and displays an image corresponding to the broadcast signal on a display screen. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract information about a closed caption and genre information about a genre of a program from the broadcast signal, and a selection unit configured to select a display form of the closed caption on the basis of the genre information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe
  • Publication number: 20060230091
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of compressing image data. The method includes a step of transforming image data into data composed of frequency components. In the transforming step, a number of bits calculated for frequency components requiring relatively low calculation quality for a transforming process is reduced below a number of bits calculated for frequency components requiring relatively high calculation quality for the transforming process. The present invention increases calculation speed while suppressing the degradation of image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Miyako Minobe