Patents by Inventor Mototada OTSURU

Mototada OTSURU 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: 20240040232
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, a method thereof, and a program thereof, and an information processing system that can perform imaging complying with content of an instruction are provided. An information processing apparatus acquires input of first information related to information about equipment used for imaging from a first terminal apparatus of an imaging person, acquires input of second information related to information about content of an instruction with respect to imaging from a second terminal apparatus of a requesting person, derives a setting of the equipment required for performing imaging complying with the instruction and an operation method of the equipment required for the setting based on the first information and on the second information, and outputs third information related to information about the operation method to the first terminal apparatus of the imaging person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori YANO, Mototada OTSURU, Isao KOIZUMI, Koichi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11233949
    Abstract: A CPU performs an amount-of-exposure control process to thereby function as a first control unit that controls the exposure time of pixels to control the amount of exposure of the pixels for each of a plurality of division regions obtained by dividing a captured image and as a second control unit that controls the light transmittance of an ND filter to adjust the difference in amount of exposure between the plurality of division regions for each of which the amount of exposure is controlled by controlling the exposure time. On a touch panel display, the captured image obtained with the amount of exposure controlled by the CPU in accordance with a combination of the exposure time and the light transmittance of the ND filter is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fujikawa, Mototada Otsuru
  • Patent number: 11012629
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit that includes an imaging device in which pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional array and that outputs an image signal obtained by image capturing of a photographic subject by the imaging device; an image processing unit that generates a captured image based on the image signal; and a CPU that performs an exposure control process to determine whether an image of a moving subject is included in the captured image, that controls the amount of exposure of the imaging device by performing a first process in a case where the determination unit determines that an image of a moving subject is included in the captured image, and that controls the amount of exposure of the imaging device by performing a second process in a case where the determination unit determines that no moving-subject image is included in the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Masuda, Mototada Otsuru
  • Publication number: 20200137284
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit that includes an imaging device in which pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional array and that outputs an image signal obtained by image capturing of a photographic subject by the imaging device; an image processing unit that generates a captured image based on the image signal; and a CPU that performs an exposure control process to determine whether an image of a moving subject is included in the captured image, that controls the amount of exposure of the imaging device by performing a first process in a case where the determination unit determines that an image of a moving subject is included in the captured image, and that controls the amount of exposure of the imaging device by performing a second process in a case where the determination unit determines that no moving-subject image is included in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori MASUDA, Mototada OTSURU
  • Publication number: 20200137288
    Abstract: A CPU performs an amount-of-exposure control process to thereby function as a first control unit that controls the exposure time of pixels to control the amount of exposure of the pixels for each of a plurality of division regions obtained by dividing a captured image and as a second control unit that controls the light transmittance of an ND filter to adjust the difference in amount of exposure between the plurality of division regions for each of which the amount of exposure is controlled by controlling the exposure time. On a touch panel display, the captured image obtained with the amount of exposure controlled by the CPU in accordance with a combination of the exposure time and the light transmittance of the ND filter is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya FUJIKAWA, Mototada OTSURU