Patents by Inventor Motoyuki Kuboi

Motoyuki Kuboi 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: 20190044906
    Abstract: A server device includes a receiving unit, a browse page creation unit, a mail creation unit, and a mail transmission unit. The receiving unit receives an image transmitted from an electronic camera via a wireless network. The browse page creation unit creates a browse page for browsing the transmitted image from the electronic camera, the image having been received by the receiving unit. The mail creation unit creates a notification mail for introducing the browse page that has been created by the browse page creation unit to a person other than a user of the electronic camera. Furthermore, the mail transmission unit transmits the notification mail that has been created by the mail creation unit to a specified mail address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka MAEDA, Mio NAGISA, Motoyuki KUBOI, Gaku ITO, Takeshi SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20170295123
    Abstract: A server device that includes a receiving unit, a browse page creation unit, a mail creation unit, and a mail transmission unit. The receiving unit receives an image transmitted from an electronic camera via a wireless network. The browse page creation unit creates a browse page for browsing the transmitted image from the electronic camera, the image having been received by the receiving unit. The mail creation unit creates a notification mail for introducing the browse page that has been created by the browse page creation unit to a person other than a user of the electronic camera. Furthermore, the mail transmission unit transmits the notification mail that has been created by the mail creation unit to a specified mail address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka MAEDA, Mio NAGISA, Motoyuki KUBOI, Gaku ITO, Takeshi SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20160327922
    Abstract: There has been a desire for proactively adding more detailed embodiments relating to the acquisition and use of biometric information. Therefore, according to a first aspect of the present invention, for example, provided is an electronic device including an input section that inputs biometric information, which is information relating to a living body of a user; and an output section that outputs a limit signal limiting contact with the user to a bidirectional communication device, based on the biometric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu SEKIGUCHI, Motoyuki KUBOI, Toshiaki MAEDA, Kazue MINAGAWA, Hiromi TOMII
  • Publication number: 20160269575
    Abstract: A server device that includes a receiving unit, a browse page creation unit, a mail creation unit, and a mail transmission unit. The receiving unit receives an image transmitted from an electronic camera via a wireless network. The browse page creation unit creates a browse page for browsing the transmitted image from the electronic camera, the image having been received by the receiving unit. The mail creation unit creates a notification mail for introducing the browse page that has been created by the browse page creation unit to a person other than a user of the electronic camera. Furthermore, the mail transmission unit transmits the notification mail that has been created by the mail creation unit to a specified mail address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka MAEDA, Mio NAGISA, Motoyuki KUBOI, Gaku ITO, Takeshi SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 9380014
    Abstract: A server device that includes a receiving unit, a browse page creation unit, a mail creation unit, and a mail transmission unit. The receiving unit receives an image transmitted from an electronic camera via a wireless network. The browse page creation unit creates a browse page for browsing the transmitted image from the electronic camera, the image having been received by the receiving unit. The mail creation unit creates a notification mail for introducing the browse page that has been created by the browse page creation unit to a person other than a user of the electronic camera. Furthermore, the mail transmission unit transmits the notification mail that has been created by the mail creation unit to a specified mail address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Maeda, Mio Nagisa, Motoyuki Kuboi, Gaku Ito, Takeshi Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20140325004
    Abstract: A server device that includes a receiving unit, a browse page creation unit, a mail creation unit, and a mail transmission unit. The receiving unit receives an image transmitted from an electronic camera via a wireless network. The browse page creation unit creates a browse page for browsing the transmitted image from the electronic camera, the image having been received by the receiving unit. The mail creation unit creates a notification mail for introducing the browse page that has been created by the browse page creation unit to a person other than a user of the electronic camera. Furthermore, the mail transmission unit transmits the notification mail that has been created by the mail creation unit to a specified mail address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Hirotaka MAEDA, Mio NAGISA, Motoyuki KUBOI, Gaku ITO, Takeshi SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20130234826
    Abstract: There has been a desire for proactively adding more detailed embodiments relating to the acquisition and use of biometric information. Therefore, according to a first aspect of the present invention, for example, provided is an electronic device including an input section that inputs biometric information, which is information relating to a living body of a user; and an output section that outputs a limit signal limiting contact with the user to a bidirectional communication device, based on the biometric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Sekiguchi, Motoyuki Kuboi, Toshiaki Maeda, Kazue Minagawa, Hiromi Tomii
  • Publication number: 20110128389
    Abstract: An electronic camera, which captures an image and transmits the image via wireless network to a server, comprises a transmitting person information registration means that registers transmitting person information entered by a user, and a transmission inhibit means that inhibits image transmission to the server if transmitting person information is not registered by the transmitting person information registration means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Maeda, Mio Nagisa, Motoyuki Kuboi, Gaku Ito, Takeshi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 7812864
    Abstract: A red eye image correction device includes: a data size conversion unit that executes reduction processing on an image so as to retain color component information contained in the image and generates a sub image with a smaller data size than the image; a red eye detection unit that detects data corresponding to red eye portions in data constituting the sub image; a position information calculation unit that obtains through calculation second position information indicating positions of data corresponding to the red eye portions in data constituting the image by using first position information indicating positions of the detected data in the sub image data; and a red eye correction unit that executes red eye correction processing on the data of the image indicated by the second position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Motoyuki Kuboi
  • Publication number: 20080211938
    Abstract: A red eye image correction device includes: a data size conversion unit that executes reduction processing on an image so as to retain color component information contained in the image and generates a sub image with a smaller data size than the image; a red eye detection unit that detects data corresponding to red eye portions in data constituting the sub image; a position information calculation unit that obtains through calculation second position information indicating positions of data corresponding to the red eye portions in data constituting the image by using first position information indicating positions of the detected data in the sub image data; and a red eye correction unit that executes red eye correction processing on the data of the image indicated by the second position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motoyuki Kuboi
  • Publication number: 20050174448
    Abstract: A red eye image correction device includes: a data size conversion unit that executes reduction processing on an image so as to retain color component information contained in the image and generates a sub image with a smaller data size than the image; a red eye detection unit that detects data corresponding to red eye portions in data constituting the sub image; a position information calculation unit that obtains through calculation second position information indicating positions of data corresponding to the red eye portions in data constituting the image by using first position information indicating positions of the detected data in the sub image data; and a red eye correction unit that executes red eye correction processing on the data of the image indicated by the second position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motoyuki Kuboi